"Extra!" "The Daffodil Killer strikes again!" "Scotland Yard, please." "Attention, Attention!" "Global Airways announces the arrival of Flight 246 from Hong Kong." "Should I open one up, Mr. Tarling?" "Yes, please." "We held the shipment, as soon as we received your cable." "Hm, good." "Who else knows?" " No-one outside this room." "They are all addressed to Lyne?" " Lyne  Co, China-Import, London." "Heroin!" " You were right, Mr. Tarling." "When did they arrive?" " 3 days ago, from Hong Kong." "Express Delivery." "Has no-one from Lyne tried to pick them up?" "No." " Well, keep them all under lock and key." "Who is it?" "Smith, sir!" "Mr. Tarling's car is here." " I'm coming." "Mr. Tarling is coming..." "'Bye now." "Thanks for the car." " But I didn't arrange a car." "Really?" " Smith!" "Is someone within?" "Ling Chu!" "What are you doing here?" " Official welcome and... most friendly greeting." "Tidy blending of duty and pleasure." "What's happened here?" " Room in unfortunate disarray." " Lyne  Co, China Import-Export." "Good morning." "Good morning." "They have no scent." "May I?" " Why not?" "Because they aren't real." " Why do you import fake ones?" "Mr. Tarling, I only work here." " Perhaps not very long?" "As you say." "This place has changed a lot, since the old man died." "For example, this decor." "And probably also methods." " May I ask what you mean?" "You should ask whom I mean:" "Ray." "But he surely cannot ... have changed so suddenly?" " As I say, I only work here." "Now, what can I do for you?" " You can tell me your name." "Anne Ryder." "Is that all?" "No." "There's this..." "Do you recognise it?" ""To:" "Min Ho, Hong Kong." "Urgent." "Repeat order artificial flowers..."" ""by Global Airways." "Repeat:" "Urgent!" "Lyne, London.""" "Yes, I've seen this." " The order arrived 3 days ago." "If it was so urgent, why was nothing done to collect it?" "Collect what?" "Daffodils, Mr. Lyne." "Who overlooked this order?" " I don't know." "Ask Mr. Milburgh." "My dear Tarling, what brings you to England?" "I'd have organised a welcome." " I had one." "With fireworks." "Come in!" "Tarling." " What happened, Milburgh?" "I didn't overlook it." "There is no copy of the order in my file." "How do you know?" " It's part of my job to know." "But Miss Ryder remembered it." " Then... she must be mistaken." "And the Post Office also?" " Is it so important?" "Possibly." " Perhaps Baker can tell us." "Baker did not turn up this morning." " Who is Baker?" "My office manager." "Tell him to come and see me, as soon as he gets in." "Yes?" "A call for Mr. Tarling." " For you, Tarling." "Thanks." "Yes, hello?" "Mr. Tarling, a man wishes to talk to you." "His name is Ling Chu." "Anne, what are you looking for?" " That telegram." "There never was a telegram." " But it was here." "Anne!" "I'll be back." "If you find out anything about this telegram, please contact me at the Brunswick Hotel." "Please call Mr. Baker at his home." " I've already tried that, no answer." "Try again, if you will." "There is old Chinese proverb:" "Beach only as good as its flotsam." "Old?" "You just invented it." " Naturally." "Main occupation of Chinese is to invent old Chinese proverbs." "Do you know who he is?" " No." "But I know who he was." "Baker, Office Manager at Lyne  Co." " Someone weighted him down well." "There is an old Chinese proverb..." " Save it till later, for Scotland Yard, they also could do with a laugh." "So, down to business, Tarling." "You want to see the files on the Daffodil Murders." "Why?" "Ling Chu works in the Drugs Section in Hong Kong." "And he believes he's found a lead." " Why have you not made contact... with the Police in that case?" " Talk is silver, silence is gold,..." "Sir Archibald." " When dealing in drugs... on such a scale, profits are measured in the millions." "Even Police Officers can be bought." " In Hong Kong perhaps, but never in London." "I assure you." " An old Chinese proverb says:" "Hope is the wage of innocence." "Suspicion, the penalty of experience." "Ling, Chinese aphorisms aren't going to get us very far." "There is an alternate expression Sir Archibald would like better?" "Let's just stick to the point." " Yes, and the thing is... all these girls were murdered after Ling Chu spoke with them." "Do you know Chief Inspector Whiteside?" " Whiteside?" "No, why?" " He is handling the case." "You can discuss this with him." "You'll find him at the Cosmos Club." "Why the Cosmos Club, may I ask?" "Because all the girls worked there." "And each of them was murdered there." "This way, Chief Inspector." "Mam'selle Gloria is rehearsing a new number." "Leave those, Trudi!" " I was going to replace them, Mr. Putek." "You have your work to do." " This is my work." "Shall I keep them, or discard them?" " Neither of the two." "What should I do, then?" " You ask