Sorry, they just told meyou wanted someone else.
Message didn't reach me in time.
Nothing personal.
So you think this is connectedto Dr Lorrimer's death?
I know it is.
Oh, no.
That's Foley's friend.
Off the record, what wouldyour first impressions be?
Well, they'll be the same as yours,I expect.
Dead for several hours...
..no sign of manual throttling,
but it could be thereunder the cord.
The stool is whereI expect it to be.
If it were murder,someone would've come up behind her
and throttled herinto unconsciousness,
then strung her up.
I've never seen it before, but...
if you asked me now,I'd say suicide.
There's someone coming from Ipswich.Won't be long. Thank you.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Sir.
I thought it was gonna be Brenda.
They said she was missing.
She fainted after she discoveredthe body last night.
Poor Ms Foley.
I-Is someone with her?
Yes, you didn't tell meabout this place.
Well, why would I have done?
It was pointed out to meon my first tour of the grounds,
but... no-one's used it in decades,as far as I know.
But they have...
haven't they, Miss Howarth?
Yes. This is where we used to meet.
The scientist and I.
Marginally more comfortablethan the back seat of a car.
And you used the hymn boardto arrange your assignations?
Assignations?
Yes.
17th February at 6:40.
Yes, I suppose that wasour last meeting.
It was his idea. I thought it wasa touch over the top at first,
but actually, it worked rather well.
I'd set the times and he'd alwaysbe here waiting in the candlelight.
All intense,like a biblical prophet.
Did anyone else know you came here?
No. And did you ever getthe sense of being seen? Or watched?
Well, I rather wish I had.
They've picked up DI Doyle, sir.
Asleep in his car, side of the road,heading north. He's at the station.
Why was a car registered toyour wife parked under trees
outside Hoggarts Laboratoryon Tuesday night?
The night Edmund Lorrimer died?
Who says it was Tuesday night?
Could have been any time on Tuesday,or Monday.
It didn't rain on Monday night.We have a witness. What witness?
Were you behind the wheel,or was your wife?
Or should I ask her?
I was. I'd been drivingthe Cortina all day,
because the clutch has gone in mine.
I was with someone.
A woman.
It's not something I do very often.
The wife and I have beengoing through a rough patch.
She's taken herself offto her mother's in Yorkshire.
On Tuesday night, I couldn't beargoing home to an empty house, so...
Jane Ashton, WPC Jane Ashton.She works here in the office.
We drove tothe trees outside the lab,
it was the nearest sheltered spot.
Go easy on her, OK?
What time did you parkoutside the lab? Around nine.
We were there for 20, 25 minutes.
I'm not as young as I used to be.
Were there any lights on inside?
No, I wouldn't have stayedif there had been.
I actually remember thinking,
"Even that pedantic old bastardLorrimer's gone home."
Did you see anyone enteror exit the lab? No-one.
But I was busy.
HE SIGHSOK, look.
I know I should have told you this.I'm sorry.
But look at itfrom my point of view.
Some big shot gets sent overfrom the Yard
and I have to tell him that I wasat a murder scene, getting my oats?
You KNOW I didn't kill Lorrimer.
I don't know that yet.If I had've killed him,
I wouldn't have lefta mallet at the scene.
Which is what you would wantme to think. You have no evidence.
You have no motive.
You're one of the few peopleLorrimer would have admitted.
One of the few peoplewith the opportunity to replace
the keys in his pocketon Wednesday morning. What?
Or you could have used the setwhich is kept here at the station.
No, no, no.
Where were you last nightbetween the hours of six and nine?
Last night?
I-I was in the pub until late.The Carpenter's.
We'd charged the husbandwith the Clunch Pit Murders,
so we went for a few beersto celebrate.
You can ask any of the lads.What time did you arrive and leave?
I arrived around 5:30,
I left eight-ish,I went straight home.
And at what time did you decideto drive off on the road north
with a packed suitcasein the boot of your car?
I was going to see my wife, OK?
Surprise her.
I got myself into a lather,all right?
What can I tell you?When I drink, I get sentimental.
I went home, I packed a bag,I got in the car, I left at...
8:30.
And I quickly realisedI was too pissed to drive, so...
I pulled off the road.
Next thing I know,Traffic are banging on the window.
