"On Saturday, dry with some sunny spells." "Across the south on 96.7.." " Cheers." " See you soon." "Hey, hey." "Heads up." "Oh!" "Oh!" "They've put gherkin in that." "I hate gherkin." " Take it out, then." " That's not gonna work." "Can taste gherkin in it." "The whole burger's gonna taste of gherkin." "They've ruined it." "You can't ruin food like that." "It's rubbish to start with." "Have you ever had a real burger?" "With lean mince, onion, Tabasco, fresh sage?" " All you eat is junk." " Yeah, well, I like junk." "It suits me, all right?" " Lima Tango 459." " Here, hold this." "Lovely." "Lima Tango 459." "We've had this woman on the phone, Hal." "22 Leven Road." "Something about chicken legs on the floor and she wants a police officer to pick 'em up." " Oh, really?" "ls this a wind-up?" " Could be." " Can't Uniform do it?" " It's on your way home, Hal." " Sort it out, eh?" "You're the cookery expert" " OK, I'll do it." "Pull in over here." "I'll do this." "Get away from the smell of that." " You can finish my coffee." " Lovely." "See you tomorrow." " Cheers." " Have a nice night." "Ooh, that's got sugar in it." "What have you done?" "What are you playing on here for?" "Two little ducks, 22." "Detective Sergeant Hawksley." " Thank you." " I want you to help me in the kitchen." "With what?" "Two, two... twenty-two." "There'll be somebody with you soon." " Is Sergeant Hawksley all right?" " He just fell over." "I didn't do anything." "Please, come quickly." "Over." "Try to keep calm." "There'll be somebody with you any minute." "Olive?" "He shouldn't have come alone." "I won't hurt you." " It wasn't my fault!" " All right." "All right, all right." " Come on!" " Errol" "You with him." "You two with me." "(JUDGE) Olive Martin, you stand convicted on two counts of murder." "You are sentenced to life imprisonment on each count." "In spite of your confession and your guilty plea, at no point have you expressed the slightest remorse for what you have done." "Your cold-blooded butchery of the bodies of your defenseless mother and sister was as sadistic an act as I have ever encountered." "In view of the horrific and calculated nature of this most unnatural of crimes," "I recommend that you serve a minimum of 25 years." "Roz!" "Roz!" "Over here, love!" " Oh, I'm so sorry." " It's all right." "It's all right." "I'm sorry." " Oh, dear." " I'm sorry I'm late, Iris." "Another suicide on the Northern Line." "God!" "People can be so bloody selfish, can't they?" "I just think it's terribly unhelpful to shut yourself away like this." "Sooner or later, life has to go on." "Did you think any more about that chap I told you about?" "I don't need a therapist, Iris." "I'm fine." "You look ghastly." " Thank you." " Any time." "Your ex not still bothering you, is he?" " What was it you wanted to see me about, Iris?" " All right, none of my business." " I want a new book." " I knew I shouldn't have come." "I issue your royalty statements, remember." "A gerbil couldn't live on what you've been earning recently." "Look, love, the rent doesn't stop even if everything else does." " What is it?" " I'd say it's right up your street." "Olive Martin." "She's agreed to cooperate." "Find why she did it, why she wouldn't offer a defence, you know the sort of thing." "Inside the mind of a murderer." "Serial killers are almost as hot as diet books these days." "Killed her mother and her sister, didn't she?" "I want it on my desk in three months." "15 grand advance." "If, and only if, I was interested..." "I'll need 25." " 17 and a half." " 20." "You're on." "If and only if." "Hello?" "Yeah..." "Iris." "I appreciate it." "Don't be too grateful, darling." "You haven't met her yet." "I have an appointment." "My name's Rosalind Leigh." "Reception's just there." "You'll be separated from her by a table." "You can give her cigarettes, but don't give her anything to take back to her cell Understand?" "Sure you feel all right about being left alone with her?" "I think so." "Hello, Olive." "My name's Rosalind Leigh." "Glad to meet you." "The governor has given us permission to tape-record our conversation." "It's up to you, of course." "I don't have to turn it on." "Just..." "Shall we begin?" "When were you born?" "Well, I..." "I know the answer to that question." "You were born on October 6th, 1963, and your sister came along two years later." "Were you happy about that or would you rather have had a brother?" "Do I scare you?" "I'm sorry." "It's all right." "I'm used to it." "Everyone's afraid at first." "Does that upset you?" "Would it upset you?" " Yes." " Well, then." "I'm not what you seem to think I am." "I'm harmless." "What you see is what you get." "So you want to talk about my family?" "Both, yes." "You and your family." "Right." "Um..." "did you always live at home?" "Let's start with my father." "Right." "My father Robert died of a heart attack six months ago." "My little sister...was called Allison." "But I called her Amber." " Do you know why?" " No." "I couldn't get it round the Ls or the S." "One day I took her to this beach photographer to take her photograph." "He said she was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen." "When I gave it to Mum, she said," ""l don't suppose his camera was big enough to take yours."" "And my father, you know what he did?" "He just shrugged." "Oh, yes." "We're all creatures of abuse nowadays." "Do I still scare you?" "Why don't you give me a cigarette?" "Oh." " Are you married?" " Divorced." " Children?" " No." "No." "Pity." "I'm very good with children." " Who else have you spoken to?" " No one yet." "I've..." " I have an appointment to see Peter Crew..." " Oh, don't you trust that maggot." "He tried to get me certified." "He did. "Olive," he said, "Olive is a paranoid schizophrenic."" "I'll tell you one thing right from the start." "You've probably got more hang-ups than I have." "I have an overwhelming compulsion to eat, that's all." "I've had five shrinks, and each one said normal." "Well, what you did to your mother was scarcely normal." "You never knew her." "By my standards, I've done nothing wrong." "So you think they deserved