too many questions." "Are you looking for someone?" " Yes, Inspector Whiteside." "Is he here?" "Yes, in there." " Thank you." "Yes, she was here." "Alone?" "That sort of woman is never alone." " Well then:" "Who was she with?" "I don't remember." "Why do you ask me all these questions?" "Do you know him?" " Why?" "Please wait in your dressing room." " Why?" "I've already told you all I know!" "Do what he says, sugar, it's best not to argue any more." "Yes?" " Jack Tarling," "Global Airways Security." "The Police Commissioner sent me here." "And why?" " So we can work together on this case." "Hello?" " This is Putek." "Tarling is here." "Who?" " Tarling!" "He is here, in the Club... speaking with Inspector Whiteside." "I thought you ought to know." "Trudi, where is..." " Katja!" "What are you doing here?" "The Police are here!" " The Police?" "Is that all?" " Isn't it enough?" "1." "Heroin found in fake daffodils." "2." "Ling Chu interrogates girls." "3." "Daffodils thrown on bodies." "Why did the Chinaman say nothing to me, if he knows so much?" "I am sorry." "Ling Chu gets results, but by his own working methods." "What does that mean, his own working methods?" "We're not in Hong Kong." "We ought to be looking for a crazy sexual predator!" "But why?" " 1." "Three girls with model-girl figures, means Sex!" "2." "Three girls killed with the same knife, means Murder!" "3." "Three bodies covered with daffodils, means Madness!" "You tell me Mr. Ling Chu is on the track of a drugs gang, because he's spoken to 100 girls - all on the road to ruin." "Okay then." "Let's suppose there is a connection." "What do you want me to do?" " Keep me informed." "And I'll do the same for you." " About what?" "Pardon me!" "When I get something on Lyne, I'll contact you." "Tarling..." "I know, it's a tough nut to crack, hm?" "Cover all the exits, no-one is to leave the building!" "Excuse me!" " Who are you?" "Trudi Mahler." "I work here." " What happened?" "The cat knocked the vase over." "It gave me a fright!" "So, you had a fright?" "Come with me." "I want to speak with you." "What about?" " Murder." "We have an old saying:" "Britain gave China three gifts." "Irish gin, Scotch whisky and English tailoring." "Did anyone leave the building from this side?" " I don't know, I was in Putek's office." "Where I came across this." " Were you looking for it?" "No." "I was looking for the address of a girl called Katja." "Oh... this one?" "Yes." "Is she dead?" " Not far from it." "Oh, sorry..." "Hello, Tarling!" "I seem to run into you everywhere, what?" "Hello." "Do you buy all your stuff here?" " Oh, just in emergencies." "Poor Baker." "Have you heard?" " I have." "Now we'll never find out about that telegram, what?" "Tarling, pay me a visit." "You are welcome any time." "Good of you." " Gentlemen!" "Anne." "What's the matter?" "Are you thinking about poor Baker?" "The telephone, Mr. Lyne." "My friends call me Ray, Anne." "How about dinner this evening?" "I'm sorry, but I already have a date." " Tomorrow, then?" "Should I answer that, Mr. Lyne?" "Anne, you have no soul, this is a most beautiful Spring day!" "I'm not getting an answer." " It doesn't matter." "I know the way." "Mr. Tarling, please!" "You can't go in without being announced!" "Oh!" " What do you want?" "Didn't you say I could call in at any time?" "Can I go now?" " For the present, yes." "One moment, Miss Ryder." "Do you know who sent that telegram?" "That is all!" "Tarling, I've already told you Miss Ryder made a mistake." "She never saw such a telegram." "Why has Tarling come back here?" "He is still looking for that telegram." "He doesn't think Baker sent it?" "Oliver..." "why did Baker kill himself?" "I..." "I don't know." "And why is the telegram so important?" "Clearly, Baker was involved in smuggling." "Using the good name of my company as a cover." "Has your company got a good name?" "Yes?" " Charles has brought Mr. Keene." "Ask him to wait." "Where are you going?" "I must speak with Miss Ryder." " That is completely unnecessary." "Tarling!" "Stay for a moment!" "Take a seat." "I would like you... to meet Peter Keene." " Peter Keene." "Who is he?" "His father was Commander of my Squadron, in W.W.2." "But he was shot down, and so I took care of Peter." "But he got into bad company." "Took the slipperly slope into debt, bounced cheques, black market..." " That's a shame!" "Yes." "Poor fellow." "He's never been much success at anything." "Not even as a criminal." " For instance?" "Send Mr. Keene in." "All of his father's friends have shut the door on him, except for me." "'Morning, Ray." " Hello, Peter." "When I get off the train and your car is not there," "I will know that my time is up." " You talk too much, Peter." "You'll embarrass Mr. Tarling." "Mr. Tarling is a friend of the firm, who thinks my father was a saint, and