"They're waiting for you in the drawing room sir." "Thank you, Barnsby." "Oh, Barnsby!" "They rather like you to join us, if you don't mind." "Have you find Lady Ridgeley's jewels?" "Yes Inspector, have you found my cabochon ruby?" "No your ladyship, but I have found something else." "The identity or Lord Fenley's murderer." "Inspector, you're not trying to imply one of us could actually performed such a loathsome deed?" "Quite ridiculous, I simply don't believe it!" "Not only do I believe it Mr. Montrose, but I have the evidence to prove it." "All of you had sufficient motive, it could have been any one of you." "You Sir Derrik have been falsifying the accounts of Finwick Industries with the help of your son-in-law Mr. Foxwell." "and you're also aware that Lady Ridgeley was having an affair with Lord Fenley." "which ended abruptly when he resumed his dalliance with Lady Foxcroft." "You see, she had stumbled upon the knowledge that Barnsby was in truth" "Lord Fenley's half brother, and the illegitimate father of ...Mr. Peter Montrose, who was planning to gain control of Fenley Industry with the help of Mr. DaSilva, who risked bankruptcy if the plot failed." "Yes, you all had motives." "Any one of you could have done it." "But only one of you did." "A person sitting in this room?" "At this very moment?" "Yes Miss Kate, in this very room." "Inspector, this ridiculous cat and mouse game has gone on long enough!" "Very well." "Lord Fenley's murderer..." "Oh dear, oh dear." "Lights Mr. Paycock... please." "I'll have it fixed it no time, no time at all." "I'd say that's highly unlikely." "Oh dear, now we'll never know who did it." "It does seem rather obvious who the murderer was." "Who Miss Marple?" "Do tell us, was it was it Sir Derrik?" "I hardly think so Miss Giles." "It's highly unlikely he would have murdered his business partner," "Not while he had only 49 percent of the business and controlling interest would have reverted to to Lord Fenley's sister a bitter enemy of Sir Derrik." " I'll bet it was Lord Peter." " Impossible Major, excuse me dear." "The only tracks leading to Lord Fenley's estate that evening were bicycle tracks." "He hated Lord Fenley!" "Yes, but you forget, young Peter had a birth defect to the inner ear which would have made it impossible for him to keep his balance on a bicycle." "Good night Major." "Good night Dolly." " I still say it was that awful butler." " It was Barnsby don't you think Miss Marple?" " I certainly do not." " But the revolver in his drawer?" "Barnsby had never been to Lord Fenley's estate." "Footprints on the night of the murder led to the smaller bedroom where Lord Fenley frequently sought privacy." "Whoever killed him knew how to go directly to that room." "Who did it Miss Marple?" "Who murdered Lord Fenley?" "Why young Miss Kate, of course." "Why do you say Miss Kate?" "Because when the body of Lord Fenley was discovered the knife was firmly implanted in the chest to the left," "A right handed person would have been unable to strike a thrust in that direction." "If you'd looked closely you would have noticed Miss Kate was was twirling her pearls in her left hand." "Good night Vicar, I'm sure you'll have this contraption running in no time." " She could be wrong you know." " She's not." "I've seen the picture." "The Mirror Crack'd" "I'd a never guessed that ending." "That girl she looked so nice" "Human nature." "The world of cinema, the village is quite the same really." "Listen Marty." "I do not care what those tea guzzlers are demanding" "These tea guzzlers are going to make this a hit." "Give them what they want!" "Look, I don't want to argue with you." "I'm the Director and if I want 3 dozen poker playing kangaroos, get them!" "Got it?" "Absolutely." "How's Marina?" "Marina?" "She's just fine Marty." " Thank you, Bates." " Thank you, Bates." "Mrs. Bantry I really must apologize." "Marina went for a costume fitting uptown." "Miss Gregg was very upset she was unable to be here with you today." "Yes, of course I understand." "By the way, what picture are you over here to make?" " "Mary Queen of Scott"." " Really, how very interesting." "Marina wanted me to double check with you for all the arrangements for the party." "She's terrified no one is going to come." "My dear Miss Zielinsky, Miss Gregg arrival has caused considerable excitement." "It's not every day we have a live film star and her director husband living here." "Jason, we were just talking about you." "Mr. Rudd, Mrs. Bantry..." "I can not tell you how happy my wife and I are to be in your house." "Mr. Rudd you must get it out of you head that this is my house." "After the Colonel, my husband died, it was much too big for me." "and I was much more comfortable down at the lodge." "Well, I really must be on my way." " Would you like some more tea?" " No more tea, thank you." " Very nice to have met you Mr. Rudd." " Very nice to meet you." " No, no, please, please, I think I can find my own way out." "Please give my regards to your wife." "Goodbye Miss Zielinsky." " Where's Marina?" " Upstairs, out like a light." " Is she taking those damn pills again?" " Well, you shake, she'll rattle." "I want her to be happy." "God know she's been through enough." " She'll be happy." "Till she get bored playing Lady of the manor." " Ella!" "Sorry." "Don't spoil it." "Ok?" "Ok." "Quite a turn out." "More like Buckingham Palace then Gossington Hall." "Mind you it plays havoc with the lawn." " Good afternoon Mrs. Bantry, Miss Giles." " Good afternoon Major, Jane." " Darling, Miss Giles." " Do you think she'll come down?" " Who?" "Marina Gregg, the film star!" "Really Miss Marple!" "Well I don't know anything about film star Miss Giles, but if this gathering is any indication of her local interest, I'm sure that Miss Gregg won't disappoint her fans." "I do hope not." "I'm sure Mr. Foxley, are dear Postman will herald her arrival with suitable fanfare." "Don't run!" "Miss Marple, you were right!" "Mrs. Babcock?" "Miss Gregg would like to personally thank those of you that worked so hard." "Perhaps you liked to come up to the hall?" "Oh yes, yes indeed!" "I'd be absolutely thrilled!" "Thank you very much!" " Isn't this exciting... you know Wendy," " Yes I know, you met her once." "Major, Ladies, we'd be honored if you'd join us up at the house for refreshments." " Yes indeed." "Most kind." " We'd be delighted, wouldn't we?" " She's so beautiful" " But not much of a shot, is she?" "Oh thank you my friends." "My new dear wonderful sweet friends, thank you." "Marina!" " Jason's screaming for you, you're guests are piling up." "Oh, but I'm having such fun." " Try a little restraint." " Perhaps I could borrow some of yours?" "We seem to being sharing so much these days." "Now boys and girls, on your mark." "Ready... steady... go!" "Roy!" "Come here, Roy!" "Come here boy, come along." "Sit." "Freddie..." "Freddie Hawkins!" "Would you kindly take control of your dog." "You know perfectly well he should be held on his leash." "Sorry Miss Marple." "Oh Miss Marple!" "Goodness, are you all right?" "That will teach me to be dogmatic." "I assure you Dr. Haydock I'm perfectly all right." "Perhaps you'd care to join the egg