to die?" " I'm ready!" " Oh, um..." " I didn't mean it that way." "You don't have to go." " I want to." "I'm sorry I..." "I said that." "See you next week Rosalind." "(CREW) She did it the day after her birthday." "As her solicitor, one was privy to the photographs at the murder scene." "I was reminded of an abattoir." "Do you know why she's called the Sculptress?" "Because of the way she carved up those bodies." "Frankly, I'm relieved that she no longer needs my services, not that she could afford my fees." " She was on legal aid?" " As a matter of fact, the father paid." " Yes, he died recently, didn't he?" " A happy release." "(WOMAN) I don't care about any of that!" "Just do it!" " And you're his executor?" " Yes, I am." " Did he leave any money?" " He owned the family house." "The murder house." "He died there, too, as a matter of fact." " Who's going to inherit it?" " That, Miss Leigh, is confidential." "It's peculiar that Olive refused your advice to plead not guilty on the grounds of diminished responsibility." "She would only have been found guilty of manslaughter." "She would have received a shorter sentence in a secure unit and psychiatric treatment." "Look, Olive has a morbid fear of being locked up with mad people." "That's why she convinced her doctors she was sane." "But you must have thought it a valid defence to suggest it." "One's clients sometimes think that they know best." "Excuse me." "Yes." "Now, here is the name and address of the barrister that we briefed." "He will confirm everything that I've told you." "And if you're so keen to know...as it were, her frame of mind, then you should listen to her statements and read the pathologists report." "Now, you will realise that she must have spent several hours calmly carrying them up." "Her mother was still alive when she started on her." "Mr Crew, thank you very much." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "It's Peter Crew." "I think we have a problem." "Say one for me, Sculptress." "I'm sorry, Father." "Did I scare you?" "No, no, Olive." "No, of course not." "You, um..." "You're always welcome here." "That's nice." "I want a new diary, one of those ones with a religious quote for every day." "And you shall have one." "They're in the vestry." "Found." "Thank you, Father." "And next time we will pray together." "Oh, yes, Father." "Next time." "(HAL HAWKSLEY) "Hawksley and DC Wyatt." "Also present's Peter Crew." "The time is 1800 hours on 7th October, 1990, at Dawlington police station." "Tell us in your own time exactly what happened" "Supper puss." "(OLIVE) My relationship with my mother and my sister has never been close." "Nothing had been planned for my birthday and that upset me." " She'd given Amber a birthday party." " That's all you're getting." "I decided to treat myself take a day off from work at the jobcentre and go to London." "I asked Amber to skip work, too, and come with me." "My mother got very angry about this and stopped her." "We had ah argument over breakfast and Daddy left for the office in the middle of it." "My mother kept calling me names and laughing at me." "She said that I was too stupid to go to London on my own." "The argument became very heated after Daddy left." "Her shouting gave me a headache." "I hit her with the rolling pin to make her be quiet" "Then I hit her again when she started howling." "Amber started screaming because of what I had done, so..." "I had to hit her too." "I began to wonder if they were dead." "They were very pale and hadn't moved." "I know that if you hold a mirror to someone's mouth and there's no mist, it means they're dead" "I used the mirror from my handbag." "I held it to their mouths for a long time, but there was no mist, nothing." "I began to get frightened and wondered how to hide the bodies." "If I could make them smaller, I could fit them into suitcases and carry them that way." "So I used the largest of the kitchen knives and a cleaver to dismember them." "I've cut chickens into portions many times." "I thought it would be easy to do the same thing with them." "I had to undress them to see where the joints were." "I got too tired to carry." "Oh." "I only managed to take off their heads, their legs and three of their arms." "Then decency demanded that I rearrange them properly, but there was so much blood I couldn't tell which body was which." "They looked all right, but I must have put my mother's head oh Amber's body by mistake." " We didn't sign a contract." " You made a commitment." " Verbal." "Doesn't mean anything." " How long are you gonna feel sorry for yourself?" " You used to be a very good writer." " Successful." "It's the same thing." "And stop putting yourself down." "I've gone out on a limb on this one for you." "You have to put this behind you." " It's nothing to do with it." " What, then?" "It's Olive Martin." "I can't face it." "Nor could you if you'd heard her statement." " It's like she's carving up the Sunday roast." " Wonderful!" "You could use that." "I'm sorry." "I think you should get someone else." "Look, Roz, take these and give her one more visit before you make a final decision." "(GIRL) Mummy?" "(MAN) I need to see you." "Let me see you." "Where are you?" "Go away, Rupert!" "Just get on with your own life!" " (OLIVE) I didn't think you'd come back." " Neither did I." "We should have a contract with each other." "I mean, an understanding." " Like what?" " You trust me and I trust you." " I do." " Swear in God's name." "Why is it so important?" "When you were here last time and you heard me say that I'm good with children, you flinched." " Tell me about your child." " I don't have any." "Girl or boy?" "Girl" "She's dead, isn't she?" "Show me a photograph, Rosalind." "I wanna see your child." "Trust me." "Why?" "She's dead." "Show me and I'll tell you something incredible in return." "Something true you won't believe." "Mm." "Tell me about her." "You have a good relationship with your ex-husband?" " He's the father of my child." " Not is." "Was." "You know what?" "I think you're a natural liar." " Why?" " You're obsessed with him." "I lost a child, too, you know." "Amber got