"Mystery!" "was made possible by contributions to your PBS station from..." "(thunder)" "Captioning sponsored by VIEWERS LIKE YOU" "(thunder)" "(crack)" "(woman wailing)" "(men speaking in low tones)" "GIRL:" "We must get a picture." "Cheese." "(giggling)" "(camera shutter clicks)" "(women chattering)" "Give a wave." "(screaming)" "Excuse me." "Who are you?" "It's in here somewhere." "Having trouble, constable?" "This is ridiculous." "Don't know who he is." "Tell this idiot who I am." "Sorry." "Do I know you?" "Come on, Lynley, just because I..." "Sorry, constable." "This is our pathologist." "Perfectly understandable mistake." "Look at the way he's dressed." "Come on." "Practical clothing for the only practical transport in this filthy town." "So you keep saying." "Right." "So, what makes you so sure it's murder?" "Would you turn him over please?" "Sure." "Ah." "Fair enough." "(muffled gunfire and laser blasts)" "What's the story, Lafferty?" "Oh, damn!" "Level 12, though." "Hardly appropriate, is it?" "Nothing like a bit of ultraviolence to unwind the coils." "I see enough of the consequences." "Makes a nice change to dish it out a little!" "Joking." "Cause of death?" "Yeah, well, it wasn't drowning, anyway." "Uh, circular, comminuted fracture of the right-hand side of the skull." "Uh, someone belted him over the head with something hard before dumping him in the river." "Something hard?" "Small, round, heavy, about that size." "If you suggested a ball hammer, I wouldn't point and laugh." "And the hands, were they tied before or after death?" "Well, subcutaneous bleeding around the site of the ligature marks indicates pre-mortem." "And at one point, he was tied at the ankles nd the neck." "at the ankles" "Tied and beaten then?" "Possibly." "This is interesting." "Normally in these circumstances, what you'd see is a slipknot or maybe a reef knot." "This is something different." "It was designed for the purpose, tied by someone who knew what they were doing." "Most people can hardly manage their shoelaces." "Like a sheet bend or a bowline or a clove hitch or a round turn..." "Yeah, yeah, okay, okay." "Most people other than your Outward Bound types, cadet corps types." "Oh, don't tell me you never went to the Scouts, Lafferty?" "HAVERS:" "Sir, prints came up." "He had a record?" "Yeah." "Drink driving a few years ago, nothing serious." "Uh, he's also ex-Navy." "Chief Petty Officer Ramsey." "And, uh..." "And what?" "The security clearance." "He needs it 'cause of his job." "Doorkeeper to the House of Lords." "What does that mean?" "He is the guardian of some seamentary chamber." "Right." "Actually, it just means he's a glorified security guard." "Doffs his cap to the aged members." "Hmm." "(sniffling)" "Sorry." "I'm sorry." "Please don't apologize." "I'm only sorry we have to ask these questions." "(sniffs)" "Had Eric been acting unusually at all recently?" "Well, he always was a bit of a brooder." "Do you know what he was brooding about?" "He wouldn't say." "Never did." "Always kept things close to his chest." "Bit of a habit from Navy life, I suppose." "But he was much better, much happier when he accepted Jesus as his personal savior." "His heart was opened to the Spirit, Marie." "His life spoke of that if his words did not." "Did he have any enemies that you know of?" "highly respected Did he have any enemies member of our community.?" "was a" "He'll be badly missed by all of us who knew him." "What did you do when Eric didn't come home last night?" "I went to bed as normal." "If there was a late sitting, it wasn't unusual for him to be at the House till the small hours." "That's him in his uniform." "So you were here alone?" "Yes." "After Mr. Bellamy left." "Great spiritual benefit is to be derived from meaningful fellowship." "Hmm." "I wonder what form of spiritual comfort" "Mr. Bellamy has been offering Marie." "I wonder that he isn't offering it to her on a regular basis." "Check his alibi." "You are aware you're staring, Havers?" "Do you think he moonlights at the Ritz?" "I'm only asking." "Lord Asherton." "Nice to see you again, sir." "Hello, Mr...." "Tamworth, sir." "Of course, Mr. Tamworth." "You're looking well." "Thank you very much, sir." "Madam." "Will you excuse me a moment?" "They never forget a face." "So I see." "Still the best gentleman's club in London, then." "Things have changed a bit since the Lords reform." "Oh, yeah." "Your lot are on their way out." "The hereditaries." "My lot?" "Endangered species still have their rights you know, Havers." "And besides, we haven't all gone." "My staff and I would be happy to assist your inquiries in any we can." "But what exactly are you looking for?" "Background." "Friends and colleagues can provide a very useful source of information." "Ah, I see." "Um..." "Well, S.O. 17 of the Palace of Westminster division have asked me to keep them informed." "You don't think his murder's connected to the House in some way, do you?" "Not at this stage, no." "Good." "I'd appreciate your discretion." "Their lordships can get a little jumpy, and I wouldn't want to disrupt the important business of the House." "No, I quite understand." "Yes, of course you do." "Right, right, um, well," "I suggest you talk to Geoffrey Crammond." "He's one of our committee clerks." "He and Eric were close, I believe." "LYNLEY:" "Thank you." "We will." "I was wondering if you could ask one of your Doorkeepers to show my sergeant round, give her a feel for how you run the show here." "I think she'd find it most interesting." "Of course." "Oh, um, Deputy Chairman of Committees, Lord Fanshaw, if you have the time" "I understand you were friends." "We were at Oxford together." "Ah." "How marvelous." "It's not like I'm jumping the agenda." "That's exactly what you're attempting to do." "All I'm asking is five minutes for the committee to consider revising para 43!" "The agenda's been finalized, as my memo clearly stated." "Mr. Crammond?" "I'm Detective Inspector Lynley." "This is Detective Sergeant Havers." "We wanted to talk to you about Eric Ramsey." "Yes, yes, of course." "If you'll excuse us." "It's terrible news, Inspector." "Eric was, uh, well, he was a decent man." "How can I be of help?" "I should explain that the Trade subcommittee meets in ten minutes." "Uh, we'll try not to keep you." "How well did you know Eric?" "Uh, we first met as youngsters, um, teenagers." "But we lost touch when I went to university." "Yes, I hadn't seen him for, uh, ooh, 30 years when he started working here." "Had he been frustrated or anxious at all recently about anything?" "No." "Had he spoken to you of any threats or enemies?" "No." "Would he have done?" "Eric and I have kno... um... hadknown each other for many years." "Although he was a Doorkeeper, long hours in the House, it does breed a certain... um, camaraderie." "But we were very different people, Inspector." "(talking indistinctly)" "Excuse me, Mister...?" "Tim Sadler, Special Advisor to the EU Trade Committee." "Um, can