and spoon race?" "It's about to start." " You had a nasty fall" " Nonsense, I'm not even shaken." "Frankly I'm amazed nothing's broken, you got away with just a sprain." "I never did discover the secret of your bone structure." "Long brisk walks as a young women I expect." "Well you're not walking anywhere for a few days." "I'll run you back in my car." "I'll fill you in on all the gossip you'll be missing up at the hall when I call round to see you tomorrow." "Gossip, I prefer to call it a healthy interest in human nature." " Cherry!" " Yes Mr. Bates." "See to that lot upstairs will you, best to drink us dry." "I'm afraid Miss Gregg, it would seem that our committee has always felt that your films are a little, how shall I say, risqué for our monthly soirée in the village hall." " How sweet of you..." " Your lemonade, vicar." "Oh thank you." "Most kind!" "Marina honey, the mayor is upstairs, I think you should..." "Oh, yeah, yeah." "Do excuse me." "Is this your first visit to the United Kingdom Mr. Rudd?" "Oh what a divine necklace!" "Well done Mr. Rudd." "First rate show." "Ah, Mrs. Babcock!" "Mrs. Babcock is our untiring secretary." "The Women's Institute would be quite lost without her." "I'm sure she's been wonderful." "Now Miss Giles, How bout your cat...?" " Keep forgetting it's name." " Matthew." "That's right!" " Your wife had a cat." " Yes but it always suffered from eczema." "Carrots, mashed carrots and a little warm milk works wonders." "Marina..." "Mrs. Babcock, Miss Gregg." " Mrs. Babcock you lovely to see you." " Oh Miss Gregg." "Oh I know this is very silly, and I'm sure you don't remember   not with all the millions of people you meet, of course not, how could you." "It was ages ago." "It was during the war, I was in Plymouth in the rain and you came up to entertain all those marvelous G.I.'s." "Oh I remember it so well, just like it was yesterday." "Oh Mr. Rudd, I understand you are a film producer." " No sir, a director." " Is there any difference?" "Yes sir, the producer supplies all the money, the director spends it." "Then the producer yells at the director for spending too much money, the director doesn't pay any attention and goes right on spending." "The director gets all the credit and the producer gets an ulcer." "You see it's all very simple, excuse me!" "It's Lola Brewster!" "Miss Brewster!" "Uh-oh." "Mary Queen of sluts and baby Burnheart under the e same roof." "It's all we need." "Miss Brewster, look this way please!" "Oh I was so thrilled." "Absolutely thrilled." "You were wearing that wonderful blue sparkling dress." "Do you remember what you sang?" ""I'll Be Seeing You"." "Oh, I was a mad fan of yours." "How sweet." "How absolutely perfectly sweet." "But then the most awful thing happened." "Or I thought it was awful." "I was terribly upset." "Do you mean to say you actually met Clark Gable?" "Was he married at the moment or was a rumor he was a lonely person?" " Jason!" " Is that the fellow with the big ears?" " Lola's here." "Marty brought her." " Why in the hell did he bring her here?" "I was ill, just poor." "Do you know what I mean?" "Then I had this idea." "I didn't have a ticket or anything..." "Save it for the Oscars." "This is the most extraordinary part!" "You'll never guess who my uncle was!" "He was the stage door keeper." "Now isn't that..." "Jason, darling!" "My svengali." "Where is great Marina?" "Jason baby." "Nice spread you got here." "I ought to spread you across this room for bringing her here." "Publicity booby!" "That's what keeps Marty N. Fenn Productions in business." "So there I was in the theater, standing in the wing." "It was my first time there." "It was so exciting." "Oh you were wonderful!" "And when the curtain came down you gave me your autograph and you let me kiss you." "Oh yes you did!" "...it was the most exciting day of my life." "What a nice little story!" "Now what will you have to drink?" "Jason make's a perfectly wonderful daiquiri, you'll adore it." " Honey!" " Jason darling, we'd like two of your special daiquiris." "Sure..." "Are you all right?" " I'm fine, Jinx." " Are you sure?" " That's great." "Thanks Miss Brewster." " Marina darling!" "I didn't see you." " Lola!" "What a delightful surprise." " You look as lovely as always." "Of course there are fewer lights on than usual." "In fact any fewer and I'd need a seeing eye dog." "Oh, I shouldn't bother to buy one dear." "In that wig you could play Lassie." "Same adorable sense of humor." "And I'm so glad to see you not only kept your gorgeous figure but you added so much to it." "What are you doing here so early dear?" "I thought the plastic surgery seminar was in Switzerland." "Actually darling, I couldn't wait to begin our little movie." "You know the saying," "Once an Actress, always an Actress." "Oh I do know the saying." "But what does it have to do with you?" "Cute angel!" "So do tell, how does it feel to be back after being away so long?" " Drink Mrs. Babcock?" " Mr. Rudd is getting me one himself thank you." "What are you supposed to be, a birthday cake?" "Too bad everybody's had a piece." "Could we have a big smile ladies." " Chin up darling, both of them." " A little bit closer, please ladies." "Lola dear, you know there really are only two things I dislike about you." " Really, what are they?" " Your face." " One daiquiri special." " Oh thank you, thank you very much." " I never really tried one before." " Enjoy it." " Here you are my dear." " Oh thank you darling." "Well then, how are my two favorite stars getting along?" "What are you trying to do Marty give Marina another break down?" "Now, why would I want to do a thing like that pumpkin?" "Come on." "Remember they used to grind glass in each other's cold cream." "One would only kiss the other if she had virile pneumonia." "They're professionals." "They take their job seriously" "So was Attila the Hun." " Marina, baby!" " Oh Marty darling." "How thoughtful of you to bring Lola to my party." "You know I've always thought of Lola as one of my oldest, oldest friends." "Jason darling, I'm certainly looking forward to working under you again." "Watch it Lola." "Jason, how bout a drink with an old pal?" "I only drink with friends." "What I'm I, chopped chicken liver?" "It's bad enough forcing me to use your wife in this picture, but bringing her here with Marina in the condition she's in." "Jason, think of the picture!" "I am thinking of the picture, and the sanity of my leading lady!" "Oh Booby, listen to me." "She's going to be fine." "I'm looking out for our best interest!" " Our best interests?" " Hey De Mille, why don't you face reality." "When was the last time Marina made a movie?" "What was it, the advent of sound?" "And when did you ever direct a movie that was any damn good?" "Now listen to me!" "If Marty N. Fenn wants to get publicity for his two leading ladies, he's going to get it." "Without any dissent." "Because the esteemed director and his wife are only here because of his good wishes." "And if he wishes he can pull the plug anytime he wants, you got it?" "Whoopee!" "Good, so go down and relax and enjoy the party." " You know what?" "You're a bastard." " Course I'm a bastard, I'm the