Do you know someonecalled Stella Mawson?
No, why?
Your clothes and carare under forensic investigation.
I hope, for your sake,you've told me the truth.
I'm two years away from my pension.
Don't make any more of thisthan you have to, eh?
Mrs Pridmore?
Doctor's just left.
He says she's OK,but don't stay long, please.
We won't.
Are you all right?
No, I'm not. It's a mess. Isn't it?
Two dead bodies, she's found out.
People round here,they don't forget.
And they're apt to be superstitious.
She'll be labelled bad luck.
And then there's that money.
The money Dr Lorrimer left for her?
How do we explain that to folkwhen they find out?
It's for the purposesof her education.
There's no reason for peopleto read something into that.
But they will.
I was sure there wassomeone behind me, coming for me.
And I kept thinking aboutDr Lorrimer's face
on the floor of the lab,and how that was going to be me.
But you didn't actually see anyone,and no-one called out to you?
No, no. I could have beenimagining it, but...
But then I thought aboutmy bike tyres
and how weird it wasthat they were both punctured.
And I thought someonemust have done it on purpose,
to make me take the shortcut.We looked into that.
A lorry full of grit shed its load
near the gates to the labearly yesterday morning.
And both your tyreshave shards of grit in them.
Oh, right, sorry.
It was a clever thought.
Earlier, you told methat you'd gone towards the chapel
because you saw some lights.Yes. And the door was open.
Did you... see anyone at all?
Near the chapel, or in the chapel?
No, there was no-one, sorry.
Did you recognisethe woman who was hanging?
Yes.
I'd seen her before,a couple of months ago.
There was a concert in the village.She was there.
She was called Sarah, I think.
Did she kill herself?
We don't know yet.
Brenda, we need to ask youonce again
about your relationshipwith Dr Lorrimer.
Is this because of the money?
Yes.Mum and Dad are furious about it.
They want me not to take it.But he never did anything.
He didn't fancy me,he wasn't like that.
He just liked me because...I was interested.
Other people didn't really get that.
I know he could be rudeto people sometimes, angry,
but it was only becausehe was so busy and...
and he cared so much about his work.
Are you thinking ofanyone in particular
when you sayhe could be rude to people?
No.
No, I just... I just mean...generally.
Mum and Dad don't want meto go back to the lab.
They want me to leave.Well, that's your choice.
You're 18,you can do whatever you want.
No, I can't.
I wanted to go to college,get some A-levels.
Maybe study forensics.
You're gonna catch him, are you?Whoever's doing this?
Cos she won't get any peaceuntil you do.
I think Brenda will be fine,Mrs Pridmore.
She's intelligent and brave.
In my experience,people react differently
to the sort of thingshe's been through.
Some people becomeexcessively fearful,
and their world becomes small,limited.
Some peopleface up to their experiences,
find strengthsthey didn't know they had.
Move forwards...
..and embrace life.
I think that's what Brenda will do,if she's given the chance.
Is that right?
Well, she's my daughter,and you don't know her.
SHE SIGHS
We tried, sir.
I don't like potentialgoing to waste.
I grew up in this part of the world.Did you?
I know how insularsome of the people can be.
Inevitable.
My father used to sayit was all down to geography.
It was easy for me.
My parents wantedto make everything possible.
But I know how lucky I was.You know, privileged.
What you said yesterdayabout Angela Foley,
about no-one giving her a break,
I hope you know that I'llalways give you a break, Sergeant.
You already did.
But moving onwards, in your career.
If there's anythingyou want to achieve.
If you want extra skills training,or...
..to be fast-trackedinto a particular unit.
Are you trying to get rid of me,sir?
ENGINE STARTS
You're not going in there.
I need to look in there.Stand aside. Why? Why?
It's part of the investigation.But she wouldn't want you in there!
She'd never let anyone in thereapart from me.
They're trampling all over her!It's all right, Angela.
SOBBING: It's not!
DS Miskin will make youa cup of tea, Miss Foley.
I'm going to have a brief lookin there.
I won't touch anythingunless I have to.
What was the last thingshe said to you,
before she left the houselast night?
She said she was gonnamake everything all right.
And what did you take that to mean?
That she was gonna find a way to getthe money to help us by this place.
