Wicked Little Letters

430 00:29:19,085 --> 00:29:23,960 Police woman, forget your name, are you telling me it isn't Rose? 431 00:29:26,626 --> 00:29:28,668 I'm not involved in the investigation, 432 00:29:28,793 --> 00:29:32,001 but we have to examine everything before sending a woman to jail. 433 00:29:32,126 --> 00:29:33,918 Hark at you, ma'am. 434 00:29:34,043 --> 00:29:36,335 And what next? Set her free? 435 00:29:36,460 --> 00:29:39,001 If she hasn't done it, let her roam the land at leisure? 436 00:29:39,835 --> 00:29:42,085 Well... yes. 437 00:29:42,835 --> 00:29:46,085 - The woman's a spider on legs! - Spiders already have legs. 438 00:29:46,210 --> 00:29:50,710 - As in a monster, is what I'm saying. - Rose is a one, but she's not cruel. 439 00:29:50,835 --> 00:29:52,418 Really? 440 00:29:52,543 --> 00:29:56,460 Calling Edith a frigid, ugly old spinster, who still lives at home, 441 00:29:56,585 --> 00:29:58,501 with no life, is not cruel? 442 00:29:59,085 --> 00:30:01,418 I don't think the letters have said those particular things. 443 00:30:01,543 --> 00:30:03,960 - Well, where have I got them from, then? - Your brain, I think. 444 00:30:06,210 --> 00:30:08,126 Right. Well... 445 00:30:09,126 --> 00:30:11,418 Apologies, Edith. In that case. 446 00:30:12,376 --> 00:30:17,293 We're friends with Edie, but we got to know Rose, too, and we like her. 447 00:30:17,418 --> 00:30:19,460 - Sorry, Edith. - No need to say sorry. 448 00:30:19,585 --> 00:30:21,668 Any kindness shown to anyone gives me joy. 449 00:30:21,793 --> 00:30:25,918 And if it isn't her, she's awaiting trial in that wretched prison, 450 00:30:26,043 --> 00:30:30,626 and her kin haven't even got a shilling, let alone three pounds to bail her out. 451 00:30:31,751 --> 00:30:33,543 What on God's earth can be done? 452 00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:58,751 (Rose) 'Officer Moss, I'm not so stupid I don't know my own reputation. 453 00:30:58,876 --> 00:31:02,960 'A tart on the run from Ireland, is what it boils down to. 454 00:31:03,085 --> 00:31:05,376 'So your man there assumes it's me. 455 00:31:06,168 --> 00:31:10,710 'But I didn't leave Ireland for my sake. I left for Nancy. 456 00:31:11,460 --> 00:31:16,126 'I mean, why would I risk it all to write some letters to Edith Swan? 457 00:31:16,251 --> 00:31:18,585 'You must know it wasn't me. 458 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:22,251 'You may not like me much, but can't you help me? 459 00:31:22,835 --> 00:31:25,293 'Yours, Rose Gooding.' 460 00:31:29,543 --> 00:31:34,168 (Moss) 'Dear Miss Gooding. I absolutely cannot help you. 461 00:31:34,293 --> 00:31:38,043 'I'm a police officer, and you are a suspect. 462 00:31:38,168 --> 00:31:41,918 'To do so would be to violate the most basic codes of service. 463 00:31:42,043 --> 00:31:44,668 'It is beyond question. 464 00:31:44,793 --> 00:31:48,751 'Yours, Woman Police Officer Moss.' 465 00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:01,876 - Come on, then. - What? 466 00:32:02,001 --> 00:32:04,793 You're bailed until trial. Hurry up! 467 00:32:06,460 --> 00:32:08,918 I'm not? Am I? 468 00:32:10,043 --> 00:32:11,626 By who? 469 00:32:11,751 --> 00:32:13,043 (Snuffling) 470 00:32:14,126 --> 00:32:16,126 (Door opens) 471 00:32:19,126 --> 00:32:22,668 What? Why the fuck have you done that? 472 00:32:22,793 --> 00:32:25,918 I didn't need your help, I was fine. I was enjoying myself. 473 00:32:28,126 --> 00:32:30,126 How could you afford three pounds? 474 00:32:30,251 --> 00:32:32,543 She sold one of her pigs. 475 00:32:33,335 --> 00:32:36,251 - Did you really? - Well, he was quite ill, so no loss. 476 00:32:37,293 --> 00:32:39,293 Well, I can't believe you've done that. 477 00:32:39,418 --> 00:32:44,543 No, honestly, don't tell anyone, but he's dying from rot. 478 00:32:45,376 --> 00:32:47,918 - Rot? - Pig rot. 479 00:32:48,835 --> 00:32:50,043 Jesus. 480 00:32:52,210 --> 00:32:55,210 - What are you gonna do? - Nothing. 481 00:32:56,251 --> 00:32:58,876 I'm just gonna lie low until the trial. 482 00:33:00,418 --> 00:33:03,210 I mean, I can't see why they think it's me. 483 00:33:03,335 --> 00:33:05,293 I was a bit roisterous once or twice. 484 00:33:05,418 --> 00:33:07,585 That won't stand up in court, though. 485 00:33:07,710 --> 00:33:10,085 I mean, people have to-dos all the time. 486 00:33:10,918 --> 00:33:13,460 Why you and not anyone else? 487 00:33:13,585 --> 00:33:17,460 - I mean, why not Sidney? - Why Sidney? 488 00:33:17,585 --> 00:33:21,210 Oh, Edith led him along something rotten, and then dropped him. 489 00:33:21,335 --> 00:33:24,418 What, she dropped him? I thought it was the other way round. 490 00:33:24,543 --> 00:33:26,418 Hmm... not how I remember it. 491 00:33:26,543 --> 00:33:28,251 Why ain't anyone pointing a finger at him? 492 00:33:28,376 --> 00:33:30,126 He's decent, I'm no