producer." "Oh Mr. Rudd, I believe I've reached some understanding about the difference between a producer and a director." "But who chooses the leading lady?" "Who ever's sleeping with her." "Ah vicar, may I introduce are noted producer Mr. Martin N. Fenn." "I'm sure he'll tell you everything you want to know." " What would you like to know, vicar baby?" " I'm sorry about your ulcers Mr. Fenn." "What?" " Jason, we've got a problem, upstairs, that woman." " Marina!" "And then the police came." "They took ever bodies name." "They kept us there for hours they did." "I couldn't believe it." "I mean she seemed as right as rain.." "She was only 5 years older than me." "There was an awful flap." "Poor Mrs. Babcock." "She just had one drink and about 5 minutes later, she sits down, she gasps, and then she's dead poor thing!" "What do you think of that?" "Don't forget under the curtains Cherry dear." " Miss Marple I hope you don't mind." " Mind?" "Well the meeting this Saturday up at the hall." "I did so want to see all those film stars." " It's not going to upset you?" " No, Cherry dear." "It won't upset me." "In fact it might even prove useful." "Put that duster away and sit down and tell me everything that happened." "Exactly as it happened." " Well, I was moving around..." " Yes of course, but what precisely did you see?" "Well the whole village was there of course." "And there was a girl taking pictures." "Just about everybody, there was Marina Gregg and her husband..." "Oh I like him, I think he's smashing!" " Cherry dear!" " Oh sorry!" "Then the secretary girl came up with Heather Babcock and Heather shook hands with Miss Gregg,   and then she went into a boring old story about how they'd met years ago." "On and on she went." "I thought Miss Gregg was going to fall asleep." "Honestly she did go on this so." "Then a few minutes later you served Heather a drink and not long afterwards she dies." "Oh no, I didn't serve her." "It was Mr. Rudd." "One daiquiri special." "Enjoy." "I don't think she really liked it." " Thank you Cherry dear, you've been very helpful." " Have I?" " Extremely." " Oh good!" "Oh, I'll get it." " Morning, Cherry." " Morning, Doctor." " Morning Miss Marple." "How's the leg?" " Morning Dr. Haydock." "You know I think it's very much better." "Should I do upstairs now Miss Marple or finish here in the lounge?" " This is the drawing room Cherry dear." " Sorry, drawing room." " Upstairs I think." " Oh later on I'll bring you in a nice cup of tea." "Poor Heather Babcock." "She was a patient of yours wasn't she?" "She was on my list." " Heart trouble?" " Nothing wrong with her heart." " Which does rather..." " Stick out your tongue." "Say "Aah"." " Put it back." " Which does rather suggest poison." "I think we should leave that to the coroner, don't you?" "Glad to see you started my treatment." "Treatment?" "Unraveling, was I right." "You will have your little joke Dr. Haydock." "You can't pull the wool over my eyes dear lady." "Look at you, your cheeks are pink, your eyes bright." "You're enjoying yourself." "Isn't that so?" "Dr. Haydock, I would be very distressed if I thought you believed the only excitement in my life was predicated on the unfortunate fate of helpless victims who somehow seem to fall into my path." "At the examination the deceased body was found to contain massive traces of a barbiturate." "Phenobarbital." "Unquestionably the cause of death." "Had she a medical history which such a drug could have been prescribed?" "Virtually none sir." "Apart from chicken pox as a child and German measles during the war." "According to her Doctor she was in excellent health." "Thank you." "Bearing in mind the evidence we have heard, I have no choice but to record a verdict of murder by poison." "At the hand of person or persons unknown." " Dermot!" " Hello Aunt Jane." "My favorite nephew." "What a pleasant surprise." "What are you doing here?" " Why I've come to see you." " Or to inquire about Heather Babcock." "What would a Chief Inspector from Scotland Yard be doing at St. Mary Mead if poor Heather had died of natural causes." "Well he might of been passing by and suddenly have a craving for some of your special peach jam." "Now Dermot, you know very well I haven't made peach jam since the fungus attacked my Russell reds." "Know come and sit down and lets have a little chat, shall we?" "Was poison, wasn't it?" "Aunt Jane, you wouldn't mind very much I suppose if I anyway began by asking the question would you?" "The poison was apparently an American barbiturate." "Marketed under the name of Calmadon." "It appears the principle ingredient in it is..." "Phenylethpharmonolionuria." "I know it well from my days at Bridge Hampton hospital during the war." "Mixed with alcohol it causes respiratory depression." "A drop in blood pressure." "Feeble heart beat." "Quite deadly in fact." "And you natural knew the victim, Babcock?" "Oh yes of course." "She was a simple soul." "Friendly enough." "A bit of a bore, but you don't kill someone for that." "If you did there'd be no one left in the village." " So you're not being much help Aunt Jane." " No, I hear about that." "Mrs. Babcock refused your offer of a drink?" "Yes, she said Mr. Rudd was getting her one." "I told you that.." " And Miss Gregg?" " It's funny you should say that..." "Funny?" "Well not funny." "Kind of strange really." "Go on Cherry, slowly." "Try to remember everything." "Well it was a sort of look on Marina Gregg's face." "What kind of look?" "Sad?" "Angry?" "Surprised?" "Frightened?" "I don't know." "Cherry dear, take your time Think back Try to remember the precise look." "Well, it was sort of... frozen." "She was staring over head of Babcock like she really wasn't listening to what she was saying." "She was looking towards the stairs." "There's a sort of religious picture there." "Then Lola Brewster arrived with her husband, the producer." "Funny man." "I wouldn't be surprised if he dies his hair." "The girl took a photo." " Heather Babcock was rattling on and Miss Gregg had this strange frozen look." "What specifically was she looking at?" "The people?" "The picture?" " Obviously one of the people." " Oh, why do you say that?" " Really Dermot, she sees the picture every day." " Absolutely, I'm so sorry Aunt." " How long did Miss Gregg remain looking at that picture?" " The Lady of Shalott..." "Aunt Jane?" ""Out through the web and floated wide, the mirror cracked from side to side. "" ""The curse has come upon me cried the Lady of Shalott. "" "Tennyson of course." "I do have a weakness for Tennyson." "But it does seem rather a suitable description." " Go on Cherry dear." "Continue with your story." " Nothing much more to tell really." "Lola Brewster came up to Miss Gregg." "I don't think they like each other much if you ask me." "They had some pictures taken." "Then Mr. Rudd came up." "He's so handsome!" "Cherry dear, we want to hear about Miss Babcock and Miss Gregg." "Did anything else happen?" "No I don't think I've left anything out." "Heather spilled her drink and Miss Gregg walked away." "Spilled, you say Heather spilled her drink?" "Oh yeah, didn't I say that?" "Oh I must of forgot." "I am silly aren't