you tell me how well did you know Eric Ramsey?" "Not that well." "Eric was a good bet for a bit of banter to lighten the day, you know?" "It gets a bit Dickensian in here." "Hmm." "Protocol is everything." "Implementation, forget about it." "What about Mister Crammond?" "I work with him." "But, uh, he was a good friend of Eric's?" "He was." "They had a bit of a set to, I heard." "Really gets around." "Gossip's part of the fabric here." "Lord Asherton?" "Tamworth." "I hear you're after a guided tour, sir?" "Well, not me, I shan't be joining you, but my sergeant here would love to take you up on your offer." "I'd be delighted." "This way, ma'am." "Um..." "HAVERS:" ""It is forbidden for beggars, vagrants," ""itinerant musicians and females reputation "itinerant musicians to enter these premises."ubtful" "In your case, we'll make an exception, ma'am." "(laughing):" "Come this way." "What is it you actually do, when you're not fending off females of doubtful reputation?" "(laughs)" "Doorkeepers arel that runs the machine, ma'am." "House security, carrying messages for and between the members, keeping order in the galleries and committees." "We're everywhere, the all-seeing eye." "Others might think they have the power, but we have the keys to the castle." "Shall we go?" "This way, sir." "Lynley." "LYNLEY:" "Simon." "How the hell are you?" "Well, thank you." "What is it, 15, 20 years?" "Must be." "Amazing." "We were at the same college at Oxford." "Laetitia Gane, Thomas Lynley." "How do you do?" "It's a pleasure." "Best count your fingers, one of the persuaders." "e parental Best count your fingers, one guidance label.rs.or th" "Your silver tongue can work dangerous miracles unless I'm very vigilant." "Laetitia here's a lobbyist for an American contractor, a going places kind of a girl." "LAETITIA:" "Where I'm going depends on the miracles I can work which depends on your committee reaching the right decision." "I must say it's extremely gracious of you to pretend that politicians still have a measure of influence." "Nowyou're being ridiculous." "I'm sure I am." "Sit, sit." "Tommy here's something of a high-flyer himself." "Oh, nothing compared to your dizzy heights, Simon." "We're window dressers, nothing more, Tommy." "Fairies on the global corporations' large and deliciously lucrative cake." "(chuckles)" "Dreadful thing about old Eric." "Good man, good man." "Married now, I hear?" "Yes, I am." "Proved a harder catch than me." "How is Pippa?" "As expensive as ever and has so far ushered in two very sweet and even more expensive children." "Have you...?" "No, afraid not." "Well..." "Amazing." "Look, I-I-I really ought to, um...." "Do drop in again if you're passing." "We'll sink a couple of gins." "Perhaps we will." "Good to see you." "Bye." "Bye-bye." "Give my regards to...?" "Helen." "Helen." "It's actually pretty impressive." "It's meant to be." "Why did Eric and Geoffrey Crammond fall out?" "I don't know, ma'am." "Must've been a few mutters." "I thought this place ran on gossip?" "Hear no evil, see no evil, that's me, ma'am." "You might try the Alderbury." "What's that?" "It's a club they used to drink in." "A social club?" "Yes, basically, but it likes to pretend it's a cut above." "Some of the staff are members," "Clerks, mainly." "HAVERS:" "Okay, that's two people who said that Crammond and Eric had a bust up." "Yet Mister Crammond failed to mention it to us." "Hey, what are you up to tonight?" "Uh, well..." "I was thinking we could go to the club the Doorkeeper mentioned, the, um..." "Um, Alderbury." "That's the one." "We'll go in low key." "I'll buy the first round." "I take it you haven't heard from Helen." "No." "Why?" "Look, you don't really need me do you?" "Well, if you've got a more pressing engagement Havers..." "Well, as a matter of fact I-I do." "I do occasionally manage a glimpse of a social life." "Yes." "Yes, of course." "Sorry." "THOMPSON:" "Inspector...?" "Lynley." "David Thompson." "Pleased to meet you." "Sorry to leave you on your own." "What's that, scotch?" "Irish actually." "Oh, shall we step into my office?" "Bit of privacy." "When was the last time Eric visited the club?" "I don't know." "Last week some time, I think." "Had you known him long?" "We were mates since before our Navy days." "I'd get in trouble, he'd get me out of it." "What kind of trouble?" "Oh, young sailors kind." "More spit than polish, know what I mean?" "Well past that." "Did you ever return the favor and get him out of trouble?" "Well, it'd be wrong to say that no such thing was unknown." "Serious trouble?" "(laughs):" "No, no." "Oh, there was a time in some filthy basement hole in Macau where Eric lost his shore pay." "Very handy with a blade, your Chinese." "Nothing we couldn't handle." "ently." "I meant more rec" "He did bring a girl here." "I had a talk with him about it." "Not that it was ever going anywhere." "One of your clones." "Professional, political types." "All sharp suits and ant oppor tunity." "The kind that Eric and Crammond came here to get away from I thought." "What was her name?" "Something posh." "Foreign sounding." "It'll be in the club register." "Nice looking girl though." "Too young and fast for him." "Ah!" "Laetitia." "Were they having an affair?" "He was making a bloody fool of himself if they were." "Never saw her again." "Did Marie know about her?" "He'd have been kipping round mine if she had." "Hi." "May I um...?" "What?" "Martin." "Oh." "Am I your first?" "No, um... what?" "Oh, this." "Um... yeah." "I suppose." "Um..." "I-I'm not, um..." "I don't..." "Oh, Barbara." "Hi." "That's a shame." "Well, maybe we should" "Can I have a go?" "I-I'll be gentle." "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Sorry." "I think it's..." "I think I... it's, uh... oh!" "Ow!" "Oops." "Thank you." "How long have you known Geoffrey Crammond?" "Since I was a youngster." "Sea Cadets, that's where we all hooked up." "Geoffrey was petty officer, of course." "Yeah, I was never made out for officer material myself." "I understand that he and Eric had a bit of a falling out recently." "Yeah, well..." "chalk and cheese, that pair." "Geoff's a diamond bloke, straight as they come." "Mainly because he's got a poker stuck up his jacksie most of the time." "(laughing)" "He can be a right pain." "What was the argument about?" "Something to do with work." "They got very worked up about it." "HAVERS:" "I checked out Bellamy's alibi." "The old woman he visited after Marie reckons he only stayed ten minutes." "Now if he didn't get home till half eleven that's over an hour missing." "Push him on it." "Yeah." "What are these?" "Oh, you were right about Thompson." "He has got a record." "Demoted twice in the Navy for violent behavior." "Never got beyond lead rating." "Then when he was discharged, he served three years for GBH." "What are the details on that one?" "Some bloke owed him money." "Thompson went round, beating lumps out of him till he paid up." ":" "Have you heard