pregnant at 13." "She was allowed to have her baby." "When the same thing happened to me, my mother forced me to have an abortion." "They flushed my baby down the sink." "Was that what your father wanted?" "It's hard to know what he wanted." "I often wondered if he knew himself." "He was weak." "Weak-willed and weak-minded." "And your mother?" "My mother led me by the nose all the way to the clinic." "She butchered my baby." "And that's why you killed her?" "See?" "I told you we had a lot in common." "Two dead babies." "Oi!" "Back to work!" "I said back to work!" "Empty that." "Could you tell me when your neighbours might be back?" "There's nothing to see, so why don't you just piss off?" "I'm actually cooperating with Peter Crew, Mr Martin's solicitor." "Want to know about the murder house, do we?" "Come in, come in." "Oh, kettle's just boiled." "Would you care for a nice cup of tea?" " Only if you're having one." " Good." "Infusion leaf or bag?" "Whichever you prefer." "That woman slammed the door on you." "She got that house for nothing, you know." "Nothing." "I overheard you tell her that you'd come from Mr Crew." "One of my boys does work for him." "Important security stuff." "Yes, I'm just doing some follow-up case research." " Did you know the Martins well?" " Well, they were good neighbours." " And the girls?" " Oh, yeah." "I suppose you know that Amber had a baby?" "My wife spotted she was expecting straightaway." "A boy." "Signed for adoption at birth." " I suppose..." "I suppose he'll get the lot now." " What?" "Well, poor old Bob Martin's money." "He must have been worth a fair bit at the end, considering how lucky he was with those stocks." " A fair bit." " Would I be right in guessing... around the half-million mark?" "You might." "Of course, you'll have to find him if he's going to inherit." "Yes, we're looking for him right now." "Can't be easy." "Family name of Brown." "Must be plenty of those in Australia, eh?" "What was Amber like?" "Amber?" "Oh, she was a sweet girl" "Convent-educated by the nuns." "They taught her all the facts, except, of course, the facts of life." "Speaking as a family man myself, it was Bob Martin I felt most sorry for." " Really?" " Mm." "Well, he had no one to talk to, except Ted Clarke, the neighbours next door." "Bob and him, they were very close, like brothers." "Then one day Ted and his wife..." "they just upped and left." "It's a terrible thing to find you're living next door to a house of a double murder." "I suppose there was gossip at the time." "And afterwards." "Some people say Olive didn't do it." "Thought it was the father, even." "Can you believe?" "I reckon the police thought that for a while." "But then finally they realised it was Olive had done it." "Did you ever wonder why?" "Maybe she was jealous of Amber." "The mother, Gwen, she was heavy on the drink, and there was talk that she drove Olive to it." "What with her and Mrs Clarke, I used to think my wife was the only sane person in this road." " God bless her." " Mrs Clarke?" "Hygiene mad, she was." "Used to walk around in nothing but an overall." "No undies, even." "In case she spread germs, I suppose." " Do you know where they moved to?" " No idea." "I reckon I was Bob Martin's only friend by the end." "I realised something was wrong when I saw all those bottles outside." "Look, I've got some cuttings here." "Where are they?" "Ah, here." "Look." "Would you like to look over those for a bit?" "I'll tell you what, I could make us a nice peanut-butter sandwich, hm?" "Olive was often greedy, deceitful..." "Girls." "Sometimes cruel." "But she loved her little sister without reserve." "It was her best quality." "I've never seen such affection between sisters." " Olive was always at her side." " No jealousy, then?" "None that I could see." "Amber was quite the loveliest child I ever saw." "Everyone adored her." "But I always felt that Olive was over-protective of her." "It was as if Olive stepped in to protect others from Amber as much as the other way round." "I'm sorry." "I don't understand." "As I said, Amber was a very beautiful girl" "But the face is not always the mirror of the soul, is it?" " You're saying Amber was badly behaved?" " Nothing so definite." "I am saying that her beauty may have blinded people to her real qualities." "And, of course, the same could be true of Olive in reverse." "Olive told me she had an abortion." "I did hear a rumour." "If it were true, it would be tragic." "One never knew if Olive was telling the truth." "She lied about so much." "And sometimes, of course, she liked to shock people." " How did you find her?" " She's very bright." "Oh, yes." "I'm just worried that the only book I'm going to be able to write is a cruel one." "I've a feeling you'll find the truth." "You must try to accept God's grace into your life, Olive." "Try to think of God as the loving gardener of paradise." "Contemplate the plants, the flowers, the beauty of life." "It's no use." "I only understand the real world." "Because that's all that's ever been offered you." "But there is so much more." "I'm sorry, Julian." "I mean, Father." "Olive, wait." "I have a proposal for you." "I think you and I should make a pact to give something up, a sort of Christian discipline." " Give up what?" " You give up overeating and I'll give up smoking." " I didn't know you smoked, Father." " The odd puff in the vestry." "Nasty habit." "I'm prepared to give up if you will." "That's fair, isn't it?" "But eating's the only thing I've got left." "No, Olive, you have me and you have God." "I hadn't thought of it like that before." "Then you'll try?" "With you behind me, maybe I can." "(OLIVE) ...means they're dead." "I used the mirror from my handbag." "I held it to their mouths for a long time, but there was no mist, nothing." "I began to get frightened and wondered how to hide the bodies." "If I could make them smaller, I could fit them into suitcases and carry them that way." "I used the mirror from my handbag." "I held it to their mouths for a long time..." "I held it to their mouths for a long time, but there was no mist, nothing." "(OLIVE) They're good, aren't they?" "Yeah, they're very good." "You're clever." "Do what I want or I'll stick pins in you." "Only joking." "I failed my "O" level in voodoo anyway." "Tell me about Sergeant Hawksley, the policeman who arrested you." "He gave me a sandwich at the police station." "Only one who understood me." "Why did you lie in your statement?" "I didn't." "I've read the pathology report." "You lied about the murder weapon." "They were actually killed with a knife." "You said you waited until they were dead before you carved them up, but your mother was alive." "And I know how much you really loved Amber..." "so why did you say you didn't?" "You tell me." "You didn't do it, did you, Olive?" "Did you?" "Olive?" "Who are you protecting?" "Hello?" "Is anyone there?" "(GIRL) Mummy." "Table for one, is it?