I!" " Oh Miss Gregg!" "I'm so terribly sorry." " It's perfectly all right." "I'm sure, I'm sure." "You take mine I haven't touched it." "Oh no, I couldn't!" "Please, it's no problem." "I'll get another." "So, Heather Babcock drank from Marina Gregg's glass." "Fate was rather unkind to Heather Babcock." "Seems we've been dealing with the wrong murder." "I suggest you proceed to Gossington Hall first thing in the morning." "To put to use all those cunning skills I've inherited from a certain relative?" "You know Dermot, you really are my favorite nephew." "I'll let Mr. Rudd know you are here sir." "Inspector Craddock?" "Mr. Rudd will be with you as soon as he can, but I'm afraid I must warn you, he's awfully tied up." "Tied up?" "Inspector, do you have any idea what making a movie entails?" "We have wardrobe tests, we have make-up tests." "We have lighting tests." " "Rainbow's End"." " I beg your pardon?" "Yes, it was Marina Gregg's first Academy Award wasn't it?" "Yes" "Oh I'll never forget that last scene." "So vivid, real!" "Vulnerability, Miss Zielinsky." "Her Modus Operandi." ""Journey Home", "Paradise Road"." "Absolute conviction." "This indestructible ability to make us care." "Now they were facing this way." " Inspector?" " I'm sorry, the guests when they were introduced." "Yes, that's right." "Those eyes!" "Violent." "Mesmerizing!" " It's a copy of course." " No, no, I was referring to Miss Gregg's eyes." "My earliest memory of those eyes was in "Tomorrow's Dawn"." "She played a young socialite heiress who came from..." "Now where was it she came from?" " Boston." " Boston, that's right!" "She came from Boston and had inherited land in California." "Inspector, do you mind...?" "Do you remember that scene where they came to her and threaten to dig up her land." "The way she stood up to those gold miners, that sweet helpless young butterfly." " Tell me, might I speak to her please?" " I'm sorry, she's resting." "Oh, well, perhaps later?" "Perhaps, but sweet helpless young butterflies do need their rest." "Snake eyed son of a bitch Marty Fenn!" "He always did have the class of a toad!" "And he's putting up the money for your comeback so you'd better calm down." "And putting that peroxide floozy into my film!" "And as the virgin queen!" "She's in two lousy scenes, neither of them with you." ""Lola Brewster, actress!"" "If she read the script I'd be a blister on her finger." "It's your picture all the way sweetheart." "No body's going to remember anyone else in it." " Oh Jinxy, do you really mean that?" " I'll make sure of it." "Oh God, God, it has been so long." "You don't think there's any chance I have lost it do you?" "You'll be better than ever." "I promise." "My love." "You're so good for me!" "You always have been." "Oh damn her, that bitch!" "If you look at her carefully there's so many lines on her face you could drive a train on it!" " Maybe I won't shoot her through a filter." " Filter, try using an Indian blanket." "You're going to have to dub her voice it too." "Or right a line in the script that Elizabeth is from Hoboken, New Jersey." "Bags, bags go away." "Come right back on Doris Day." "Hello." "Jason where the hell are you?" "Lola's been sitting here for 20 minutes." "Waiting for you." "She likes the feathers so much she wants to wear them in her costume." "I told her a queen only wears feathers if he lives in Hollywood bet she won't believe me." "Jason you get your ass over here!" "I'm thinking poopsie," "That's a new experience!" "maybe we should bring in Alexander for my hair." "Lambchop if I told you once I told you a thousand times, Queen Elizabeth was bald!" " Not in this movie she ain't." " It's history" "So is Lola Brewster." "I'll be majestic." "Awesome." "Inspiring." "I'm going to wipe that cow right off the screen." "Let's see we're going to need some scenes with the two of us together," " so the world can see how much younger and thinner I am." "Lola baby, Elizabeth and Mary never met." "Oh maybe they meet at the market." "No, of course not, she'd never do her own shopping." "The beauty parlor?" "No, they'd come to her." "Wait a minute!" "I've got it!" "I come to see her at the Tower of London." "It's right before the beheading, and the rats are crawling all over her." "She's in rags, looking like shit." "And in walks... me!" " Inspector, I do have things to do." " Yes, yes of course." "Miss Gregg and Miss Brewster are they very close?" "If you put the two of them together in a tank with a shark, the shark would have an identity crisis." "Tell me, I'm curious, who's younger Marina Gregg or Lola Brewster?" " Neither one, achoo!" " Bless you" " You all right?" " Hay fever." "Those are maddening things, allergies." "I'm allergic to wool." "I find tranquilizers help me." "I use a drug called Calmadon." "Do you know of it?" " We ship it in by the barrel." " Does Miss Gregg take it?" "By the time this movies over there may be a world shortage." "Do you take it?" "Do I have a choice?" "Ah, I think it must be very exciting for working for someone like Marina Gregg." "I'm sure she's a grand person." "Inspector Marina Gregg can make Medusa look like St. Bernadette." " Why don't you change your job?" " What, and quit show business?" "I used to work for Jason before they were married." "I've learned to live with her tantrums and her breakdowns." "Breakdowns?" "But the image you project on screen is so rational." "Tell me about them." "It's all rather turgid..." "Really, I'm fascinated." "You can't mention illness or insanity or anything to do with children." " That's most interesting." "Why not?" " Inspector I really can't go into it." "I'm sure that Mr. Rudd is a tower of strength though." " Devoted, beyond the call of duty." " And Mr. Fenn?" "Marty Fenn is a producer." "He only lies when he speaks." "I should think they've been pretty unsettled by the murder?" "Murder!" "Inspector we have a picture to make." "We can't be bothered by a little local difficulty." "Ah Mr. Rudd!" "Could I ask you a few questions?" "Sorry, I'm in a rush." "Talk to my secretary, she'll arrange an interview." "But I'm not a reporter." "Mr. Rudd..." "Yes?" "Tell him I'm on my way dammit. 10 minutes!" " Mr. Rudd." " I told you not now." "I'm Inspector Craddock Scotland Yard." "Everything we're doing is according to form." "Using British crews, British extras." "I've wavers on my 2 leading ladies." " I assure you, we're in total compliance." " Mr. Rudd if I might interrupt you." "I'm sure you're going to make a very fine picture without the aid of" "Scotland Yard." "I happen to be here on a minor matter of murder." " Oh, yes Miss..." " Babcock, Heather Babcock." " I'm truly sorry." " If I might talk to your wife?" "I'm sorry, no one may see her." "Doctor's orders." "You'll excuse me." "Mr. Rudd it's very important that I talk to her." "Inspector, my wife is about to start the most important role of her career." "Every ounce of energy is being devoted to her preparing this role." "She is going to win her 3rd Academy Award and I will not distract her with..." " Mundane matters like murder." " Whatever you say, Inspector." "Well that's all very well and good." "I firmly believe you wife deserves a 3rd Oscar." "I think she should of got it for "Summer Rain" actually." "But has it perhaps occurred to you that the death of Heather Babcock wasn't entirely accidental." "But the intended victim was in fact your wife." " Now may I see her please?" " No, you may not." "My wife has been through a lot and I'm not only talking about last Saturday." "I'm sorry but you're not going to give her a nervous breakdown." "Now if you will excuse me!" "I believe she's had several all ready." " Several what?" " Breakdowns." " Who told you that?" " I thought it was common knowledge." "Ah, it's nice of you to let them play here." "What..." "Oh, the Gardner's kids." "I thought they might have upset Miss Gregg?" "All right Inspector, let's stop playing games." "There was a time years ago Marina wanted children, badly!" "The Dr. 