How?I don't know.
Is it possible that Stellawas planning to blackmail someone?
No.
Sh-She would never...
You don't understandwhat she was like, how...
how good she was,how moral she was.
She hated injustice.She hated what my family did to me,
just because I was...
Because I didn't have a dad,and she wanted to make it right.
Make me happy. And...
..she wanted me to have a home.
So what did she intend to do?
I don't thinkStella took her own life.
I can't prove it yet,but that's my instinct.
This is her life insurance policy.It was in the desk.
You're the beneficiary,but, like most policies,
it has an exemptionin the case of suicide.
Yeah, I don't care.
But Stella would've cared.
She would have known,and she would have cared.
She would also have known thatshe was the key to your happiness,
not bricks and mortar.
Nor do I believe that any novelistin their right mind
would kill themselveswhen they're just a chapter or two
from finishing a novel. What is itthat you're not telling us?
Nothing.
Is it possible that Stella knew,or thought she knew,
who killed Dr Lorrimer?
Any way thatshe could have found out?
Did she in fact go out on Tuesdaynight, even for a short time?
No, I told you,she was here with me.
Angela, when you arrived to lookafter old Mr Lorrimer on Wednesday,
did Stella go intoLorrimer's bedroom?
No.
Might she have seen something therethat could have suggested
who'd killed him?No, she never went upstairs.
It is possible that she wasinvolved in Lorrimer's death?
A momentary fit of anger, perhaps?
No, she would never.She would never harm anyone.
Why are you saying all this?
I... I need to be on my own.
Please.
Let's say Stella did knowwho killed Lorrimer.
She contacts the killerand asks to meet them.
Would she be that foolish?She was a confident woman.
She could have thoughtshe had things covered, proof,
stashed away somewhere.
Or...
..she killed Lorrimer.
She saw him with Domenicain the chapel.
And it was her that madethe whispered phone call
to Lorrimer's house.
And then Lorrimeragrees to meet her. Go on.
So she comes to the laband tries to blackmail him,
and things get out of hand, and...
she kills him.Like you say, fit of rage.
And then she can't live withwhat she's done.
We have no forensicsto place her at Lorrimer's murder.
Would she really thinkto wear gloves?
And wipe the mallet for prints?
And why would she leave the weaponat the scene?
Because...
she heard Bradleycoming out of the toilets.
Panicked.
She hears Bradley... and she hides.
Here.
And Bradleycomes out of the toilets,
sees the bodyand runs straight downstairs.
Sees Doyle's car arrivingand takes his chance,
sneaks out the front door and away.
And Stella...
..she's also seenthe car headlights
and thinks that someone's gonnacome into the lab.
And she searches the first floorfor a way out...
..finds the window in the toilets...How does she reach it?
And how would she get downthe wall on the other side
without injuring herself?It's a 20-foot drop.
OK, she doesn't use the window.
But she stays in the toilets,cowering.
And it gives her time to think.
And things go quiet...
and she hears the car drive off...
..and then she comes back in here,wipes the mallet...
But doesn't take it?
..and then...
she finds the keysin Lorrimer's pocket.
She sets the alarm...
..locks the door behind her.
And then she confesses to Angela,
gets her to get the keys backinto Lorrimer's pocket somehow,
make it look like an inside job.
I know, it's all conjecture.
They're all useful thoughts.
'OK, let's get back to the facts.'
Why would she go to the chapelto end her life?
Someone with an existing connectionto that chapel must be involved.
Someone who knewwhere to find a tie, or a rope.
DOOR CREAKS
Hello?
Miss Foley?
It's DI Doyle. You wanted to see me.
PHONE DINGS
Strange kind of welcome.
Why don't you put that down?
Do you want to tell mewhat this is about?
You killed Stella. And now...
Now I'm gonna kill you.I haven't killed anyone, Angela.
Dalgliesh questioned mefirst thing this morning.
He's released mebecause he's got nothing on me.
I have alibis for both nights,he's checked.
Here, you call him, if you want.
There's a note on that table.
VOICE TREMBLING:Pick it up and read it out.
I've got a copy.
"You better checkthe cannabis exhibits
"when DI Doyle is around.
"How do you thinkhe managed to afford his house?"