back from the Marine Support Unit yet?" "p." "Yeah, if time of death was around 10:30, they reckon the body was carried two miles up river by the tide." "We've got divers searching here for the weapon." "Good." "That's our one chance of giving anything meaningful to forensics." "That the Alderbury club?" "Yeah." "Thompson would have had ready access to the river." "Right." "First off, I want to talk to Crammond about this argument he didn't even mention having with Eric." "Oh, how'd it go last night?" "What?" "Well, the big night out." "Oh, that." "Uh... yeah, great." "LYNLEY:" "What was the argument about?" "Petty disagreement." "David Thompson told me it was related to your work." "Uh, well..." "I suppose it was." "A matter of procedure." "s that should have been delivered... uh, were not.per" "What papers?" "Internal papers." "It was just committee business." "They of course, but I have certain responsibilities." "Where were you between 9:30 and 11:00 on Tuesday night?" "What do you mean?" "It's a simple enough question, Mister Crammond." "Uh... well, I was on my way home and... at home." "Can anyone verify that?" "I don't know." "I live alone." "I'm not sure." "I suggest you make sure." "After all, you do have your responsibilities to consider." "(shutter clicks)" "(shutter clicks)" "(shutter clicks)" "LAETITIA:" "So, how did the client react?" "I'm afraid I'm not equipped with your persuasive powers." "They don't stretch that far." "Politics is war, Laetitia." "And war is politics with bloodshed." "So if it is war, pick the side with the biggest tanks." "Is that your working principle?" "Isn't it yours?" "Mr. Sadler?" "Yes, Sergeant..." "What can I do for" "Sorry." "Laetitia Gane." "Yeah, I know." "They said you'd be here." "Excuse me." "How well did you know Eric Ramsey?" "As well as I know most of the Doorkeepers." "Oh, so they all take you for drinks to their club as well, do they?" "Well, no, they don't." "But you went with Ramsey?" "Yes." "Because?" "Because he asked me." "He's a nice old man, friendly, a gent, and I don't meet many of those." "Oh, thanks very much." "Were you having an affair?" "No, we were not." "It was one time, one drink." "I mean, he might have fancied me, but no, no way." "I'm running late, so, um, if you'll excuse me." "I'll be in touch." "Were they?" "No." "I-I mean, I don't know, but I don't think so." "You don't seem sure." "Well, there did seem to be a bit of a spring/autumn thing going on, if you know what I mean." "Harmless, though." "BLACK ROD:" "I understood your enquiries were to be discreet." "LYNLEY:" "And so they are." "Well, perhaps your definition of discretion differs from mine." "This is not a museum, Inspector, nor is it a public gallery, despite what people seem to think." "This is a place of extremely serious business." "Now, if you want a general overview of committees," "I suggest you talk to Christine Miller." "She's Deputy Counsel of Committees." "Thank you." "So what about Crammond?" "Mm." "Oh, yes, sorry about that." "I seem to be immune to it now." "We were promised an office in the new building, but that doesn't seem to have happened." "Pay is a pittance, too." "Why do you work here?" "My specialty is international law, and, well, this is one of the places it happens." "It isn't always about money, is it?" "It'd be nice if it wasn't." "(chuckles)" "Crammond's territory is the EU Trade Affairs Committee, and like most clerks, he's fiercely possessive." "And if papers went missing?" "He'd scorch earth finding them." "They usually turn up, but Crammond would take it personally." "He does seem to take his role rather seriously." "Clerks do." "To be fair, Fanshaw does have a tendency to throw his toys out of the pram if things don't run the way he thinks they should." "Simon Fanshaw?" "The Committee Chair." "Do you know him?" "Oxford." "Bet he was an arrogant little sod there, too." "(laughs)" "He was actually." "Thought so." "Ooh, sorry." "Cappuccino next time, my treat." "I don't believe it." "Tommy!" "How fantastic." "Pippa, lovely to see you." "FANSHAW:" "And your terribly dull husband." "(chuckles) Only when you're working, darling." "Where have you been hiding all these years?" "I told you he was lurking around the place." "PIPPA:" "I'm sure not lurking." "How's the investigation going?" "We're making progress." "Dirty work, but someone's got to do it." "I could say the same for you." "(chuckles) Idealism is the despot of thought, Tommy." "As politics is the despot of will, to complete the Bakunin quotation." "You always had a retentive memory." "(chuckles) PIPPA Don't be so boring, the pair of you." "I was so sorry to hear about you and Helen." "I'm sure you must have made a lovely couple." "I didn't know you..." "Oh, Helen and I go way back." "I hadn't met her for just ages, then I met her at a land mines fund-raiser last week, looking fantastic, I must say." "I mean, it's so hard to move on, isn't it?" "One can get so bogged down when something like that happens, but she really was in fine form, I thought." "You're looking tired, Tommy." "Must be all the lurking I've been doing." "(laughing):" "Tommy." "You must come to dinner." "How about Friday?" "I-I don't know if I can." "No, no, no, really, you must-- I insist." "I'll check my diary." "I... insist." "(Fanshaw laughs)" "All Eric's other bank accounts were joint accounts with Marie." "He opened that one six months ago in his own name." "Uh, the savings account." "Large amounts going in and out." "Yeah, two deposits totaling 15 grand in the last two weeks." "Do you think he was having an affair with Laetitia?" "(sighs):" "She was adamant they weren't." "Well, if they were, it would give Marie motive." "(laughing):" "She is a bit of a Christian soldier for murder, isn't she?" "Let not the cross blind you to sin, Havers." "What is that, the Bible?" "Experience." "Right." "I didn't know this account even existed." "Well, that's a lot of money, coming in and out." "And there's also a regular payment here to a loan company." "I see it." "Told me he'd paid it off." "Um, paid what off?" "He got involved in this pyramid scheme thing." "You know, recruit your friends and make a packet." "By the time I found out about it, he owed a fortune, and all he had to show for it was a garage full of vitamin B." "(sighs)" "(sniffles)" "He... he gambled, too." "Cards, horses, dogs, whatever came along." "A bet's a bet." "It could be... difficult." "Does the name Laetitia Gane mean anything to you?" "Is she what Eric was hiding?" "Were they having an affair, or am I barking up the wrong tree?" "I don't think your attitude is very sensitive," "Sergeant." "You and Marie seem pretty close." "I try to give what solace I can." "I bet you do." "What's that supposed to mean?" "Well, I spoke to the old woman that you visited the night that Eric was murdered." "Ivy." "Yeah, Ivy." "She said that you stayed ten minutes." "She gets confused." "She seemed pretty convinced to me." "I'm sure she