that I'm a devil." "Have you ever been in a real fix?" "At the bottom of the barrel?" "You find out who your real friends are." " You look well!" "How was your holiday?" "I sent Peter off for a rest, after his period of hard work." "Forced labour they call it." " I'm sorry." "No-one asked you for sympathy." "It was my own damned fault... that I was caught." "I'll be going now, Mr. Lyne." " Until tomorrow." "Good-bye." "Who is the dolly?" " Not for you." "You have your own eye on her?" "Then, for the rest of us, she's taboo." "You are embarrassing Mr. Tarling once again, Peter." "The dollies think they are in 7th Heaven when he is around." " Peter, would you like to be a waiter at the Cosmos Club?" "Oliver, who is this Peter Keene?" " One more of Lyne's lame dogs." "One more?" " Yes." "In this case without a crutch." "That's even worse." " Anne, have you made Lyne angry?" "He wanted to take me to dinner." "I told him I already had a date." "And have you?" " No." "Well then." "How about me?" " See you later." "Katja?" " Who are you?" "To know oneself is the unattainable goal of wisdom." "What is that nonsense?" " An old Chinese proverb, that I've just invented." " Sod off, Confucius!" "For Katja!" "I think she will be needing it." "Don't you just know it, son of a bitch!" " About the ancestors of my ancestors..." "Oh, you hateful bloodsucker!" " Where is she?" "At the Cosmos." " The silly goose." "Doesn't she realise that..." " Even so!" "She must have what it takes." "And where else would she get it?" "I know it's not much of a job, Peter, but it's a beginning." "Take Mr. Keene to the Cosmos Club." "Peter, will you do something for me?" "Of course." "Whatever you want." " Collect my new watch from Heilbronn, okay?" "He said it would be ready this evening." "I'll pick it up from you tonight." "Is this the money for it?" " This is for you." "You shouldn't give me money, Ray." "You've already done so much for me." "You can ask anything of me!" " You are a treasure." "Take it anyway." "For expenses." "What's there to laugh about?" "Do you still think my Father had a monopoly on Christian charity?" "I think if you want to emulate your Father by giving an ex-convict a fresh start, it shouldn't be a place like the Cosmos Club." " Why not?" "It's a respectable Club." "And the owner is a friend of mine." " Ah." "Perhaps he knows about the telegram?" " Why don't you ask him?" "Mr. Putek will see you now." " Thank you." "Someone told me you have a key that opens all slot machines." "How much do you want for it?" " More than you could afford." "Good, you're here!" " Why all the excitement?" "We must get out of here." " Yes, as soon as we have some money." "No, right away!" "Someone tried to kill me this morning." "What?" "But, Trudi, what'd we use for money?" " Putek will cough up the cash." "Charles darling, you talk with Putek." "No." "I want nothing to do with him." " Are you afraid of him?" "Nonsense!" "I want nothing to do with this shit!" "Shall I speak with him?" " Trudi, don't mess with Putek." "Don't be such a fool!" "If you've any other ideas, forget 'em!" "Max, where is Gloria?" " Not again." "I must speak with her." " Katja, go away." "Max?" "Whisky." "Okay." "I have told you, there is a problem." "Your people will have to wait!" "My people!" "I need it for myself!" " Then get it somewhere else." "Here you get nothing." " I don't believe you." "The Police won't believe you either, if I go to them." "Don't even think about it, Katja." "Now, out with you!" "Gloria, for Heaven's sake, just a pinch!" "Must I go to Putek, so that he can deal with you?" "You know, Max, my barman?" " Yes, I owe him 10 pounds." "Peter, I only hired you as a personal favour to Mr. Lyne." "No crooked deals!" " Don't worry." "Ray backs me, so you're safe enough." "But... you'd better take this." "What is it?" " Key to the slot machines." "In return for all the money you've given me." "Charles!" "I've told you, I don't want staff visiting here during working hours." "I apologise a thousand times, Mr. Putek!" "It won't happen again." "I am very sorry, Mr. Putek." "What was that about?" "Hallo?" "Ling, what have you been doing?" "I've found the girl with the golden hair." "Have you talked to her?" " No." "So, what now?" " I've just ordered a chop suey." "You talk to her." "I will join you later." " Hopefully in a safe place." "The safest place for a grain of sand is on a beach, as the old Chinese proverb goes." " Ling, where?" "So long as there is a British Empire, the safest place in the world..." "Piccadilly Circus." "The safest place in the world." "Good, thanks." "The Police Doctor has confirmed she was a drug addict." "Always the same!" "They supply the girls with free heroin, until they are hooked and ready to buy the stuff." "Then.." "when the girls become risky..." " Convinced