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "No, I'm not eating." "I'm looking for..." "Are you Detective Sergeant Hawksley?" "Who wants to know?" "I've got a card in here somewhere." "My name is Rosalind Leigh." "I'd like to talk to you about Olive..." " What's going on?" " Quiet!" " What's that for?" " So what do you want?" "I told you, I'd..." "I'd like to ask you a few questions about Olive Martin." "Olive Martin." " Yes." " ls that right?" "You can leave now, Miss Leigh." "Miss Leigh." "Goodbye, Miss Leigh." "Rupert?" "Hey!" " Rosalind Leigh." " Leigh." "Leigh." "Yeah, and...?" "I wanna know if she's got anything to do with this." "She's been snooping about asking questions about Olive Martin." "It's too well-timed." "I'm not a great believer in coincidences." " Just see if anything comes up on her, yeah?" " Yeah, sure." "So, you all right?" "Yeah." "Fine, you know." " So how's...?" " Sally." "She's good, she's good." "Well, that's good." " She looking after you?" " Yeah, the best, you know..." "Well, you should come over maybe one night." "Absolutely." "I'll sort a day out with her." "We'll..." "I'll give you a buzz over this, eh?" "You're late." "What kept you?" "Your ex-husband?" "So...what is it you wanna know?" "Who did it, Olive?" "Who are you protecting?" "OK." "I suppose you know your father left all his money to Amber's baby?" "Do you know that my father never visited me here once?" "He totally abandoned me." "ls that what you're gonna do, Rosalind?" "Drop me when you've got enough?" "You know I won't." "Tell me about your ex." " I don't wanna talk about him." " D'you still love him?" "You've been hurting for months, haven't you?" " Is it because he Left you?" " No." "What did he do, then?" "If I tell you, you'll say I'm wrong to hate him, and I need to hate him." "Sometimes I think it's the only thing that's keeping me alive." "I understand that, Rosalind." "You loved him once." " I don't remember now." " You must have done." "You can't hate what you've never loved." "Not really." "Not passionately." "Real hate is like real love." "It consumes you." "It's an obsession." "I know about obsession." "What was your obsession?" "Was it Amber?" "You know, I don't have to write this book." "Would that matter?" "It might upset you if we stop now." "I don't know if I wanna write it." "What would make you wanna write it?" " Perhaps if you told me who you're protecting." " Oh, no." "No, not good enough." "You've gotta trust me first, and when you do..." "Tell me, Rosalind if there was nothing to stop you, what's the one thing you'd really like to do?" "Come on." "Tell me." "I'd like..." "I'd like..." " I'd like to..." " Kill him." " Why did Olive's father never visit her in prison?" " Goodnight, Carol" " Because Olive refused to see him." " Why would she do that?" " She must have had a good reason." " Be careful what you imply, Miss Leigh." "What Olive did drove him to his death." "It didn't stop him making a fortune on the stock exchange." "You think that made up for what he'd suffered?" "He was a pathetic wreck." "Eaten up with guilt and shame." "Oh, yes." "She killed him too." "She does not deserve to see the light of day ever." "Amber's son in Australia - have you managed to locate the adoptive parents, the Browns?" "I don't know where you get your information, but I must warn you to keep this entirely confidential." "The stigma of the murders - you could ruin the child's future." "So you do know where he is?" "And I shall not hesitate to take out an injunction against your book if I think it warranted." "Hey!" "That Leigh woman, she's on the level." "She's a looker, too." "You didn't have to read her bloody books." "I didn't." "It's one of Sally's." "Since when has Sally been reading books like this?" "She's waiting for you, is she?" "In a rush?" "You look very nice." " Hi." " Hi." "Hello." "Have a nice evening." "Cheers." "Who was that?" "What was all that about?" " What was all what about?" " Well..." "It's my ex-wife." "Ah." "So..." " What do you want?" " What I wanted last time." " Olive Martin." " Mm-hm." "Sorry." "Nothing to say." "Well, maybe you can explain why I was nearly killed by a runaway car last night." "You were in the wrong place at the wrong time." "That's comforting." "Look, I was..." "I was gonna have another glass of wine." "Would you like to join me?" "All right." "So, what sort of restaurant is this, then?" "Oh, it's...a bloody good one." " Got a menu?" " Yeah, it's just there." "Thank you." "Well?" "I don't get it." "You should be packed out." "Do me a favour - if you liked it, tell your friends." "So..." "Olive Martin." "Oh!" "You really are persistent, aren't you?" "No, I don't want to talk about it." " You were the arresting officer." " That's why I don't want to talk about it." "No, thanks." "Don't you think you owe me something after what happened last night?" "You've had a 40-quid meal on the house!" "That was my fee for playing your stand-in girlfriend." "The way I look at it, you still owe me." "Been trying to put it behind me for five years." "It might help you to talk about it." "That's what they all say when they wanna hear the juicy detail" "I'm writing a book about the case, and I want to be fair." "I'd like your cooperation." "I don't think Olive did it." "I think she's innocent." " Oh!" "Now I've heard