did." "She's also convinced that her daughter brings her Meals on Wheels." "Her daughter died four years ago." "Ivy is in the early stages of Alzheimer's." "Oh." "I see." "Is that her?" "Take it." "I don't want that filth in my house." "He swore no more secrets." "Before God, he swore it." "LYNLEY:" "Do you think he was trying to finance the affair with Laetitia?" "HAVERS:" "Well, she seems like the Bond Street ?" "esents type to me." "How long had it been going on?" "Well, Marie reckoned he'd been sort of secretive for the last few months, for about as long as the money was coming in." "Look at these." "I mean, she must have been in her late teens, early 20s?" "Maybe he knew her from before the Lords." "Maybe that's what he was paying her for." "Photographs of her as a young woman." "Obsessed." "How did Marie react?" "Oh, she is an angry woman." "Sir." "We've got something." "Look after that, will you?" "Thanks." "OFFICER:" "Right." "Here and here." "Blood." "Somebody could easily back a car up to the end of that alley without being noticed." "Down here, sir!" "Here." "It's what the divers found." "Lafferty was absolutely right." "We'll get that tested immediately." "There are no pubs or bars for checking out potential witnesses." "No, but the Alderbury club's only quarter of a mile away." "Come on." "There's two." "That doesn't cover the entrance." "That does." "Stop." "Ramsey." "Yeah." "So he was at the Alderbury club that night." "Who's that with him?" "Thompson?" "Possibly-- looks like Thompson lied." "Can you get that enhanced?" "Why did Eric Ramsey come to the Alderbury club on the night of his murder?" "He didn't." "(paper rustling)" "Do you recognize this?" "Club register." "How about this?" "Eric's signature." "What was Eric Ramsey doing at the Alderbury club on the night of his murder?" "We were discussing club policy." "You're out of practice, David?" "What do you mean?" "Lying to the police." "How much did that bloke owe you?" "The one you beat to a pulp?" "I deserved the time I did, and I regret it." "Yes." "Not as much as he does, I imagine." "I had a problem, all right?" "Out of control." "Is that what happened with Eric?" "No." "LYNLEY:" "What time did you get home?" "Some time after 11:00." "Can you prove it?" "I doubt it." "Eric hadeen depositing large amounts of money into his bank account." "into hmoney come from?" "I have no idea." "Do I have to get a warrant to search 's acc ounts?" "You'll do whatever you bloody please, like coppers always do." "What kind of favor?" "He was skimming from the club." "What did he think, I'm a total moron?" "Maybe that's why he got you the job." "Did you tell the police?" "Look, we was mates." "Some things you just don't do." "I-I wanted to give him a chance to put the money back." "Why did he take it in the first place?" "Debts." "I occasionally run a poker game between friends." "Your club doesn't have a gaming license." "You could lose your job, face prosecution." "And you're getting on a bit for Wormwood Scrubs." "LYNLEY:" "Is that what Eric threatened to do when you confronted him about the money?" "Expose your illegal gambling racket?" "No." "So you killed him?" "No, I did not." "(sighs wearily)" "What do you think?" "We know he's capable of it." "How did Bellamy's alibi hold up?" "Oh." "Well, he might have one if Ivy knew what day of the week it was." "What about Crammond?" "He was very evasive about his argument with Eric, but he's still in the picture." "And then there's Laetitia." "As a student, Laetitia Gane was convicted of both a public order offense and keeping a brothel." "What?" "Well, that might explain the photos." "Nothing too big, though, just herself and a friend." "Community service and a fine." "Yeah, but if Eric knew about it, he could've been blackmailing her." "(camera shutter clicks)" "GANE:" "I'm not a policy maker." "I'm not making recommendations." "All I'm looking to achieve today is to put the most accurate information, the facts, at your disposal." "Thank you." "Cogent, clear, and commendably brief." "Not too hard sell, I hope?" "You can be sure we'll read this with interest." "Thank you, Laetitia." "Thank you." "FANSHAW:" "Tommy." "ng FANSHAW:" "your killer, are you?" "Tommy.ki" "I'm afraid so." "Wouldn't be surprised if Lord Ainscough didn't carry a switchblade up his sleeve." "MAN:" "Lynley." "What can I do for you?" "Actually, we're here to see Miss Gane." "FANSHAW:" "Really?" "LYNLEY:" "If you'll excuse us." "Of course, of course." "LYNLEY:" "Miss Gane." "GANE:" "Inspector." "I understand you know Sergeant Havers." "How can I help you?" "How well did you know Eric Ramsey before he asked you to the Alderbury club?" "As long as I've been working at the House." "18 months?" "You sure you didn't know him longer than that?" "I don't think so, no." "Can you explain why he had these photographs in his possession?" "How did you..." "Where did you..." "Were they related to your conviction for prostitution?" "Not here..." "Unless you'd rather come down the station." "No." "No..." "These are from a long time ago." "A different life." "Your life." "Yes." "Yes, I got into debt at uni." "Big debt." "First time away from home," "I went a bit wild." "You're telling me." "I've never been hung up about my body, Sergeant." "Or sex." "Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, sometimes it's just sport." "People want it and they're prepared to pay." "All I was doing was meeting a market need." "It was practically work experience." "If you're safe?" "Selective?" "I mean, it's... it's not "nice,"" "but it's not exactly gutting chickens either." "And the money's better." "One of my regulars." "Never more than that-- I had strict rules." "Why did he want these?" "I'm sure you can guess, Inspector-- he paid for them." "Did you continue to see him?" "No, that life ended the moment I paid off my debts." "Plus a bit of pocket money." "Imagine my delight when I walked in the House on my first day, and one of my old punters opened" "So why did he take you to the Alderbury?" "Was he trying to blackmail you?" "No, he wanted to negotiate a new financial arrangement." "I said no." "In a nice way-- he was an all-right bloke." "But, no, no way." "Where were you on Tuesday night?" "Met a friend for a drink, went home." "And what about your, uh, public order offense?" "That was just a student demo." "There was a whole bunch of us." "It's just silly, really." "Will that be all?" "For the moment." "HAVERS:" "If Eric was blackmailing Laetitia, then that would give her strong motive." "Yeah." "Hey, wait a second." "Mr. Sadler?" "Can I help you, Inspector?" "Yes." "I believe you work with Laetitia Gane." "Our paths do cross." "In what capacity?" "She works for a firm lobbying on behalf of an American company interested in the workings of the committee." "To put it crudely, they're pitching for business, and she's the mouthpiece." "And if she's successful?" "Next rung up the ladder." "Which would be?" "An extremely lucrative