now, Whiteside?" "About the motive, maybe." "But it's still a murder case, Sir." "If Mr. Tarling finds another victim, it'll be better if he informs me first." "I can't inform you of something I don't know about myself." "Sorry." "That seems to be a privilege only Mr. Ling Chu enjoys." "Where is he?" "I don't know, Sir." "He was in a restaurant where he could see the murder clearly." "Now you are quite in the wrong." " Maybe." "But the fact the man works for you, does not put him above suspicion." "An airline investigator is a good cover for a drug smuggling racket." "Possibly." "But it's not so." " Or for a serial killer." "I want a talk with Mr. Ling." "Send him to me, when he turns up." "Anything else?" " Yes, Sir." "It's time we brought in Trudi." " Who?" "Trudi Mahler." "Waitress at the club." "She's frightened about something." "Sooner or later she'll talk." " She'll need Police protection." "Thank you, Mr. Tarling, I've already arranged it." "I'm going now, Mr. Putek." " We will miss you, Trudi." "The Police questioned me." "I told them nothing." "Nothing at all!" "Do you know something?" " I can tell them about daffodils." "I think that should be worth something to you." "Think about it, but not for too long." "Tomorrow may be too late." "What's the problem?" " Forget it, she's leaving us." "Wasn't she a friend of Katja?" " I don't know." "Why?" "Ah... nothing." "Where to now?" " Who are you?" "Police!" " I'm going home." "What about it?" "I'll escort you." "Where do you live?" "Victoria Road, number 114." "It's OK." "Close the door." "I will stay outside." "But what for?" " Orders, Miss." "May I?" "Please." "And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mademoiselle Gloria!" "Oliver, what's the matter?" "Tarling is here." " What of it?" "I've told you before, you ought to throw away this stuff." "Luckily, the Police didn't find this in your coat pocket." "Ray, I need that!" " You won't get it in prison." "You've had enough." " Ray, I am completely finished." "Nothing will happen to you, as long as you don't lose your head." "How?" "Police in the building all day, and Tarling asking questions." "Whom did he question?" " All the people here." "Mick and Putek and Peter Keene." " Peter Keene?" "What could he get out of him?" "How to play a fruit machine... and never lose?" " Don't talk about Peter like that!" "He may be a crook, but he loves you." "Does that mean nothing to you?" "A lot of people love me, so what?" " Yes, but Heaven knows why." "Who else did Tarling talk with?" " He spent a lot of time with Milburgh... and with the other girls." " including Anne?" "Darling, relax!" "May I have this dance?" "Yes, of course." " Thank you." "Peter, hands off!" " Oh, Ray, you needn't worry." "You know what I promised." "I even gave Putek the key." "Good evening, Sir." " Good evening." "Anne?" " Yes?" "This morning you knew about the telegram." "Who took it?" "Baker was there, was he not?" " I don't know." "I made a mistake." "I never saw it." " Oh, Anne..." "Who told you to say that?" "Was it Lyne?" "Or Milburgh?" "Or...?" "Why is it so important that you find this telegram?" "Why is it so important to someone that it remain secret?" "The telegram was handled quite openly, as part of business procedures." "And you saw it, Anne." "But then something happened in Hong Kong... and the telegram became explosive." "It disappeared off the map." "Who did it, Anne?" " I do not know." "It was written by hand." "Whose handwriting was it?" "Anne, please try to remember!" "I was looking forward to this dance." "It has become an interrogation." "Milburgh had to get back to the office, an urgent call from Hong Kong." "He asked me to make his excuses, and to represent him here." "Thank you for the dance, Mr. Tarling." " Would you like to dance?" "Thank you." "Like to dance?" " No." "Why do you let him do as he likes?" " Oh, leave me in peace." "Can I come in for a moment?" "No, really." " As you wish." "Good night, Anne." " Good night." "What is it?" " Nothing, Sir." "Then stop grinning like an idiot!" "I'll walk." "Pick me up in the morning" "Right, Sir." "Good night, Sir." "Who is it?" "Police." "There is someone here claims to be your husband." "Charles, is that you?" " Who else?" "Come in, Darling." "I didn't expect you tonight." "The Ryder woman gave the boss a flea in his ear." "What's this?" "I've decided, we must cut and run." " Without money?" "What do you mean, without money?" "I've spoken to Putek." "Have you gone mad?" "I tell you, you'd better forget it!" "The wise man carries a weapon." "Only the fool uses it." " Ling!" "How did you get in here?" ""Ling laughs at locks." It's my family motto." "The bearer of delicate leaves brings recipient bad news." "But why so early in the morning?" " Shall I give it to you straight?" "Do just that." " Trudi has been wiped