everything." " All right." "You tell me." "From the beginning." "Please." "I spent two hours with the pathologist trying to work out the order of events from blood splashes on the table, floor and kitchen units." "And I remember thinking, "This woman is completely insane."" "But do you know when I knew for sure?" "It was when we couldn't work out which head belonged to which body." "Later on..." "when her father came to the station," "I was the one that had to tell him that his wife and daughter had been murdered and that we had reason to believe Olive was responsible." "Did you ever consider the possibility that it might have been the father?" "For a brief time, yes." "And?" "We toyed with the idea that he had murdered his wife and daughter before he went to work and that then maybe Olive had carved the bodies up, but it never added up." "He had no motive and a cast-iron alibi." "He was at the office all day and a neighbour had seen his wife and daughter wave as he left for work." "He was whiter than white." "Olive removed her victims' clothes so that it was easier for her to cut through their bone joints." "Afterwards, she burnt the clothes." "It was as cold-blooded as that." "Very strange, but later on when before we took her to the station, she changed into her best dress." "She actually turned to me in the car and she asked me... if I liked her best dress." "Her best dress." "Two hours after she had cut her mother and her sister to pieces." "All the evidence was that she'd done it alone - footprints, fingerprints, you name it, we found it." "Don't sit there and tell me she didn't do it." "I've talked to her." " I don't believe she's a murderer." " You've got a lot of experience with murderers?" "All right." "Help me." "Why would I want to do that?" "She's guilty." "No, help me, not Olive." " As a favour." " I thought we were all square on favours." "You're the only person that thinks she's innocent, including Olive herself." "It's not as though I'm on the force any more." "I bet it's like riding a bicycle." "You never lose the hang of it." " You really are persistent, aren't you?" " Can I take that as a yes?" "Well, thank you for a great meal." "My pleasure." " You really are a fantastic cook." " You won't get anywhere with flattery." " I mean it." " Thanks." "Oh, my God, Rupert." "What are you doing here?" "You don't reply to my letters, you won't take my call." "I had to come." "Did you?" "Get out of here." "Go home." "Sleep it off." "Please, Roz." "I'm too pissed to go home." "Tell what's-her-name, your girlfriend, to come and collect you." "She won't come." "Sam's sick." "I'll call a cab." "Please, Roz." "Why won't you bloody talk to me?" "!" "What d'you want me to say?" "It's just..." "I'm sorry." "Oh, well, that's all right, then." "You're sorry." "Alice is dead and you're sorry." "Well, fair enough." "Can I please have a taxi to Crouch End..." "She's my daughter, too." "Well, it didn't take you long to get over her, did it?" "I worked it out." "You impregnated your precious Jessica about a week after the accident." "Tell me, is your new son a suitable replacement for our dead daughter?" " You really twist the knife." " Does he laugh like her?" "Does he wait by the door for you to come home pissed and say, "Mummy, Daddy's home"?" "Is he everything like Alice was and more?" "Or is he nothing like her and that's why you get drunk?" "Shut up!" " He makes you think about what you destroyed." " He's a baby, for Christ's sake!" "You're jealous." "Jesus." "You're bloody jealous." "Jealous?" "If what you've got is so wonderful now, Rupert, what are you doing here?" "I want..." "I want you to..." "You want me to say it's all right." "Well, it's not, Rupert." "It's not all right." "You were pissed out of your head and you crashed the car and you killed our daughter." "And you got away with it." "'Cause the judge said..." "What was the phrase he used?" "The judge said that you had suffered enough." "What about me?" "What about my suffering?" "My only crime was to let my cheap, promiscuous husband see his daughter." "I gave her to you...and you murdered her." "(ROSALIND) I was going to kill you." "Oh, we should have had this out a long time ago." " (RUPERT) It was an accident." " I know." "(ROSALIND) I should have checked she was strapped in." "You should never have been driving." "I'm sorry." "I won't do this again, I promise." "What am I gonna do now?" "What am I gonna do?" "Go home." "(OLIVE) You're the only person who's remembered." "It's lovely." "I must be the only person in the world who has a reason to forget her birthday." "My birthday's the reminder that I hate myself." "Who did it?" "Your ex?" "Did you kill him?" "No, I didn't think you would." "Not so easy, is it?" "Isn't it, Olive?" "How would you know?" "(OLIVE) One day, I took her to this beach photographer to take her photograph." "He said she was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen." "And my father, you know what he did?" "He just shrugged" "Oh, yes." "We're all creatures of abuse nowadays." "No, nothing." "If we'd have found anything after the murders, we'd have told the police." "D'you mind if I come in?" "Thank you." "What did it look like before you redecorated?" "Just unlived in." "A lot of people thought we were mad to live here, kept asking about the ghouls and the ghosts." "Well, I wouldn't say there were any ghosts here now." "If you want to see ghosts, it's all up here." "My dad used to see pink elephants but they didn't think his house was haunted." " Know where the neighbours have gone?" " The Clarkes?" "No." "Found a skip full of empty sherry bottles here when we arrived." "And we blocked a gate off." "Their kids must have enjoyed running between the gardens, but we don't get on with next door." "Mr Martin only used one room." "Lived in here all alone." " May I?" " Yeah." "The windows were... sorry." "The windows were yellow with nicotine." "Disgusting." "There was no trace of his smoking anywhere else in the house, just here." "Hi." "It's all right." "I haven't come to buy anything." " Selling perhaps?" " No, not that either." " How can I help?" " I'm trying