Where did you get this?Stella had it.
It was sent to Lorrimer at the lab.She must have found it in his house.
You killed her because she knew.She knew your secret,
and she tried to blackmail you.
She arranged to meet you atthat chapel, and you strangled her.
Admit it!I can tell you who wrote this.
It was my wife.
She wants meto resign from the force,
she's sick to the back teethwith it, the hours,
what it does to my head.She thought,
what better than a bit of...official harassment
to push me into leaving?
No-one would'vetaken this seriously, Angela.
She knows that,and even if they did,
they wouldn't have foundany evidence.
But you WERE doing it.
You were taking the cannabis,swapping it,
instead of destroying it.I never said that.
And then they might have startedwatching you, gathering evidence...
Over a bit of cannabis going astray?
It's not "a bit"!
I've seen seizurescome into the lab.
You are way off.
Please, put that down.No.
You think this is whatyour friend would have wanted?
SHE SOBS
Rough justice?
I was really sorryto hear that she died,
but I had nothing to do with it.I swear to you.
SHE SOBS
SHE GASPS
SHE SIGHS
GENERAL CHATTER
Brenda.Hello, Mr Howarth.
I wasn't expecting you to come intoday. How are you feeling?
Is Inspector Dalgliesh here?
Do you think...
..she might havefound something else?
When she found this?
Some... other info about someone?
I-I don't know.
She went out.
The night Lorrimer died,she went for a walk.
She often does at night,when she does her best thinking.
And she might have seen something,something she shouldn't have seen.
And did you tell Dalgliesh?
I think you should tell him.
Thanks for trying with my mum.
I heard what you said,and I hate it when she's like that,
it's mortifying.
She loves you,and she's trying to protect you.
But it's not her life.I don't want to be told what to do.
There's somethingI haven't told you.
It's not a big thing, but I don'tfeel right that I haven't... said.
I saw Dr Lorrimerhaving an argument with someone.
It was last week,and I'm pretty sure it was Thursday.
You know Dr Rollinson, don't you?
Yes.
Well, he has two children.
Nell and William.Yes.
Well, they came into the lablast week,
looking for their dad,and he was in a meeting.
But they saidthat they wanted to wait,
so they stayed in the reception.
And Dr Lorrimer came downthe stairs, and he was...
He was in a bad mood, I suppose.He was busy.
And the little boywas playing with his ball,
and it was going everywhere,
and Dr Lorrimer was shouting,and he was saying,
"Children aren't allowed inthe lab."
And he told them to wait outside.But Nell said that they wouldn't.
And she was getting very angry.
And he didn't...
He didn't touch her, exactly,but he sort of drove them outside,
and then he slammed the doorbehind them.
And Nell was really, really upset.
And so was the little boy.
Did Dr Rollinson see any of this?
No, no-one else. Except for me.
SHE SIGHS
This morning, you mentionedthat you saw Stella Mawson
at a concert in the village.
Can you tell me moreabout that evening?
Yes, it was a fundraising concert,and Mr Howarth
was playing his violin.Classical stuff.
I remember it wasthe day after Valentine's Day.
And she was sitting withMiss Foley and who else?
And Mr Howarth's sister,who's the beautiful one,
I don't know if you've met her...
..and Dr Rollinson.
The exhibits from the chapel,they're for the Yard, yeah?
They're being picked up in aboutfive minutes, sir. Where are they?
Mr Bradley, I need youto run a test for me.
KNOCK AT DOOR
MUSIC PLAYS
Really? Could we speak toyou inside, please, Miss Howarth?
Christ, please stopwith the "Miss Howarth".
Do I look like your maiden aunt?
I wrote your statement for you.Max has got it.
It's not about last night.Surely not about Lorrimer.
I've told you everythingthere is to...
It's not aboutyour relationship with Lorrimer.
It's about what happened next.
BRAKES SQUEAL
CHILD PANTS
Are you OK?
William!He's OK, don't worry.
William! Get away from him.Get away! Nell!
You could have killed him!Calm down!
Why are you here?Go away and leave us alone!
Nell! Stop that at once.What are you thinking?
Where were you? You weresupposed to be watching him.
You useless, drunken old hag!
You're sacked!Pack up your stinking things
and get out of our houseand never come back.