out." "What?" "But she had Police protection." " Sadly no-one was there from the Police to do the protecting." "Even I was too late." "How come you did turn up?" " Too many people were... out and about tonight." " Such as who?" "Putek" " Lyne" " Milburgh." "And which of the three can it be?" " That is the question, my friend." "Putek is worried" " Milburgh is anxious - and Lyne is raging." "Facts, Ling, just the facts." " Good." "Trudi was a danger to Putek." "Putek was a danger to Lyne." "And, they were both a danger to Milburgh." "Can't you put it more clearly?" " Milburgh put me on Katja's track." "Evenings at the Club were difficult for her." "Out of pure courtesy..." "Milburgh took her home." " Hm." "Pretty thin, isn't it?" "Almost thin enough to be true." " He who believes shall be blessed." "Do you have more to offer?" " Yes." "Lyne tried to score with Miss Ryder." "But he didn't make the penalty box." "I have borrowed my analogy... from the football." " How apposite." "You wanted to see me, Sir?" " Have you seen the morning paper?" "Does this mean I should resign?" " What would you think, if I handed the case to another?" " If you think, another could handle it better." " Ling Chu was just here." "And all has been resolved?" " No." "But he gave me more information than I've ever got from my people." "First, get Tarling to help us." "He seems to be the best person to assist us." "I would like to have your views, Whiteside." "You have spoken with Sir Archibald!" "I want no excuses from you!" "I only talked to him." "He was most understanding." "And why not?" "Whiteside's methods have not been very successful." "Where are you off to now?" " Even opponents of... old-fashioned methods need sleep." "If you see Whiteside, tell him to keep an eye on Lyne's car." " Why?" "The murderer drove away in it." "A beautiful car, Mr. Lyne." "Where was it this morning?" "In front of my apartment." " How did it get there, Mr. Lyne?" "My driver parked it there." " Your driver is dead." "Don't you think he could have parked it there, before he died?" " Neighbours can be curious, Mr. Lyne." "Charles visited his girl almost every night." "He left the car outside her door." "Just like last night." "It is not very likely that he left her address, drove the car back to your apartment... and walked back to her room, just in time to be murdered?" "If there is another explanation, I'm sure you can find it." "Ah, Whiteside!" "I see he got his car back." " He didn't miss it at all." "The car was parked outside his door." " He could have an associate." "Yes, he could, but show me who?" " Hm." "What about Milburgh?" "Chewing his nails, complaining about the Police, but no suspect answers." "I got about as far as I did with Putek." "I think I'll just pack my case." " Wait for another 24 hours." "Is that long enough for a miracle?" " Perhaps long enough, to refresh Miss Ryder's memory." " She didn't turn up this morning." "What does that mean?" " I don't know." "One moment, please!" "Where is Anne?" " Miss Ryder no longer works here." "Why not?" " Ask Mr. Lyne." "Where is Mr. Lyne?" " Just left." "I think he went home." "These workers are so lax." "Could have been nasty, couldn't it?" "What are you doing here?" " I was delivering something." "What were you delivering?" "Glass slippers for tonight's Ball." "But she wasn't in." " Let's check this together." "I'm sorry, Ray." "I really am sorry." "It was just bad luck, bumping into Tarling like that." "I don't care one way or the other." "But the bird will now not sing." "What are you doing here?" " I work here." "Don't you remember?" "I am the notorious Peter Keene." "Perhaps the bar is closed... in memory of the dearly departed?" " Oh, shut up!" "Take this stuff away!" "Calm down, Gloria." " Get me a drink." "The bar is closed." " Get it, you idiot!" "It's alright, but only one." "What are you doing here?" " I am looking for the reason, why you were dismissed." " Probably because my services... were not good enough." " During or after business hours?" "I find your question objectionable." " Please forgive me." "But I reckon," "Lyne wouldn't appreciate having a door slammed shut on his nose." "Then that is probably why." " Maybe." "Or, did getting... 