to trace some people called Clarke." "You sold their house for them about four years ago." " They've moved out of the area." " I'm new, actually." " What was the address?" " Leven Road." "Number 20." "Why not take a look at these, see if I can't tempt you?" "All right." "That's different." "Pretty cottage." "Looks like it might fall in the sea any second." " Pay cash and I'll get you a good deal." " Thanks." "20 Leven Road." "Oh, vendors have asked for no information to be given as to their present whereabouts." " I'm sure they wouldn't mind..." " Sorry." "No can do." "All right." "If I asked you to make an appointment for me to see this cottage... using that telephone over there, while I stayed here and looked at the detail?" "I could, but I'd take it very badly if you failed to keep your appointment." "If I say I'm going to do something, I always do it." "Thank you." "Bay View." "Viewing sometime Wednesday." "I'll just turn the music off." "My wife's gone out and left it on." " Do sit down." " Thank you." "I'm surprised you managed to track us down all the way out here." "I know you and Robert Martin were friends and I'm anxious to present the fairest possible portrait of the family that I can." "Yes, Martin was a delightful chap." "The idea that he could conceivably have been a party to what happened is sheer nonsense." "Yes, of course." "And your wife's statement proved that he couldn't have done it." "Yes, she saw Gwen and Amber wave him off to work." "It's a pity she's not here to tell you herself." " Have you any children?" " No." "Sadly." "We have a canary." " How well did you know the Martin girls?" " Well, quite well when they were children." "But you know how it is when girls grow up." "They..." " Boyfriends?" " Boyfriends..." "Well, um..." "Olive, I mean..." "I suppose she might have taken a fancy to some young chap when she first went out to work but I can't imagine that it would have been reciprocated." "Now, Amber, well..." "Amber, she was the one who got all the men." "But Olive, well..." "I hope you won't think I'm unkind, but..." "Olive was never a beauty." "Do you think she was guilty?" "Absolutely no doubt about it." "I assume your book won't seek to present an alternative point of view?" "To be honest, Mr Clarke, I'm just at the research stage." "I'm not really sure there's a book in it." " Well, I hope that I've been of some use to you." " Absolutely." "Maybe I can talk to your wife some other time." "Thank you." " I've done this before." " Mrs Taylor?" " Take a number." " Excuse me." "Do you mind?" " I'm sorry." " When did you last..." "(OLIVE) I decided to treat myself take a day off from work at the jobcentre and go to London." "I asked Amber to skip work too and come with me." "Are you a journalist?" " No." " Only I am not selling horror stories." "She was my friend, she was a good worker and I miss her." " Have you ever visited her?" " Well, you don't." "It's difficult, isn't it?" "Yeah, I suppose so." "Perhaps you should talk to her boyfriend." " Boyfriend?" " Did some work as a motorcycle courier." "Mostly he's a thief and a waster." "In and out of prison." "You know the type." "Did Olive actually say that she was going out with him?" "Not in so many words." "She lost weight, bought new clothes, made something of herself." "Do you think this boyfriend had something to do with it?" "He's a villain." "In this job, you get a good eye for scum." "Bad lad, bad family." "Merciful and ever-loving Father, Almighty God, look kindly on thy faithful servant Olive" " and the beauty of her soul" " Amen." " Do you really mean that, Father?" " I wish you'd call me Julian." "Everyone else does." "I prefer the formality of correct address, Father." " Meaning what?" " About my soul being beautiful." " Of course." " I like that." "I want to be beautiful." "I, um..." "I was speaking metaphysically, of course." "Oh." "Metaphysically." "None of us are beyond redemption, Olive." "We all have the chance to wipe the slate clean in the eyes of God." "Is he watching us now, then?" "Oh" " God." "Of course." "He's always watching." "I don't think he is, Father." "I think it's just the two of us, alone." "We're never alone, Olive." "You must try to believe that." "I will try, Father." "I really will try, but it's hard." "All I want..." "is for God to see me as I really am." "If you sincerely want to repent, Olive, and find God, then I will not abandon you, I promise you that." "So I can come and see you again, like this?" "Yes, of course." "When it's appropriate." "I'd really like that, Father." "Ah, Rosalind Leigh." "The human boomerang." " She just keeps coming back." " Open house." "Very stylish." "There's something about a favourite restaurant." "I can see why this place is so popular." " Give me a hand with that box, will you, please?" " Aye, aye, sir." "If Olive didn't do it, why did she confess?" "The police are good at getting confessions, aren't they" "Oh, yes, right." "We beat it out of her." "No, I tell a lie." "I forged her signature after writing the confession myself." "I forgot for a second." "I'm just exploring possible scenarios." "The enlightened liberal position - if in doubt, blame the police." "Listen, we couldn't shut her up." "She wanted to confess and she meant every word." "All right." "Well, say she was lying, trying to protect someone." " Who?" " Her father." "We've been through this." "Cast-iron alibi - work and the neighbours." " Boyfriend, then." " You're clutching at straws." " You really believe Olive Martin had a boyfriend?" " I know she did." " Gary O'Brien, a local biker." " Gary?" "!" "He's just a hooligan, and he said he wouldn't have the courage to kill anyone, let alone dismember them afterwards, and with due respect, he wouldn't look twice at Olive Martin." "I found out about her abortion, which you and your colleagues failed to establish." "Olive told you that?" "How do you know she was telling the truth then but lying when she confessed, hey?" "You're guessing." ""Truth lies within a little and certain compass but error is immense."" "Stencilled on my desk when I was a policeman." "Who knows why people tell