posting in the States," "I should imagine." "Laetitia's a very ambitious woman." "Politically or financially?" "Financially-- most disappointed idealists end up following the profit, don't they?" "She doesn't strike me as an idealist." "SADLER:" "We all have a burst of youthful fervor." "(pager beeps)" "Some of us manage to hang on to it, others don't." "How did she get into politics?" "Uh, university, I think." "Is that all?" "I've got to..." "Yes, of course." "Thanks." "Do you fancy a drink?" "Oh, you've got your date." "How did you know I had a date?" "What you said, I just assumed..." "Oh, you did, did you?" "Well, as it happens, I do have a date tonight." "Who's the lucky man?" "Um, he's, uh..." "I can'ame." "Well, um..." "I joined one of those dating agencies." "Really?" "What?" "Just... really?" "Well, I paid good money for it." "Well, I just thought sometimes it would be nice to..." "Is it?" "Well, it could be." "Have you phoned Helen yet?" "No." "(sighs)" "What do you think?" "Hmm." "Seems nice enough." "Yeah, well, I'd better not be late." "No, no, off you go." "Yeah, I better go." "See you." "(restaurant patrons conversing merrily)" "So, uh, what's it like being a cop?" "Uh... well, it's what I do, you know?" "I, well... sometimes..." "Yeah, yeah, wicked!" "What kind of music you into?" "Um... well, you'll probably laugh." "Well, I'm pretty eclectic myself." "I, like, mix it up, yeah?" "Do a bit of DJ-ing myself, actually, at this really cool little bar." "(snaps fingers):" "Mm!" "You should come." "You'd love it." "Well, I don't think that our buddy..." "You ever been traveling?" "I went to Peru last year." "Well, kind of a holiday, really." "But wicked, you know?" "Amazing people-- like, really cool." "(latch clicks)" "(door closes)" "So, uh, I was thinking, maybe you want to come back to mine, yeah?" "No pressure, just to chill a bit, yeah?" "Get to, like, reallyknow each other?" "Uh..." "You know what, mate, um..." "Yeah, thanks for the drink, but, um... you should really learn to listen a bit more." "Good night." "Morning." "Pleasant evening?" "Any luck?" "TECHNICIAN:" "Before... and after;" "the enhanced image." "LYNLEY:" "Crammond." "I take it your date wasn't quite what you'd hoped for." "Let's just say he wasn't my type." "Ah." "Will you do it again?" "Well, I've paid the money." "Gets me out the house." "Mister Crammond?" "Mister Crammond?" "Mister Crammond?" "BLACK ROD:" "Mister Crammond hasn't yet come in this morning, Inspector, and I cannot have you hectoring the House staff." "There've been rumblings from their Lordships." "Mister Crammond is a suspect in a murder investigation." "Nevertheless, you must understand the repercussions." "It's only a matter of time before some snuffling newshound gets wind of your investigation, and the media will then... (cell phone rings)" "Uh..." "Sorry." "Um..." "I'll take it out... sorry." "As I was saying." "(door closes)" "It is only a matter of time before the media will... (door reopens)" "Sorry." "Sir, I think you'd better take this." "Excuse me." "Hello?" "What?" "Yes." "What have we got?" "Oh, I'm late for court." "Sorry." "This is murder, Lafferty." "Well, similar M-O to the last time." "I'll get you a report as quickly as possible." "Well, you're not the only body in town." "Oh, mine's a hot and spicy with pine." "Practical bloody transport!" "Can you turn him over, please?" "Is that the same knot?" "Yeah." "SOCO's says there were no blood traces found in Crammond's flat," "The stereo and the TV are missing, but the only fingerprints they found belonged to Crammond." "So whoever broke in was chaotic enough to wreck the place, but careful enough to use gloves." "Yeah." "Fibers?" "Um, nothing immediately suspicious." "That's a lot of trouble to go to for some electrical goods." "Okay, what if he was mugged, he tells them he's got cash at home, n him, go too far." "Or perhaps, they witness the murder... and then get the ID from the body, take the opportunity to rob the flat." "Hmm." "All coincidence?" "No, me neither." "Ooh, look at this." "Laetitia Gane's public order offense wasn't just another "student demo."" "She was in one of those extremist anti-globalization groups." "Before her dramatic conversion to the dollar." "Yeah." "I wonder what the comrades think of that." "Wrists were tied with the same knot like you said, and there was a similar pattern" "and more prono hard enough to cause intramuscular bleeding." "The guy took a real beating." "But how was he killed?" "Well, not with a hammer." "Cause of death was myocardial infarction." "LYNLEY:" "It was a heart attack?" "ght on by the stress LYNLEY:" "It was a of the attack.ell, brou" "Well, still makes it murder." "Well, that's your job, isn't it?" "All we do here is slice and dice." "(chuckling)" "HAVERS:" "So, both murder victims were tied and beaten first." "That's the same MO as Thompson's GBH conviction." "Thompson certainly had the motive to kill Eric." "and check out his alibi?" "Yeah, what about you?" "Well, the most important thing to Crammond was his work." "If I want an insight into his drives and motivation, that seems like a good place to start." "I'll give you a lift." "All right." "(engine starting)" "FANSHAW:" "Crammond's role as clerk was quite simply to run the committee." "Which involved?" "Coordinating schedules, compiling minutes, collating and disseminating evidence and agendas." "Drafting summary reports in liaison with Counsel's office." "Chairing the thing's a breeze by comparison." "All I have to do is turn up." "What's the committee's remit?" "Economic and financial affairs and international trade within the EU." "Uh, import-export issues, that sort of thing." "Two good men dead." "What's this all about really, Tommy?" "I was rather hoping you might help me with that." "Hmm." "Sorry to let you down." "Legislation is a hard and surprisingly tedious slog." "We are somewhat shielded from the grimmer realities of life beyond the gates." "Now, dinner." "Oh." "Well, actually... 