's told her she couldn't have any." "So she adopted two." "Then a few years later she was still married to her first husband." "She found out she was actually going to have one of her own." "Unfortunately the child was born mentally retarded." "An imbecile." "Marina had a complete breakdown." "She hasn't worked since." "I see." "Now maybe you can understand what this film means to her." "That she actually has the guts to appear in front of the camera again." " Yes indeed." " This film is going to turn everything around for her." "That's why if she ever found out, even suspected she was the intended victim." "You don't believe the thought has entered her mind?" "Not for a minute." "The idea of someone wanting to murder your wife doesn't bother you?" "You've been seeing to many Charlie Chan movies Inspector." "Look, I'll be here the whole time." "When I'm not, my secretary won't let her out of her sight." "You trust Miss Zielinsky?" " Of course I trust her." " She was there." "She had the opportunity." " Ella is devoted to my wife." " And to you too?" "Jason, Marty phoned again he said if you're not there in 10 minutes he's getting John Huston!" "Will there be anything else, Inspector?" "Is that the Marty N. Fenn that produced the "Terror in Trinidad"?" "The one and only." " I always wondered what the N stood for?" " No idea." "How bout knockwurst?" "Ah, Mr. Rudd..." "I was really most impressed with "The Last Brigade"." "In particularly if I may say so your very subtle use of low key lighting." "Why, thank you." "Shouldn't you be resting that foot Aunt Jane?" "Edwards got his rheumatism again." "I really can't let the garden become like a jungle" " Do you think Mr. Rudd is fond of his wife?" " I'd say he adores her." " What about Miss Zielinsky?" " Business like." "Efficient." "Seemingly loyal" "Suffers from hay fever." " Attractive?" " Yes in a uncalculated sort of way." " That's a very austere assessment Dermot." " Maybe but what a you implying Aunt Jane?" "I'm implying absolutely nothing." "I just find your lack of emotion shall we say a bit studied." "Oh all right." "If you prefer I was more direct." "Than I'd say given the right time, the right place," " Miss Zielinsky is probably, hotter than a pistol." " Perhaps we should return to austerity." " Well you brought it up." "Seriously, do you believe she was telling the truth?" "Well let's say I think she allowed her loyalties to become quite transparent." " Her feeling for Mr. Rudd." " Exactly." " A prime suspect I'd say." " Oh would you know." "Oh well." " Where you off to now?" " I'm off to the glamorous world of movie making." "I see this is not a particularly taxing case for you Dermot." "Well, show business is just a business Aunt Jane." "What we need is a little more business and a little less show." "In fact there's a wonderful saying I read not too long ago about Hollywood." ""Underneath all that phony tinsel lies the real tinsel"" "That's very profound Aunt Jane." "Better be careful Dermot." "They're liable to mistake you for Leslie Howard and put you in the picture." "Well I do have a certain charm, or so I've been told." "Perhaps it was time that it was discovered." "Dermot, first discover Heather Babcock's murderer." "Well I better work fast before someone else does it for me." "Shooting next time!" "Let's have a shooting bell." " Ok very quiet everybody!" " Ok roll the camera!" "Lola Brewster, makeup test." "Take one." "All right Lola honey, turn left." "Slowly..." "Marvelous." "Now hold it there a moment." "Down with the chin a little..." "Up with the eyes." "Good." "Scuze me gov, will you check this?" "It's not dark enough." "Don't you have any Italian blood?" "It's the stuff we always use gov." "Kensington gold." "It looks like water." "People know that blood is thicker than water." "I want it thick like tomato juice." "Excuse me sir, could you have a look at the guards please?" "They're supposed to be the queen's soldiers not her ballerinas." "Yes sir, excuse me sir." "Now turn your head right." "No dear, not your shoulders." "Just your head." "Right." "No dear, your right." " Jason!" " Cut." "Yes my dear." "Lest we forget, you do have an actress in this movie one who also happens to be married to the producer." "No my dear, I haven't forgotten." "Know I think it's important we discuss the Queen's relationship with her father." "Lola, when the picture begins the father's been dead for over 30 years." "Now why don't you go to your dressing room and put on a nice new costume, ok?" "I told Marty we should of got George Cukor?" "Swords and bloods that's all he thinks about." "That and that overstuffed psycho of a wife." "Will you get your paws out of my hair!" "Where did you get this wig, Woolworths?" "Calls himself a director." "Did you see his last picture?" "I could eat a can of Kodak and puke a better movie." "Why you must be Inspector Craddock." "They told me you would be here." "How sweet of you to come." "Miss Brewster, I'm a great fan of yours." "Isn't that nice." "And I know you will excuse me while I change." "Yes, yes of course." "Please, you, you, carry on." "Now tell me, Inspector dear, what's on your mind?" "I have a few questions regarding the murder of Heather Babcock." " Who?" " The woman out at Gossington Hall." "Oh yes, who was she, an extra?" " You moron it's caught in my rump!" " I'm sorry Miss Brewster." "If I might digress for a moment." "I'd like, oh so sorry..." "To umm, ask about your relationship with Marina Gregg." "Gregg, Gregg, that name rings a bell." "Come now Miss Brewster." "I'm just teasing you, Sherlock." "Of course I know Marina Gregg." "Isn't she that aging, broken down ex star." "Trying so desperately for a comeback?" "Here, try combing this out." "They may find Amelia Earhart." "Not tell me inspector dear." "Why don't you ask me some more of those searching questions." "I just love being examined, especially by someone as cute as you." "Umm, what I'm par..." "Are really from Scotland Yard?" "A real live Inspector?" "I can just hardly believe it." "A real live Inspector." "In my dressing room." "Oh just think of me as a, what do you call it... a cop!" "Only if you brought your nightstick honey?" "Oh Miss Brewster." "Oh I'm sorry." "I've upset you." "Forgive me, I promise I'll be a good girl." "Now about Marina, well what can I say?" "She was a great star." "Was!" "I mean when I was just