lies?" "I think I know when someone's telling me the truth." "Listen, there's something else I want to talk to you about." " The first time you came here..." " Yeah?" "I felt there was something between us." "Something...special." " Oh, God, I'd no idea." " Didn't you?" "No, I..." " Rosalind..." " Well..." " Well, I suppose that..." " I'm lying to you." "You see?" "You had no idea I was winding you up." "That was childish, immature and that was cheap." "It was rather, wasn't it?" "Anyway, I'm not so sure you were lying." " Don't flatter yourself." " I don't." "You're the expert on liars." "Now, did I mean that or not?" " 2-5, 2-5." " 2-5." "You wanna go to Hasler's, contact Joy." "She'll give you a Cuckoo Bushes and a Southampton." " Roger that." " Roger, dodge." " Sorry, no more deliveries today." " I'm looking for Gary O'Brien." " I understand he might work here." " No, he doesn't." "Do you know where I might be able to contact him?" "No." "You see, I'm a writer, and I'm doing a bit of background research on an Olive Martin." " Who killed her mother and her sister?" " That's right." "She used to be Gary's girlfriend." "No." "No way." " So you knew her, then?" " The lady looking for me, Marnie?" "No, Mr Wheelan." "She's an old friend." "Popped in to see if I've time for a drink on the way home." "Fine." "You two carry on." "I'll lock up." "You didn't forget to send someone to Hasler's?" "Eddie went, last drop." "Night." "I just want you to tell her that I can't come in today." "Yes." "Rosalind Leigh." " You will?" " I'll make sure she gets it." " Thank you." " Thanks." "Bye." " OK, I'll just leave these here, OK?" " Yeah, no problem." "Thanks." "Gary wouldn't have looked twice at fat old Olive." " He'd shudder at the thought." " How do you know?" " He's my little brother." "I thought you knew." " No." " He was only delivering Letters." " Pretty important." "Who were they from?" "Client information is confidential." "What time is it?" "Please." " I've got a visitor." " If she comes, she comes." " If she doesn't, she doesn't." " I said I've got a visitor!" "Can you hear me?" "!" "Sorry I haven't got time for a drink, love." "One lunchtime this man comes in, wants an urgent delivery to Olive Martin." "He's prepared to pay over the odds if the dispatch rider will give it to Olive as she leaves work." "Well, this bloke, this Mr X, he says on no account is it to be taken inside." " Why all the secrecy?" " I assumed they was having an affair." " They didn't want people poking their noses in." " He never told you his name?" "No." "Gave me 20 quid, though, which I split with Gary." "Wheelan's a tight git, so I got Gary to do some work on the side." " How many letters were there?" " I'd say at least ten." " Over how long?" " A few months." "You never told the police any of this?" " So what did he look like?" " Sorry, love." "You've had your money's worth." "How old was he?" "Shall I tell your boss you're on the fiddle?" "He was about 50." "Clean-cut." "Smelt like an ashtray." "Not much hair." " Short?" "Tall?" " Everyone's tall to me, love." " Would you recognise him from a photograph?" " So you know him?" "I think I do." "Olive's smashing up!" "Stop struggling." "Calm down." "I'm sorry, Olive." "I mean it." "You are the most two-faced person I've ever met." "I'm on the block and it's your fault." " Look, they may not let me see you again." " Good." "Do you or do you not want me to write this book about you?" " You owe it to me to give me a straight answer." " (WARDEN) Miss Leigh." "I don't owe you anything." "Olive, please." "I need to understand." "I need to understand about you and your father." "There isn't anything to understand." "Not even that he was your lover and you were protecting him?" " My what?" "!" " (WARDEN) Olive." "Sit down." " Did he send you letters?" " Who told you that?" " Who got you pregnant?" " Me, pregnant?" " You had an abortion." " I did not." " Why did you say you did?" " I lied." "Why?" "Because I wanted people to think..." "What?" "I wanted people to think that someone, somewhere fancied me." "Olive did your father get you pregnant?" "My father was a homosexual." "Olive, please stop lying to me." "Why would I lie to you about my dad being queer?" "Go and ask Mr Clarke what they used to do to each other in the back room." "You've seen nothing." "Nothing." " Olive, I don't believe you." " It's your book, but it's my life!" "What does anybody know about it now except me?" "Come on." "(OLIVE) # Rock of ages, cleft for me" "# Let me hide myself in thee" "# the blood" "# ..flowed" "# Be of sin the double cure" "# Cleanse me from its guilt and power #" "Welcome home, Olive." " (ROSALIND) Marnie!" " We're not open yet." "You didn't call." "Did you get the fax?" " No." "What fax?" " Of the photo." "Is this what you're looking for?" " New business, Marnie?" " Personal matter, Mr Wheelan." "Oh." "Reggie Wheelan." "Managing director." "We can deliver anything." ""No dawdling with Dawlington's", that's our motto." " How very clever." " Marnie keeps us all on our toes here, you know." "Is this the man that wrote the letters?" " No." " But this is the man you described." "You must have got it wrong." "All right." "This isn't the man." "Let's begin again." "What did he look like?" "Hard to say." "You managed well enough last time." "Was that just to get rid of me?" "How do I know you're even telling me the truth about this so-called lover?" "For all I know, your brother Gary was Olive's boyfriend and you know more..." " Look, I told you." " Morning." "All right, Trog." "I want to speak to Gary." "I'll make it worth his while." "Oh, don't do that." "I know you were telling me the truth about your father I know he didn't get you pregnant." "Of course it wasn't him." "Well, who was it, then?" "Was it Gary O'Brien?" "Gary?" "I'd look pretty silly on the back of a motorbike." "Who got you pregnant, Olive?" "I came back." "Doesn't that mean anything?" "It's a start." "You said that your father and Mr Clarke were lovers." "Was that true?" "I remember him sneaking through the garden gate like a naughty schoolboy stealing apples from a neighbour's garden." "Then