7:30 for 8:00 suit?" "Yes, of course." "Jolly good." "Thompson was at the club till 8:30, and then he claims he went straight home after that." "LYNLEY:" "So, he's still in the frame?" "Well, he says he had a visit from the plumber around the time of death-- blocked pipe or something." "Corroborate it, will you?" "Yes, sir." "So, do-do you have another assignation planned for this evening?" "Well, it's just a date." "It's no big romance." "Never say never, Havers." "Yeah." "Oh, uh, sir?" "Um..." "Yeah?" "Why, it's nothing really." "I'm sorry, it's just..." "Well, I've got this feeling that I'm being watched." "Probably another admirer." "Well, no, uh, it's not that." "It's just..." "Well, tonight there was this guy, and, well," "I could have sworn that..." "Are you okay?" "Yeah." "LYNLEY:" "Havers?" "No, I'm fine." "I've-I've just been on me own too long I think." "I'll be talking to the walls next." "Well, um, have a good evening." "Yeah, good night." "Good night." "Tommy, you are appalling." "So rude!" "I'm sorry." "Work." "You need to indulge yourself a little... or a lot." "Now, Joanna you know." "Hello." "Hi." "Sara Longley her fianc?" "Sanjiv." "Hello." "Rachel Curran, the notorious television journalist." "CURRAN:" "Pleased to meet you." "And Joseph Frady." "Joe thinks he's pitching for business, but I'm afraid he's going to find this is a purely social event." "(quiet laughter)" "(indistinct chatter)" "Marvelous." "LYNLEY:" "So, what brings you to London?" "My companysuade Simon and his committee that the future lies with Mercury Aeronautics." "It's not my committee, Joe, as you will see." "Is that an indication o the committee's intentions?" "It's a reminder that any attempt to influence a Lords committee would be like politely asking a herd of rampaging buffalo to turn left." "(laughter)" "All I do is record e direction." "Yeah." "I'm sure you underestimate your powers." "Well, that would be a first." "(laughter)" "You know Simon from Oxford, don't you?" "LYNLEY:" "Yes." "What did you study?" "History." "First class honors, of course." "Swot." "FRADY:" "What made a first class honors graduate of Oxford University join the police force?" "Good question." "FANSHAW:" "Some of us want to make a difference, don't we, Tommy?" "Something like that." "FANSHAW:" "The public service ethic is deeply ingrained in the English aristocracy." "That's why we're all broke, of course." "LYNLEY:" "You're hardly knocking on the workhouse door, Simon." "Oh, it's all on tick." "(laughter)" "In my experience, public service is grossly undervalued." "A London bobby's financial lot is not a happy one, I imagine?" "I'm adequately rewarded for the job that I do." "FRADY:" "Nothing compared to what you could get in the private sector." "LYNLEY:" "Perhaps not." "The sky's the limit for those who know how to capitalize on their opportunities." "I'm sure that's true." "FRADY:" "The real question is whether you can recognize andacton that opportunity if it presents itself." "Can you, Inspector?" "Well, I think that rather depends on the nature of that opportunity." "PIPPA:" "You better not be talking business." "Especially notyourbusiness." "Far too gruesome." "(laughter) Sorry." "Oh." "Damn." "Have you had any more of those weird feelings of yours?" "What?" "No, no, it's just me being paranoid." "I wonder." "What connections have we got between the two victims?" "Um, well, they both worked for the House of Lords." "They're both friends, but they fell out." "Something to do with the job." "Yup, and a few days later, they were both dead." "But perhaps that argument wasn'ttty quarrel." "Do you actually know what it was about?" "Mislaid papers, apparently." "Documents relating to a committee that Crammond was particularly conscien conscientious about." "What?" "So, Eric hands the documents to Crammond." "That's what they're arguing about-- he wants them" "Why did Eric steal them in the first place?" "He needed the cash to pay off his debts." "If somebody else wanted those papers badly enough, he could sell them." "Yeah, but he gave them to Crammond." "Oh." "Crammond's flat wasn't burgled at all." "It was searched." "Uh, we've got a box of stuff from Crammond's flat in the evidence room." "HAVERS:" "There's nothing obviously related to the Lords." "No." "Maybe they found what they were looking for." "Yeah, and probably killed Crammond." "Well, no, because if they knew he was dead, they wouldn't need to cover their tracks and make it look like burglary." "Okay, so... they knew what they were doing." "Yeah, they certainly did." "?" "(shutter clicking)" "HAVERS:" "Special Branch?" "If it's something to do with the Lords, they might be interested." "If the Branch wanted to keep tabs on our investigation, all they'd have to do is throw their weight about." "I'd object, but they'd win the argument." "Well, some other branch of national security then?" "Whoever it is, we now have to assume that they know where we've been, and who we've spoken to." "They've probably even been through our files." "Okay, so what do they want?" "Well, that document that Eric gave to Crammond." "But we're investigating murder." "Yeah, that document might be the key." "If documents have been misappropriated," "I must ask you to inform Lord Fanshaw as Committee Chair at the very least." "I'm afraid that won't be possible." "Well, I cannot possibly allow you access to highly sensitive government papers without a more detailed explanation." "I'm sorry, the nature of my investigation precludes that." "What's so important about these particular documents?" "I'd like to find out." "Very well." "I'll grant you two hours access to the committee files." "You will be supervised throughout that time, and in no circumstances whatsoever must any of those papers leave the building." "Is that understood?" "Absolutely." "Thank you." "MAN:" "Right." "These are all the documents that came into the committee office in the last month." "nk you, that came into the committee office in the imr." "Tamworth." "What are we looking for?" "What's missing." "Ah." "Is that all?" "No." "You've got two hours." "What?" "!" "What are you going to do?" "Like a nice cup of tea?" "I think I'm going to need it." "Thank you, Mr. Tamworth." "(sighs)" "SADLER:" "I've told you already." "It's been cleared by Black Rod's office." "This is not something you need to worry about." "Thank you." "Okay." "What was all that about?" "Oh, Black Rod." "Eighteenth century costume, and eighteenth century grasp of the media." "to report the Parliamentary proceedings?" "Mm." "Something I think he'd consider to be a very bad decision." "(both laughing)" "What can I do for you?" "You said Laetitia Gane works for a lobbying firm." "Which firm?" "Bell Regis Public Affairs." "And what company do they represent at the moment?" "Well, their main client is Mercury Aeronautics." "The American firm?" "Yes, that's right." "(phone ringing) Oh, I'm sorry." "You're in a hurry." "I'll let you go." "Thanks." "Sorry." "It's all kicking off a bit today." "Yeah." "Hi." "Yeah." "Yeah." "I'm on my way." "Well?" "It's, uh... it's not looking good." "This is the, uh, third pile I've been through." "Mr. Tamworth?" "Uh, yes, ma'am?" "Any chance of another cuppa?" "Yeah, it's about that time again, isn't it?" "How do you take yours, sir?" "Uh, white, no sugar." "Thank you very much, Mr. Tamworth." "Yup." "So, uh, what is it?" "It's a dossier of a defense system made by Mercury Aeronautics." "But the page count doesn't match the cover sheet." "There are seven pages missing." "What are they about?" "Well, I don't know, but the cover sheet has the original circulation list to Geoffrey Crammond, Tim Sadler, and Viscount Featherstonehaugh, whoever that is." "That's Fanshaw." "That's not how it's spelled." "It's pronounced that way by, um, by convention, I suppose." "That's stupid." "Doorkeepers have access to every room in this building." "That would make me Sergeant Hahars?" "They