500 pounds make matters easier?" " What?" "Has someone accused me?" "Not me;" "but the Police suspect you." "The Police?" "Yes." "They searched the house." "Did a good job too, but... they didn't find this." "500 pounds in your laundry." "Has Milburgh set you up?" "No." "Why are you so sure?" "Is he your lover?" " No!" "But he was here last night after Lyne went away." "He could easily hide the money." " No, he was only here five minutes." "Then, are you saying that you stole the money?" "What do you think?" " What do I think?" "It could be Peter Keene that laid this particular rotten egg." "Peter Keene?" "Why should he?" " Because he was sent by Lyne." "It was Lyne who discharged me." "Do you believe he'd be so stupid, just because I rejected his advances?" " And why not?" "He wanted to compromise you." " What d'you mean?" "Compromise?" "A statement in Court by a convicted thief holds little value." "Statement?" "What about?" "About who sent the telegram." "Anne!" "It was Lyne himself, was it not?" " My God, always it's that telegram!" "Have you only that stupid contract for tacky fake flowers in your head?" "Those tacky fake flowers, as you call them, are filled with heroin, worth more than 200,000 pounds!" "What is he doing here?" "He's the one after Putek." "Give me a double." "Get it now!" "What can I do for you?" " Only death, Mr. Putek, can silence the babble of a fool." "An old Chinese proverb, that is no longer true." "You will hear the prattle of two fools, before they were called by their ancestors the other night." ""Where can we go without money?" "Putek will cough up all right."" "But it's not what you think!" " Mr. Putek." "In this country, a tape recording cannot be used as evidence." "But the Police are always happy to listen to one." "And fear and extortion are good motives for murder." "Mr. Putek, please do not try to run away." "After you, Mr. Putek." "What are you doing?" " Helping you to get out of London." "May I at least ask why?" " Lyne is everything to Peter Keene... you found that out yourself." " So?" "He has dismissed me." "What will he do to me?" " Nothing personally, he's too close." "But he has a "criminal's instinct"." "He knows no other way to save himself!" " With my..." "Murder!" "That's what I mean." " Ray Lyne?" "I can't believe it." "Anne, pack your suitcase." "By the way: does Lyne know where your Mother lives?" "No." "Do you?" "There was a letter from her." " You have nasty habits." "The end justifies the means." "Tonight you'll stay with your Mother." "In the morning I'll find you alternative accommodation." "But, darling, I must talk to you." " You are drunk, Gloria." "I'm clear-headed enough." " Go home." "Will you visit me?" " I'll try to get there." "You must!" "I can't take any more." "The Police spent half the day here." "And Putek left with that Chinaman." " Where'd they go?" "How should I know?" "Stay in the house." "And don't talk to anybody except your Mother." "And don't answer the phone." "If anyone should ask you, don't say where your mother lives." "I'll come tomorrow in any case, no matter what happens." "Okay?" " Yes, that's fine." "Look after yourself, Anne." "That was a very touching farewell." "Ray, are you going already?" "I know you want to get rid of me." "You are keen on that little twerp in the office." "What are you doing?" "Just a warning - choose your friends better in future... like Putek." "Hi, I got your message." " And you haven't yet... handed in your notice?" " No." "I'm waiting 24 hours, right?" "Did you see Miss Ryder off?" " Yes." "She is safely hidden away." "You really think this is the best way?" " Unfortunately, yes." "Oliver, is it true?" " What?" "What Jack Tarling said." "That Lyne..." "Please try my number once again." "That he smuggles drugs." " I..." "I don't know." "There's still no answer." " Let it ring." "What if he doesn't believe me." " He will!" "Women run after him." "Hallo?" " Ray?" "This is Anne." "I've been trying to get to you all evening, Ray." "But I can't get rid of Tarling." " You're a sensible girl, Anne." "Let's meet at 10 o'clock in the Fantasy Bar." "I have a few things to do first." "I'll see you later." "What would you do in my place?" "Arrest Lyne." " Because he dismissed his secretary?" "We've got nothing on him." " Well, he did try to frame her." "You need more than that." "I'm a policeman, Tarling." "I can't work with just theories." "You maintain Lyne is a murderer, and smuggles drugs inside daffodils." "Yes." "But the evidence has been destroyed." "If I were to try and arrest a man... in such a case, without evidence, I would get nowhere at all." "Then I would be back walking the beat." " You'd rather wait for a new corpse?" "I..." "I'll talk." "I will tell you everything." " Not everything." "Only the truth." "Yes." "Yes." "You have a plausible theory, Tarling, but it also fits Milburgh... as well as Putek." "But only Lyne could have instructed Keene to set up Miss Ryder." "That doesn't necessarily have to be linked to the murder." "You can at least have Lyne watched." " I will; soon as I'm back in the office." "We may not pull the rope in the same direction, Tarling." "But... now you can find out what Ling Chu does behind closed doors." "Thank you for the drink." "Are you thinking of leaving, Mr. Putek?" "Have you already said goodbye to Mr. Lyne?" "No serious injury, it's only your head that concerns me." "Yes, me too." " You know who it