a teensie weensie little girl my grandmother used to take me to see all of her movies." "And then around 10 years ago, around my 16th birthday, she had this awful collapse, poor thing." "Drugs, alcohol, insanity..." "It's not easy when you hit rock bottom." "Marty and I felt the least we could was to give her a part in my picture." " Yes, that's very charitable!" " Oww, not so tight!" " Um Miss Brewster?" " Inspector?" "Wasn't there some kind of trouble between you and Miss Gregg a few years ago?" "Trouble, well whatever do you mean?" "When Miss Gregg began seeing Mr. Rudd, weren't you and Mr. Rudd..." "Lies Inspector." "That's ancient history." "Besides Jason and I were ending it any ways." "I was only too happy to see Marina find a little companionship." "Lonely and pathetic creature that she was." "Is that why you aimed and fired a short barreled 9 mm Luger at her skull missing it by 2 and a half inches?" " Did the bitch tell you that?" " No no Miss Brewster." "The Beverly Hills police department." "All right, so I got a little miffed." "I may be a great star, but I'm still human." "Human enough to try it again?" "Only this time with poison?" "Are you insinuating?" " Merely exploring the possibilities." " Ah, ready Miss Brewster." "Seems that I must take my leave." "Thank you for our little..." "chat Miss Brewster." "and jolly good luck with your picture." " Miss Brewster, we're waiting." " Screw Scotland Yard!" "Sorry Ma'am!" " I was just taking a walk down to the village." " It's that way Ma'am." "Aww!" "Cherry dear, are the post office playing with the telephone lines again?" "Don't think so Mum." "Gossington Hall." "Hello, hello?" "What is that girl up to?" "I saw you." "I saw you put the poison in Marina's glass." " I saw you." " Look, that parts been cast." "Why didn't you call last week." "Leave your name and address with my secretary and we'll call you when.." "Actors!" "You know about actors don't you." "They all live up there somewhere." "I knew a broad once, I was making a Civil War epic." "We were supposed to shoot a big scene that day." "She come to me and tells me she can't work that week." "Know why?" "Because her astrologist tells her it's not in the stars." "So, I ah, pay this little creep a visit." "I give him a grand, right?" "He tells her the stars have made a sudden shift and if she doesn't report to work every morning on time.." "she's going to lose her sex drive." "The next morning she was there before the janitor." " Yes, "Fields of Glory" wasn't it?" " Yeah, did you see that?" "Yes, found it a bit melodramatic though." "Not a very positive." "The only thing positive thing about it was the negative." "Inspector, what's on your mind, eh?" " How long have you known Miss Gregg?" " Marina, we've been friends a long time." "Have the two of you been, ah, intimate?" "Intimate?" "Yeah we've been intimate." "Everybody in Hollywood is intimate." "Swift!" "How are you Swifty?" "What are you doing?" "Oh things are great." "Look, the girls got the best part in the picture, what do you want me to do?" "I can't Swifty." "You got to give me a break." "Come on." "Wonderful, I owe you one." "Thanks pal." "Agents!" "He thinks he's got a lot of class." "He once sold me an actress, said she was great." "I called her the next morning, she'd been dead for 6 months." " Please go on, I'm sorry!" " Thank you, now then about Miss Gregg." "Let me tell you something about Marina." "Secure she ain't." "Under all the jewelry is a sad insecure lady." "Is there anyone you could think of that might want to harm Miss Gregg?" " Yeah, Hedda Hopper." " No I mean anyone involved with the picture." "You, for instance." "Me!" "I'm the Producer." "I'm coming up with 3 and a half million dollars to make this movie." "Do you think I'm going to bump off my leading lady 2 days before I start shooting the picture?" "I got reservations at Radio City Music Hall for Christmas." "Unless of course someone else bumps her off." "Well if someone else bumps her off I'll prop her up and dub her, to get her at the Radio Music Hall at Christmas." "Harry, I want those pictures up here right now!" "I don't care if she is having tea with Mickey Mouse, tell her to bring the pictures up her, now!" "Excuse me, anything else I can help you with." "I've got a picture to make." "Oh just one thing Mr. Fenn." "I've always been curious about..." " What does the N stand for?" " You want to know what it stands for?" "I'll tell you what it stands for." "Nothing, but it sure looks great on that big silver screen doesn't it?" " Goodbye." " Oh and thanks for your time Mr. Fenn." "Give me the coast." "What do you mean, what coast." "Chief Inspector Craddock Madam." "Miss Gregg?" "That man is working on the lawn with such dedication." "I'm Marina Gregg." "At least what's left of her." "I understand you were here earlier." "I'm sorry for having to make you come back." "Please, please don't apologize." "I quite understand." "I hope you realize, the ah, chaos of film making." "It really is rather a retched business you know." "Well I don't get to the cinema very often." " Ah, of course." "Tea?" " Yes, please." " Milk?" " No, no milk no sugar." "You know it's funny, I never drank tea in America." "Now I'm slowly becoming an addict." "Well there's a little shop in the village, Hedgeworth." "Offers an extraordinary selection." "Exotic brews." "I'll have to check it out." "Check it out..." "You're probably thinking how hopelessly America she sounds." "You're here about that poor women, aren't you?" "Who would want to kill her?" "Do you have a clue?" " Can you tell me about her?" " Me, how would I know anything about her?" "People said you spent some time talking together." "She spent time talking, I spent time listening." " Can you be more specific Miss Gregg?" " Do you know what fans are like Inspector?" " I mean real fans." " No." "Why don't you tell me?" "Well, it seems, let me think, I want to get this straight." "It seems we had met once years ago during the war." "She remembered every detail of it, even down to the song I was singing, the dress I was wearing." "Funny thing is, I remember it too." "Anyway, I was entertaining the troops and she was sick or something but she was determined to see me." "And she got out of bed, got dressed, got into the stage door." "Her Uncle or someone was the door keeper." "and she waited in the wings until after my curtain call, and I signed her autograph or something." "She said it was the most exciting night of her life." "and you know, it probably was." "I'm so sorry..." "I understand there was a moment when you seemed startled about something or maybe even frightened." " Frightened?" " It was about the time when Mr. Fenn and his wife appeared." "You looked at the picture on the landing." "Oh that!" "Yes of course, there was a moment." "I was talking to that woman, that fan and she was going on and on, gushing and..." "I was running out of thank yous and I just didn't know how to get out of it and I just went blank." "Miss Gregg, I hope you won't find this upsetting but can you thing of anyone who might want to kill you?" " Why do you ask that?" " I must explore every possibility." "How do you get along with