know who's done what, who they did it to, and whether they're going to do it again." "That would make you Inspector Lah-lah." "(laughing) Thank you." "Sorry." "You know, it would be perfectly easy for Eric to steal these pages, but he would have had to have understood their significance first." "Well, Crammond would've handled every single paper related to committee business-- he'd know." "We find these pages, we find our motive." "Yeah." "But we're not the only ones looking." "(device beeping)" "Print." "Oh, I'm..." "I'm sorry, Mr. Tamworth-- here, let me help you with that." "You got them, sir?" "Yeah." "Ah!" "Oh, I don't suppose there's any chance of biscuits, is there?" "Biscuits, ma'am?" "Of course." "(whispering):" "Okay." "Miss Miller?" "Inspector." "How nice to see you." "And you." "What is it you need to know?" "There's seven pages missing from that document." "I want to know what they're about?" "These papers are classified, strictly speaking." "How did you come across them?" "I'd rather not say." "Very cloak and dagger." "It really is quite stunning, isn't it?" "Yeah." "Easy enough to forget that." "Mm-hmm." "Swallowed up in our jobs, what we think our lives are, we miss so much." "Shall we walk?" "Why not?" "This document is background to an important decision the subcommittee have to make, a simple choice." "Between what?" "There's a defense contract up for grabs, a guidance system." "Sounds expensive." "Billions." "Two contractors are in the running:" "one European and one American." "Is that a delicate decision?" "A political decision." "Whisper is it's going to our European neighbors." "In these troubled time we need all the friends we can get." "It's Fanshaw's job to nudge the committee in the direction the government favor." "Though I'd be surprised if he put his shoulder to the wheel." "Why?" "Politics is simpler than you think." "It's all boils down to money in one way or another." "The findings on the report of the American system are not here." "That's what's on your missing pages." "Really?" "Thank you." "Thank you, you've been most helpful." "My pleasure." "Here." "I still owe you that cappuccino." "Good night, Inspector." "(bell tolling in distance)" "(overlapping chatter)" "WOMAN:" "Thank you for your support." "I'll see you later." "Thank you, Ms. Gane." "Good morning, Inspector." "What can I do for you?" "What happens to Mercury Aeronauticso for you?" "if they win the defense contract?" "They get rich." "What happens to you?" "I get a bonus." "In what form?" "Cash, some shares, and a transfer to Washinon." "Really?" "America's still where it's at, globally speaking." "In spite of your colorful past?" "Hmm?" "What do you mean?" "If I wanted a lucrative American posting," "I don't imagine a history of anti-capitalist activism could possibly count in my favor." "Tell me, are you still in contact with your comrades, Laetitia?" "No, I am not." "The most radical revolutionary becomes a conservative the day after the revolution." "Isn't that how it goes?" "Or in your case, at the first glimpse of an expense account." "What do you want?" "ic Ramsey offer to sell you documentsEr relating to the committee's decision on the defense contract?" "No." "Did you know he had them?" "No." "What's Simon Fanshaw's connection with Mercury Aeronautics?" "He hasn't got one." "Then who has?" "rutal murder Tof two men,?" "This is about the b both of whom you knew." "If you have any information regarding my investigation, you must tell me." "Or have you sacrificed moral decency along with your youthful principles?" "Simon Fanshaw hasn't got a connection with Mercury Aeronautics." "But his wife has." "(typing)" "(beeps)" "(beeps)" "Pippa." "I'm not in a position to speculate and you wouldn't expect me to do that." "What I will say is that the process has been thorough, even forensic at times and that whatever our recommendation, the country's best interests have been uppermost in our thoughts." "Thank you." "How can you be sure that personal interests have played no pars proce ss?" "I think the questioner betrays hitanding of the committee process." "I would refer you to the members' declaration of interests and assure you that our deliberations have been made in an entirely objective manner." "u." "in Now, if you'll excuse me...r." "(reporters murmuring)" "What the hell was that in aid of?" "I'm developing an interest in the political process." "Has this interest sprung from the police process?" "have taken on an unexpectedly personal dimension." "It was always personal with us, Tommy." "What's our current thinking on being under constant surveillance?" "Well, it needn't necessarily be a government agency." "This is all somehow related to the committee's decision on the guidance system." "There's billions of dollars at stake here." "A corporation like Mercury Aeronautics, they can afford the best professional assistance." "A private firm?" "Security consultants offer a wide spectrum of services for the right price." "Well, if they were so professional, they would've have found the test report, no matter where Crammond hid it." "If they found the test report, they wouldn't need to keep us under surveillance." "Okay." "Eric gave the report to Crammond and was murdered later that night." "Crammond then knew the report was worth killing for." "If I was him," "I wouldn't want to risk bringing it home." "I'd want to find somewhere much safer, somewhere no one else knew I had a connection with." "We..." "We shouldn't be looking for a hiding place here." "We should be looking for a lead that takes us somewhere else." "A safety deposit box?" "No, he'd want somewhere with more immediate access than that." "Okay." "Sir." "What if we do find it?" "I mean, two people have already been murdered for it." "Sir." "Eric's body was dumped in the river near the Alderbury." "Now, Crammond and he were both members, and Thompson was a friend of both of them, and, well, we know that Thompson covered for Eric, so..." "It's a fair cop." "It's a fair cop., Danno." "We found this in Crammond's flat." "Good summer that." "Won six straight including Head of the River." "Eric was our bowman." "He caught a crab at the start, but we rowed right through the lot of them." "Good crew, see." "Me." "Eric." "Geoff." "Mickey Goldberg." "He was the first to go." "Cancer." "Ninety-three." "The boathouse." "Every year, big joke, talk about getting on the water." "Every year, we don't." "Why didn't Eric just ask me?" "I mean, if he wanted money that bad," "I would have found it for him somewhere." "Only had to ask." "(sobbing):" "Didn't have to thieve." "Didn't have to lie to me." "Did Geoffrey give you a document to look after?" "No." "He said he was in trouble, he needed to hide something." "Eric, I wouldn't have been surprised, but Geoff..." "I didn't ask any questions." "Did he tell you where he hid it?" "I told him." "Perfect place." "Ideal." "If you see anything suspicious, call me." "Okay." "(gasps) What...?" "Hey, budge