was?" "I lit a match, and suddenly this knife slashed down at me." "Excuse me, are you Mr. Lyne?" " Yes." "A letter for you, Sir." "It was delivered by messenger." "Thank you very much, Sir." ""Ray, here's the key to my apartment." "Wait for me." "We must speak." "Anne."" "Let's see, is this the right hat size?" "Ling, why did you lock your door?" "Who was in here with you?" "A certain Mr. Putek." " Putek?" "In Germany, he is wanted for murder." "Lyne managed to get him out." "Putek has to do what Lyne tells him, and to keep his mouth shut." "And he told you all this, just like that?" "In a casual conversation, hm?" "He was here, so I asked him." " Oh, you simply asked him... and he told you he was a murderer." " My power of persuasion is limitless." "I understand." "Tell me, is it true that, according to English law... a wife cannot be compelled to testify against her husband?" "Yes, why?" " That would explain why..." "Lyne has secretly got married." " Lyne?" "Got married?" "To whom?" "Gloria." "What is this?" " Opium and Mandragora." "Calm yourself, the Doctor has prescribed it." "Ling, what else did Putek say, thanks to your persuasion?" "That Trudi visited him last night, to put the bite on him, but she'd picked the wrong man." " Trudi was blackmailing Putek?" "That's right." " Did you already know?" "I did." " Why didn't you tell me?" "The inscrutability of the Orient." " Oh, Ling, not that one again!" "Jack, listen to me, I must stay ahead of the Police." "Yes, well." "But why?" " Because, in English law, a madman... cannot be held responsible for his deeds." "And I have... my own plans for the Daffodil Murderer." " What do you mean to do?" "The main thing is he is caught." " The Chinese girl, who was murdered..." "she was not like the others." "She worked for you?" " Much more than that." "She was my daughter." "Sleep well, my friend." "You will read the rest in the morning paper." "Where are you going, Ling?" " To find Raymond Lyne and kill him." "Ling." "Ling, come back." "Ling Chu!" "There he is!" "Come here, lad!" "I know what Lyne meant to you." "But you can't behave that way." "You must stop, is that clear?" "Come, Peter, come." "Let's go." "Peter!" "Peter!" "So, Ling Chu found him?" " No, we were shadowing him." "And we lost him at 12.30am. Lyne was killed at midnight." "I'm still looking for the Daffodil Murderer." " But that's impossible!" "You had a wonderful theory, but it no longer stands up." "Where is Anne Ryder?" " Why?" "I want to interrogate her." " For what reason?" "Because Lyne was not murdered in the cemetery." "Where then?" " At Miss Ryder's home." "Let me see the file?" "Thank you." "We found this in Lyne's pocket." "If Miss Ryder didn't kill him, she clearly lured him here to his death." ""Ray, my dear." "Tarling has just appeared." "I cannot get rid of him, without making him suspicious." "But I will try to shake him off, as quickly as possible." "In the meantime, here are the keys.." "to my apartment." "Wait for me." "I'll come, as soon as I am free." "I must talk with you." "Your Anne.""" "This must be a forgery." " The experts have checked it." "But the clincher is that Lyne had the key." "Hallo?" " This is Tarling, a friend of Anne's." "Can I speak with her?" " Anne isn't here." "Yes, I know you were told to say that." "Please tell her that..." "Jack Tarling would like to talk to her." " I don't know what you mean." "Mrs. Ryder?" "Hallo?" "Wait a minute!" "Where are you going?" " I'll tell you when I get there." "Shall I follow him, Sir?" " No, he'll be back." "Osborne?" "Have you found the man who delivered the letter?" "Yes, Sir." "He was given it by a young woman outside Piccadilly Underground and was told to deliver it to Lyne in the Fantasy Bar." "Has he identified Miss Ryder from photographs?" " Yes, Sir." "And we found this in the hallway." "I 've checked the number." "West End Central, Sir." "They need you in Lyne's office." "Where is she?" " I do not know." "Where is she?" "Is it all like this?" " The entire apartment, Sir." "I have ordered our people here." "There's a lot of work for them." "Who was here?" "We found him unconscious." "The Doctor has just examined him." "What are you doing here?" " Good morning, Inspector." "I wanted to visit Raymond Lyne." " But how did you get in?" "I don't know." "I ask myself the same question over and over..." "Through the door." "But someone was here before me." "At what time was this?" " Approximately, 1.00am." "Raymond Lyne was killed by the Daffodil Murderer at midnight." "Dear me." "Then Putek lied to me." "It was not Putek." "We arrested him at the Airport at 10 o'clock." "Milburgh." " Have you seen this before?" "Yes." "Yes, in a lady's purse." "Actually I was looking for something completely different, but I didn't find it." "I'm afraid, Inspector, my search was completely