You don't tell me what to do,you don't employ me.
Yes, I do. Your father does.And we'll see what he has to say.
He'll sack you. He hates you, too.We all hate you.
You nasty, horrible little girl.
Miss Willard... I'll tell youwho your father hates.
It's you - you're the baneof his existence.
This custody battle he's fighting,
do you think he's fighting itfor you?
He isn't. It's William he wants.And only William.
Be quiet, Miss Willard.You're lying. My dad loves me.
Oh, really?
He wants you to go to your mother.I've heard him say it.
He hates you, like everyone else.That's enough!
SHE SNIFFS
'Nell...'
..you shouldn't take any noticeof what she said.
She was very angry,and she wanted to hurt you.
I'm sure your dadloves you very much.
I like your bedroom.
David Cassidy!
He's very good-looking, isn't he?
I don't like him any more.He's embarrassing.
I had someone really embarrassingon my wall
when I was about eight or nine.
Shall I tell you who it was?Or do you want to guess?
Bay City Rollers?
Probably worse than that.
Cliff Richard.
I knew you were gonna say that.
Who do you like now?10cc.
Mm. They're good.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Do you consider that an appropriateway to speak to a child,
a child in your care?She's not a child, not really.
She's a child, Miss Willard.
She knows how to rile me.Knows exactly what to say.
I meant it when I said she wasa nasty girl, because she is.
Has this sort of confrontationhappened before?
What you said about Dr Rollinson
only fighting for custodyof William, is that true?
It should be.If he wasn't so kind-hearted,
he'd have sent that girlto her mother and good riddance.
Where is their mother?
London, I believe.Best place for her.
When did she leave?January before last.
She's living over the broom
with that doctorshe met at the hospital.
She's not a nice woman.And Nell is exactly the same.
Dr Rollinson is a lovely man,a gentleman.
But he's too easily manipulated,especially by women.
He needs protecting from himself.
Has he been seeing any other womensince his wife left?
I'm giving you a chanceto speak honestly to me.
I-If you don't,we can go to the station
and I can do this more formally.
He's been seeing that hussy.
Domenica Howarth.
We heard about how mean Dr Lorrimerwas to you at the lab.
When you were looking for your dad.
I was really sorryto hear about that.
I hate him.
I'm glad he's dead.
I'm glad I made him die.
What do you mean, Nell?
How did you make him die?
He'd started going outin the evenings,
even when he wasn't calledby the police or the hospital.
And I could smell somethingon his clothes, perfume.
So I looked in his room one day,while he was out, for his own good.
And I found a letter from her.It was disgusting.
Some people have no shame.
I worked outwhere they were meeting -
that old chapel in the groundsof Hoggarts Laboratory.
Can you imagine? A place of God.
Did you speak to Dr Rollinsonabout what you'd learnt?
No, how could I have done?Did you speak to anyone about it?
I told Dr Lorrimeron one of our journeys to church.
I knew he'd share my opinion.Dr Rollinson is still a married man.
I thought Dr Lorrimer couldspeak to him, make him see sense.
I smashed his head in.
Then the witches made him die.
Does your father know about these?
WHISPERS: No-one knows.
Did you...mention to your dad about...
Dr Lorrimer being mean to youat the lab?
He said I should forget it.
He said I should be a bigger person.
You didn't go back to the lab,did you, Nell?
You didn't try...
I mean, actually tryto hurt Dr Lorrimer?
No. I...
didn't need to.
Dr Lorrimer was very shocked.So shocked, he pulled off the road.
He was reluctant to believe me,so the next morning,
I got the bus into town,and I walked to that chapel.
Well, I could tellthey'd been in there.
There were candles and matches.
Oh, and-and the hymn board,
she'd made a sort of a joke about itin that letter.
And I looked at it...
and I worked outwhat they'd been doing.
They'd been using it to setthe times of their meetings.
Can you imagine?
And you told Dr Lorrimer this?
Yes, I telephoned him that evening.
Then, of course, I realised thatlittle madam was eavesdropping,
so I had to ring off.
You told me that Dr Rollinsonwas at home on Tuesday night.
All evening, from when he arrivedhome at 7:15. Was that true?
Yes.FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Sergeant, would you please
go and fetch a Biblefrom Miss Willard's room? Yes, sir.