up." "Well?" "It's the preliminary evaluation of the Mercury Aeronautics guidance system." "Future targets, extended time scales, even budgetary modifications." "Meaning?" "Meaning it works." "(engine starts)" "But it's going to cost a lot more than anyone imagined." "LYNLEY:" "Who gains by suppressing the report?" "The Americans?" "HAVERS:" "Yeah." "Or anybody connected to the American bid to Mercury Aeronautics." "After university," "Simon Fanshaw's wife Pippa spent four years in the States." "Apparently, that's where they met." "And at the time, she was working for GRP Macgregor Associates, which was Mercury Aeronautics' American P.R. firm." "And now she's a non-exec director of their British representatives" " Bell Regis." "Fanshaw?" "It's a connection." "What is it between you two?" "History." "Okay, so Fanshaw needs" "He'd never deal with Eric directly." "No." "You're right." "Yeah, he'd never trust a Doorkeeper to do his dirty work." "He'd want someone closer, someone with personal loyalty." "Someone whose ambition he could use as leverage." "Tim Sadler's the only name on the circulation list." "Okay, on the 13th, Tim Sadler withdrew five grand." "On the 14th, Eric's account was credited with five grand." "Yeah, and on the 20th, there was a withdrawal of ten grand." "On the 21st, 10,000 pounds was added to Eric's account." "So Eric was blackmailing Sadler." "But did Sadler kill him?" "Let's ask go and ask." "HAVERS:" "What I don't get is how Eric persuaded Crammond not to go to his superiors when he discovered the test report was missing." "Maybe he did." "Fanshaw." "Sir, what do we do once we've brought Sadler in?" "How do you mean?" "This goes way up the ladder." "(knocking)" "Can we co" "I don't, uh, it's not very convenient." "I'm afraid that's beside the point, Mr. Sadler." "WOMAN (on TV):" "...save the Imam Ali shrine." "Although he's always turned away from politics, this time, the..." "You'd better sit down." "What can I do for you?" "As I say, this is really inconvenient." "I've got a meeting, some people I need to see..." "LYNLEY:" "Did Eric Ramsey offer to sell you some documents?" "Documents?" "Wh-What documents?" "Documents?" "Wh-What doThe test report that jeopardizes Mercury Aeronautics' bid for the defense contract." "What report?" "I've no idea what that is." "HAVERS:" "The report you paid Ramsey 15,000 pounds for." "I don't know what you mean." "LYNLEY:" "He just kept upping his price, didn't he?" "(laughing) This is ridiculous." "HAVERS:" "That why you killed him?" "What?" "He promised to sell you the report, but when itit, he just upped the price again." "I don't know what you're talking about." "HAVERS:" "Did he threaten you?" "Say he'd go public?" "No." "No.u'everything-- reputation, career-- so you killed him." "No!" "I could see how that might happen." "I mean, you were desperate, you weren't thinking straight," "What about Crammond?" "you lashed out." "HAVERS:" "Tying him up, beating him, torturing him." "No!" "An old man?" "I mean, that is, that is vicious." "That is cold." "No, I didn't mean to k...!" "You didn't mean to kill him." "It wasn't supposed to be like this." "It's a game." "That's what you think-- what it becomes." "What?" "Power-- the getting of it, the keeping of it." "You forget it's about people." "I'm not a murderer!" "I'm not that man!" "But you killed them." "You want to achieve things, to get places, to influence people." "And you think you know what's right, but then you find..." "I only meant to knock Eric out... to get the report." "Why did you tie him up before you threw his body in the river?" "I thought it might put you off the scent." "I knew he owed money to that nutter Thompson." "What about Crammond?" "He wouldn't tell me where he put the report." "I only meant scare him." "I didn't know he was going to die on me." "He didn't understand the pressure I was under!" "Who put you up to it?" "What?" "LYNLEY:" "Who put you under that pressure?" "Who wanted the report to vanish?" "I don't know what you mean." "It's Simon Fanshaw, isn't it?" "If you cooperate with us, if you make a full statement, it'll make a big difference to your trial." "Don't let them make you a scapegoat, Tim." "Tim Sadler, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder." "You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned thing which you later rely on in court." "Thank you." "Here you go." "Sir, the documents are gone." "(gunshot)" "What was that?" "There you are, Joe." "Cheers, Simon." "Cheers." "WOMAN:" "Told you, si?" "Sorry." "It's all right." "We're old friends." "No, we're not." "Oh, dear." "Have we fallen out?" "You had Tim Sadler killed, didn't you?" "I beg your pardon?" "FANSHAW:" "Don't be absurd." "I've seen the test report." "What test report?" "The report you asked Sadler to make disappear." "The report that would've lost your company the contract." "The report your men killed him for in broad daylight impersating police officers." "I run a manufacturing business, Inspector, not an assassination squad." "I'm going to prove otherwise." "FRADY:" "Really?" "You have proof?" "FANSHAW:" "You ought to think very carefully before making such inflammatory accusations." "The wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." "Oh, I'll find the evidence." "FRADY:" "I very much doubt that." "(Frady gulps and sighs)" "I know what you've done." "FANSHAW:" "What you think you know and what you can prove are very different things." "I'm just clinging to coattails here, Tommy." "Real power follows the money." "(breathing heavily)" "(door slamming)" "Um, I've circulated descriptions of the two bogus police officers, and details of the car that they used." "They won't find it." "Won't find them, either." "You don't know that." "What about Fanshaw?" "We've got no evidence against him, and he knows it." "I can't believe Helen would socialize with a woman like that." "Who?" "Fanshaw's wife." "Pippa." "(sighs) Are you going len about this?" "Well, how can I?" "If those are the people she chooses to mix with, well... (sighs)" "Um, I should get going." "Yeah, yeah." "Can't keep your latest beau waiting, can we?" "Um... no." "Good night, sir." "(indistinct female voice on TV)" "?" "Hi." "I'm Barbara." "(laughs)" "(sighs)" "Um... hello." "Uh, Barbara Havers." "Hi." "I'm Barbara." "Uh, you must be..." "Stuart." "Uh, Ba-Barbara." "(quiet sigh)" "(high-pitched voice):" "Hi, I'm Barbie." "Nice to meet you." "(laughs)" "(heavy sigh)" "(touch tones beeping)" "(sighs)" "WOMAN (on TV):" "Lord Fanshaw made a statement earlier today." "FANSHAW:" "My definition of good government policy would be what is best for the country." "Our role as a committee is to get the best, most cost-effective solution for taxpayers, not the government." "We believe the American system future-proofs us against all poss..." "(sighs)" "(loud gulp)" "(thunder rumbling)" "ANNOUNCER:" "Mystery!" "was made possible by contributions to your PBS from:" "We are PBS."