illegal." "I will note it on your long Charge List." "Thank you so much." " Whose handbag was it?" "Anne Ryder's?" "No, it was Lyne's wife, Gloria." "Inspector!" "May I come with you?" "If you want to." "Dead?" " No." "Her ancestors can cancel the celebrations." "You would do well in the Hong Kong Police, Inspector." "Inspector, perhaps this is what Milburgh was seeking." " What is it?" "Embezzlement by Milburgh from Lyne  Co, just before... the death of Lyne's father." "Lyne was apparently brighter... than his father, and discovered it." "But he chose to keep it quiet." "That ensured Milburgh's silence, and why he obeyed Lyne's demands." "Murder included." " I hardly believe it." "Why did you kill her?" "My own Mother?" " Your Mother?" "Yes." "I am Anne's half-brother." "We grew up in this house together." "My Mother was ill." "Heart disease." "If anything happened to me, the shock would kill her." "And now she is dead." " What was supposed to happen, after you broke away from Lyne?" "Don't move!" "Anne was supposed... to lure him with her key?" " No, I had to find something." "I thought it was in Lyne's apartment." "Anne was meant to distract Lyne." "And, for safety, you killed him!" " I don't have the courage for that." "What were you looking for in Lyne's apartment?" "Don't move." "Keep talking!" "What's next?" "All right." "If I must." "Lyne's father discovered that his son was a cheat." "It almost broke his heart." "He sent him away." "And he begged me to hide the losses." "I was foolish enough to agree." "I falsified the books, and misled the accountants." "Then the old man died, and Raymond Lyne owned the company... along with the proof of my inherited embezzlement." "Did Anne know?" " Naturally." "I installed her in the office, as her predecessor was too curious." "Did she know about the drug dealing?" " No." "But you did!" " I could prove nothing." "So I had to keep my mouth shut." " Not just keeping your mouth shut." "You had to kill, if Lyne ordered it!" " No." "Who was it then?" " I don't know." "I thought, it was Lyne himself." "But now..." " Who knew your Mother lived here?" "And who would have reason to kill her?" " It was someone looking for Anne." "Her Mother knew where Anne was?" " No." "Where is she now?" " Bloomsbury, Queens Hotel." "As Anne Stevens." "Leave me." "Get after him!" "I'll call Anne." "First call Whiteside." "He can get to her immediately!" "Hallo?" "Hallo?" " What number do you require?" "That's enough for now." "I'll get back to the Hospital." "You can try again this evening." "What did you get from her, Inspector?" " Nothing; not even a hint." "She was crazy with jealousy, and went to kill Anne." "She was there, when Lyne was killed." " Everyone kills..." "Everyone kills what they love best, but not everyone dies." "What does she mean?" " Don't you see, Inspector?" "It is Peter Keene." "He worshipped Lyne like a man possessed, and hated all others who came anywhere near to Lyne." "He needed only to wave... and Peter would face all the dangers in the World." " And yet, the man he worshipped, he killed." " Yes, by mistake." "By mistake?" " That is the only explanation." "He went to kill Anne, right?" "He didn't know... that Lyne had her key." "The door opened, he threw the knife." "Without hesitation." "The ambulance is on its way." "How did it happen?" "Scotland Yard." "Inspector..." "Whiteside." "Hallo?" "Speaking." "I called the Brunswick Hotel again." "Mr. Tarling is still not back." "Yes." "Well, thank you." "Something else:" "Is there a message for me from Mr. Mil... from someone else?" "Nothing." "No message." " Thank you." "Where is Peter Keene?" " I don't know." "You were with him this morning." "Where is he now?" "I've no idea." " What did he say?" "He was upset about Mr. Lyne." " And what did he say?" "That Miss Ryder had killed Mr. Lyne." " Has he gone looking for Miss Ryder?" "I don't know!" " Tell me word for word what he said!" "Police." " Yes?" "Call Miss Stevens." "I am Inspector Whiteside of Scotland Yard." "Oh, she will be delighted." "She's been waiting for you all day." "I'll wait outside with the other men." " Miss Stevens, the Police are here." "Peter, what are you doing here?" "Tarling!" " Has he got her?" "Two minutes ago!" "Come with me!" "A light blue Standard Vanguard, number - 6140HP." "Repeat: 6140HP." "Priority level 1!" "Clear all radio communications." "Repeat:" "Clear all radio communications." "We can't be more than a quarter mile behind him." "Where is he going?" " To Highgate Cemetery." "Is he dead?" " Yes, of course." "Murder was a life-force to Peter." "And Ray was his donor." "An unlimited free supply, that drove him into madness." "By killing Ray Lyne, he effectively condemned himself to death." "Did you have to kill him?" " It was self defence." "English subtitles:" "David Blake (2013)"