Miss Zielinsky?" "Why are you asking these questions?" "The local women was murdered." "What does it have to do with me?" "I came here to make a movie." "I came here with friends." "I came here with people that love me." "Why are you doing this to me, why?" "I'm trying to pull my life together, and they're behind my husband, Ella, they won't let it happen." "They'll stand up for me." "Why are you doing this, why?" "Oh God!" "It was me, wasn't it?" "It was me they were trying to poison, wasn't it?" "Who am I kidding?" "Somebody is trying to kill me, aren't they?" "Somebody is trying to poison me, aren't they?" "Somebody is trying to kill me, aren't they?" " aren't they." "I know, it." "I can..." " "I can feel it." "I can almost hear them coming. "" ""Danger in the Dark"." "MGM, 1932." "That scene when you thought your husband and sister were trying to kill him and broke down in front of police." "Why you sneaky little Chief Inspector, I bet you've seen every one of my movies." " Oh, at least twice." " That one was a real dog." " But you were most compelling in that scene though." " The critics didn't seem to think so." "If they'd been here today I'm absolutely certain they would of succumbed." "You didn't." "Well, I'm a detective Miss Gregg." "It's my job to analyze behavior off screen." "I'm an actress." "I act." "Yes, I think the performance was a little over done, if I may say." "I personally would have settled for simple sincerity." "I didn't think you'd believe me." "I still don't think you'd believe me." ""You won't escape next time. " "Prepare to die. "" "One came here the other was sent to the studio." " When?" " This morning." " Who delivered them?" " We don't know." " We?" " My husband and I." "First I thought it was a joke." "Some kind of joke, eh?" "You know I don't think I've been so scared since I was a kid in Oklahoma City." "Shirley Bookbinder, prettiest little girl in town." "I really thought I was something." "Till one day I found, I think I was round about 10..." "I found in my desk a note, saying "Nobody likes you Shirley. "" "I cried for 3 days." "I never did find out who wrote it." "See the tough thing about having it, is there's always somebody that wants to take it away." "And you know, they usually do." "Help me Inspector please." " And I'm sure you will Dermot." " Well, I'll certainly try." " I suspect you're rather smitten with Miss Bookbinder.." " Nonsense Aunt Jane." "Trouble is of course I now have enough suspects with enough motives to fill every shop in this street." "Please make sure that you and little Jeremy John and the parents are on time." "because at 3:30 I have Mrs. Cracknell and her little Jeremy John..." "No, no, that's wrong." "Mrs. Cracknell's little Michael Jeremy John." "No, that's wrong too." "Mrs. Michael's John." "No, that's not right either." "So confusing." "I must get it right mustn't I?" "Well, see you this Saturday, 3:30." "Ah Miss Marple!" "Great news!" "Mr. Edwards down at the garage has been able to diagnose the problem." "We shall therefore, hopefully no longer have to call upon you to resolve next Friday nights little extravaganza," ""Two Girls from... " I've forgotten where." "But I do hope to see you anyway." "Somewhere in America I'm sure..." ""Idaho. " You can safely give that one a miss Aunt Jane." "If you say so Dermot." "Jamie..." "Oh, Jamie." "How I've longed for you!" "To take you in my arms and to clasp you to my bosom." " Jason, will you get the creep out of my eye line?" " Cut!" "Who, who me." "Was I in your eye line?" "Oh but I just wanted Jason to see my costume." "Dear, would you put the virgin Queen back into her cage." " Lola, why don't you go study your lines." " Anything you say." "Anybody got a script breakdown?" "I am so sorry, I shouldn't have used that word." "Tea's up!" "Don't walk in front of the camera for goodness sake." "Load of animals." "Are you ok?" " I'm fine, Jinx." " That's my girl." "Coffee, Marina." "Jason shall I get you a cup?" "Excuse me sir, could you come look at this?" "Thank you." " Jason, when do I get to play my scene with Sir Walter Raleigh?" " What?" "Jason!" "Jason!" " What is it?" " The... coffee." " There's nothing wrong with it honey, it's just a little strong." " You're lying, your lying." "It's poison!" "I'll see you in the morning Miss Marple." "I've laid everything out." " And don't forget I left your dinner in the oven." " Thank you Cherry dear." "Remember me?" "I saw you, murderer." "Good evening Miss." "Mr. Rudd has been asking for you." "Where you been?" "I've been out for a walk." "What's the matter with you, you look terrible?" "The coffee Marina almost drank on the set, I had it analyzed." "Arsenic." " How..." " I'm asking you." " What's that supposed to mean?" " You made it, you poured it." "You gave it to her." "Do you think I tried to poison her?" "Yes!" "No..." "I don't know." "I don't know what to think." "You really do love her Jason?" "Don't worry, I'm sure they'll find him." " Him?" " Who ever did it." "Oh for God's sake do something about that cold." " Is the Doctor here?" " Yes, Mr. Rudd called the station at 8:55 sir." "You'll have my report in the morning." "Girls you can go now." "Bates, if you'll stay." "Constable Arnold will take your statement now." "Inspector, who would want to kill her?" "The same person that tried to poison your wife." "Did you know that Miss Zielinsky was making a serious of phone calls from the box in the village?" "She was trying to play detective." "Phoning every suspect." "Telling them she had seen them poison Miss Gregg." "Waiting for a reaction." "If whoever she was talking to had took the bait, she'd find the murderer." "She obviously did." " You've seen the coffee analysis?" " Yes, Mr. Rudd..." "Why don't you tell me about these notes?" "I obviously forgot about them." "Somebody threatened to kill your wife, and you forgot?" " I thought I could handle it." " Not very effective it seems." " What are you doing?" " I'm getting out of here." " I'm sorry Jason but I'm not staying here another night." " What about the picture?" "To hell with the picture!" "Somebody out there is trying to kill me." "Do you think I'm going to sit around and wait for them." "No one is going to hurt you." " Oh Jinx, I'm so scared!" " I know, I know." "I'm here with you and the police are on guard." "Why, why would somebody want to hurt me?" "Why didn't you tell me about those notes?" "What's the point." "Scare the hell out of you too." "Please, let's get out of here." "Ok, we'll check into a hotel in the morning." " Do you promise?" " I promise?" "And we'll be together all ways." " Till death do us part." " Why'd you say that?" "Seems we can eliminate Miss Zielinsky as a suspect." "Murder is a very dangerous business." "If one gets mixed up in it one must be prepared for the consequence." " She wasn't a pretty sight." " Prussic acid is a most unpleasant death." "Where do we go from here Aunt Jane?" "Our most likely suspect's become our most latest victim." "Do you realize there were at least 40 people at the party and no one saw the poison being put in the glass." "Oh come now Dermot, at least 3 people could of quite easily." "One the unobservant soul