Don't!
He did go out. Briefly.
He had a meeting at the hospital.
What time was that?After dinner, about 8:30, 8:45.
Do you knowwhere Dr Rollinson is now?
The police called for himabout an hour ago.
I don't know where he's gone.
Go and sit in the kitchen, please.Stay there.
He wouldn't have doneanything untoward.
Go and sit in the kitchen.
He knew aboutLorrimer's argument with Nell.
Nell hates Lorrimerwith a vengeance.
Lorrimer knew that Rollinsonwas seeing Domenica.
Telephone the station, please.And let's find out where he is.
And get them to send uniform here.I want this place searched.
And a WPC.Sir.
He's at the clunch pit.
Girl who died there, looks likeher boyfriend killed himself.
DISTANT CHATTER
CHATTER CONTINUES
Sad case.Just goes to show, doesn't it?
We've been calling himher fancy man, her bit on the side.
Turns out, he really loved her.Loved her so much he's done this.
"Boys throw stones at frogsin sport.
"Frogs don't die in sport,they die in earnest."
Shakespeare?
Plutarch.
Do you love her?Er, who?
Domenica.
I met her at a concertin the village.
So bloody beautiful.
There's this energythat comes off her.
She said she had a thingwith Lorrimer.
Couldn't believe it.
But she said it was over, so...
And then he startedto give me looks.
A couple of weeks ago,glaring at me like he wanted to...
And then he was vile to Nelland to William,
and I realised that he must know.
Well, I thought they were past.
That he'd just get over it.
And then, Monday night,when I came here,
he said he wanted to talk,to sort it out.
Told me to go to the lab,Tuesday night, nine o'clock.
I should never have gone.
But I thought it might help.
You can't go any further.
Stupid man. Don't talk.
Don't talk.
I never intended to harm him.
The things he said about...my children.
My work.
Domenica.
He'd got hold of my wife's address.
Traced her throughthe doctor that she's living with.
Said he would write to herand tell her about the affair.
So she could use it to winthe divorce and get the kids off me.
He'd written the letter already.
Said he'd post it the next day
if I didn't promiseto stop seeing Domenica.
And then he turned his back on me.
Dismissed me, like I was...
..done with.
Lost control.
The mallet was there. I...
I... didn't mean to kill him.
Do you have kids?
No.
Well, then, you can't understand.
The love you feel,the things that you'll do.
And Stella Mawson?
A completely calculated killing.
You even had the presence of mind
to adjust the monthon the hymn board.
I never set foot insidethat chapel until this morning.
I didn't even know it existed.Unfortunately...
I have forensic evidencewhich proves otherwise.
Hairs. Two short, one long.On a velvet cushion.
Preliminary testsshow that the short hairs
come from two different heads.Lorrimer's, presumably, and yours.
I expect further tests to confirm.
Well, that doesn't prove anything.
I think a jurywill find it interesting.
Proof that you knew aboutthe chapel,
that you would think of itas a place to lure Stella.
I didn't lure her anywhere.
She was blackmailing you,wasn't she?
I take it she saw youleaving the lab,
scaling down the wall,from the window by the toilets.
Not that difficultfor an experienced climber.
Why did you do that? So that youcould lock the door from the inside?
Set the alarm,make it look like an insider job?
A confession will count.
Help me to help you.
It wasn't blackmail.
Not really.
She only wanted to borrow money.
She said that she was sorry,but she really needed it.
Said that she would pay it backwith interest.
She knew.
She knew that I...
killed him.
That one word from her to anyoneand I would have lost...
my children.
I would've lost everything.
I didn't know her.
I didn't know if I could trust her.
I couldn't just let her walk away,I...
I couldn't, I...
I couldn't take that risk.
We're gonna needa further statement from you,
so go back to your houseand stay there until we call.
You know, you should be carefulhow you look at him.
Your Chief Inspector.It's written all over your face.
Unless you want him to know.
What do you mean?
CAR DOOR SLAMS
Ten minutes.
Thank you.
THEY SOB
HE SOBS
Why are you upset?
SOBBING: I'm so sorry.
Daddy has to go away.
THEY SOB
You all right, sir?
Yeah.
Forgive me.THEY SOB
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