preoccupied with other thoughts, completely unaware of what he saw." "The person who may have seen it and thought nothing of it because it seemed quite natural." "In may day it was very bad manners,   but people today are always putting things in their drinks." "Pills medicine." "All sorts of things." " And third?" " We have the person who actually did it." "The same person who murdered Ella Zielinsky." "You know Dermot, I always think murder is like a jigsaw." "Until you fit in the final piece, you can't see the whole picture." "Obviously we still have a piece missing." "What was that awful women's name?" "Brown boots sort of Cheltenham type." "Cynthia Colethorpe." "And I distinctly remember it wasn't till half way through the case - when you reminded me about her smelly little Pekingese, what was its name..." " Aunt Jane?" " Frozen." "That frozen look." "What was it that Heather Babcock said to Marina just before the frozen look?" "All the interminable nonsense about how she was ill and Marina gave her an autograph and it was the most exciting moment of her life." " It was before she spilled the drink." " It's not good enough." "We've got to know Heather's exact words." " I'm not sure I follow you." " Alice Wetherby's cousin." "Alice Wetherby's cousin?" "She went into a back room one day and found her husband had hung himself from a hook at the top of the ceiling 8 feet high." "There was absolutely nothing else in the room except the hook the body and a small puddle of water beneath his feet." "Nobody could understand how he maneuver himself up there to perform the deed." "Until it was discovered he had purchased a 2 foot block of ice from the local fish monger, Mr. Crozwell" "To this day Alice Weatherby's cousin shudders at the mere suggestion of an ice cube in her drink." "Don't you see Dermot that something as trivial as the suggestion of an ice cube" " when it becomes associated with another experience, something that caused great grief" "It fixes in the mind." "Stays with you forever." "Yes, but I'm not sure what you're getting at." "If only we knew what Heather actually said." "Cherry!" "Oh I'm afraid that's impossible." "At least for now." "I sent her away." " Whatever for?" " Dear boy, I don't want her to be murdered too." "Marina, honey." "I brought you something warm to drink." "Hot chocolate." "Do you remember when we used to drink it on those cold nights in Sun Valley" "When there was nothing else to do." "I mean afterwards." "Sleep tight." "I'll take these." "You won't be needing them anymore." "Jason!" " I love you." " I love you too, baby." "Of course, the vicar!" "Thank you, Inch." "If you'll wait please." "I'm sorry Miss Marple, Miss Gregg is not available." " But it is imperative I see her at once." " My apologies madam." "I have my orders." "Then I shall wait." " There is a lady her sir." " What kind of a lady?" "A somewhat elderly lady sir." "A Miss Marple." "She refuses to leave." "Shall I..." "No." "I'll get rid of her." "Mr. Rudd." "Good morning Mr. Rudd." "Look Miss Marble, or whatever your name is." "I don't know what you're doing here, but you can not stay." "It's Marple and I won't keep you long." "I'm correct am I not that that is where your wife stood the day of the murder." "She looked in that direction, then her face froze." "I think you better leave." "Bellini's "Mother and Child"." "A very fine painting." "A present of the Briar Institute in Milano I believe." " The whole thing is really quite simple isn't it..." " I don't know what you're talking about." " Oh I think you do." "Ah, Dermot." " Good Lord, Aunt Jane, I might have guessed you'd be here." "This is the spot where it happened." "Which makes it so much easier to understand." "It's very simple, if only one looks at it the proper way." "It all began with the kind of person Heather Babcock was." "Damn it, that's enough!" "The two of you come busting in my house." "I want you out." "Now!" "Perhaps you should call the police Mr. Rudd." "Let us go back shall we to the moment when Heather greets Miss Gregg and launches into her refusive little tale." "Poor Miss Gregg listened patiently as Heather rattled on, or at least she appeared to." "And suddenly Marina turned her head away." "A strange look came over her face." "A look of doom." "It had nothing to do with Lola Brewster's arrival, Marina wasn't even looking at her, or poor Heather." "She was looking at the Madonna." "A picture of a serene mother holding a beautiful happy baby." " I still don't see the connection." " Of course not, you don't know what Heather actually said." "Yes, but haven't we been through that all last night?" "She got out of bed, powdered her nose." "Slipped out of the barracks determined to see her idol." "Then proceed to the theater where some relative let her in and allowed her to watch from the wing." " I still don't see where that gets us." " Neither did I and then I thought of the vicar." "I telephoned him in the middle of the night." "I'm afraid I wasn't at all popular." "He remembered Heather's convalescence." "She had been ill and spent her sick leave in the village with her mother." "You see when Heather Babcock went to the theater that evening." "She was infectious." "She was suffering from rubella  more commonly known as "German measles"." "Your wife had a child that was born mentally retarded." "She never recovered from the shock." "Marina contracted German measles during her pregnancy.." "She never knew how, and then one afternoon a perfect stranger, tells her with pleasure, with pride even, what she has done." "And you let me kiss you." "Oh yes you did!" "What a nice little story." "Now can I get you a drink?" "A rather perfect murder." "Not exactly as Cherry described it." "I was wrong about one thing." "I deduced that one of the guest at the party took the risk of putting the poison in the glass." "It was unnecessary." "No one would have noticed the hostess taking a moment to relieve of absence to visit her bathroom to prepare the fatal potion." "As an actress used to handling props she would have had no trouble jogging" "Heather's elbow accidently spilling her drink." "and offering her her own." "Marina had to insist that she was the intended victim." "That the murder was aimed at her, to support her plot." "She wrote the notes herself." "Even doctored her coffee at the studio." "It deceived nearly everybody." "Nearly." "But one person saw through it." "You knew didn't you Mr. Rudd?" "It was the notes that made you finally realized." "The notes your wife forgot to tell you about." "If they had been real she would have informed you at once." "So you decided to protect her." " Mr. I'd like to speak to your wife." " Excuse me Dermot, would you mind if I saw her first?" "Thank you dear." "Mr. Rudd." " Miss Marple..." " Yes Mr. Rudd?" " She's dead." " I rather suspected as much." "Didn't you?" "I killed her." "I put poison in her hot chocolate last night." "It was inevitable she would have been discovered." "I couldn't let her face the humiliation." " She's suffered enough." " You must have loved her very much." "Mr. Rudd, I think you better come in here." "Marina!" "Mr. Rudd." "She's given the performance of her life."