he'd closet himself for hours and hours with Dad." "I didn't know." "Actually, I didn't care very much at the time what they were getting up to." "I just thought they were two blokes together having fun." "Now we know what kind of fun." " Ah, you've got your doors back, then." " For now." " I wonder if you could do me a favour." " Yeah?" "Is there any way you can get your hands on copies of the crime-scene photos?" "Yeah, I probably could, though I'm not sure I'd want to." "But if it's important to you, I'll ask Geoff Wyatt." "He owes me a few favours." "Thank you." "To be honest, I don't get it." "Why spend all this energy on a monster like Olive Martin?" " Haven't you got a Life of your own to live?" " No." "To be honest, I haven't really." "Would you walk down into the dining room for me, please?" " You're wrong about Olive, you know." " Convince me." "All right." "Robert Martin was a homosexual." "He was having an affair with his neighbour Mr Clarke." "His family life was a lie." "He lived in a back room and he hardly ever communicated with his wife and daughters." "Finally, the lie got too much and he killed his wife." "What about Amber?" "Ah, well, she just got in the way, so he left all his money to her son as a form of atonement." "And Olive?" "Well, she wasn't there." "She stayed the night with her boyfriend." "She came back, she saw the bodies, realised what Daddy had done, confessed to cover up for him." "The way you do in those situations (!" ")" "Excuse me." "What about his alibi?" " Mrs Clarke?" " Yeah." " I think she's hiding something." " Why?" "Maybe she knew about the affair, didn't want it to get out." "Must admit it's possible." "Yeah." "I'll grant you that." " So you believe me?" " Not for a second." " You know your problem, Hal?" " What?" " You're an incurable cynic." " Not a cynic." "A realist." " So you're not gonna help me, then?" " I never said that." "All right." "You can start now." " What with, the Clarkes?" " No." " Come down the coast with me." " What's at the coast?" "A bijou house overlooking the sea." "I made a promise to go and see it." " You're buying a house?" " No, but it's very beautiful." "I'm a bit of an impulse buyer." "I don't trust myself." "And you want a killjoy along for the ride?" " Making sure the customers can't get in." " Very funny." "Come on." "We'll take my car." " Listen, why is there never anyone here?" " I don't wanna talk about it." "Sure this is safe?" "(ROSALIND) It's wonderful." "It's really wonderful." "If you like this kind of thing." "I love it!" "So buy it." "You're supposed to be putting me off." "Anyway, I can't really afford it." "Beautiful though it is." "Well, I suppose I can with the divorce settlement." "You never told me you were divorced." "You never asked." "Kids?" "No." "Me neither." "Oh!" "It's probably best that way isn't it?" "I mean, don't get me wrong, I love kids, but... if Sally and I had had a baby it just would have complicated things." "You're too near the edge." "I had a daughter." "Her name was Alice." "She died in a car crash." "She was six." "I'm sorry." "I..." "We don't really know anything about each other, do we?" "The only thing we have in common is Olive." "At least she's done something useful, then." "You can see the sea from every window." "Oh, look at this!" "Writing corner." "Why did you leave the police, Hal?" "Was it really what happened in Leven Road?" "It got embarrassing having to put my head between my knees when I saw blood after that." "Maybe it was the push I needed." "I'd always dreamed of opening a restaurant." "After Olive, I got on with it." "Yeah, and you got your dream." " Well..." " No, The Poacher hasn't always been deserted." "I had a ready-made clientele, all my mates from the job." "I had staff." "I was making money." "I had this vision." "Me in the kitchen, Sally out front with the customers." "The perfect couple." "What happened?" "I came home one day and she wasn't there any more." "She'd moved in with my best friend." "He was my partner in the Force." "Turned out they'd been having an affair for two years." "He made her... feel secure." "Good old Geoff." "Not the type to let the odd dismembered corpse put him off his cornflakes." "So, that left me no wife, and now an empty restaurant." "I'm..." " Feeling sorry for yourself?" " No." " Just...realistic." " Realistic." "I know." "Rosalind, I..." "I should get back." "So, you gonna put in an offer?" "I don't know." "I might." "Maybe I should do something completely different, maybe set up in the restaurant business." " Got enough problems without any competition." " Maybe I'll invest in The Poacher." "Why the hell would you wanna do that?" " Have I said something wrong?" " What is this?" "Some kind of coded offer?" " No." " You think I wanna sell out to you?" " No, I was just daydreaming." " The Poacher is not for sale." "Since you mentioned it, why are you hanging on to the world's least desirable restaurant?" "If you ever do get an offer for that place, you should think about it." " You didn't drag me here to look at that house." " I didn't drag you anywhere." "I mean, all I said was that your business is obviously failing and maybe you should, you know, sell up." "And you know exactly why it's failing." " What are you talking about?" " How could I have been so stupid?" "!" "(HAL) It's a set-up, isn't it?" "(WOMAN) Father Julian!" "(WARDEN) You'll get a reputation." "Olive, I don't mean to disturb you." "I..." "Olive, how could you?" "Right, Olive." "What have we got down there, then, eh, Sculptress?" "Eh?" "Turn round." "Come on." "What have you nicked?" "We've nicked something, haven't we?" "From the chapel." "Your fancy man's grassed on you to the governor, Olive." "It's not what he tells us that's the problem, Sculptress." "It's what he doesn't." "Take that down." "Right, off." "(WARDEN) Here you are." "Good." "Robe on." "Off." "No, nothing." "Put it back on." "Wait there, Olive." "(WOMAN) What you done now, Sculptress?" "Well, now, Sculptress." " Hey!" " Let's see what your pals are up to." "What pals?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Get off me!" " (BOY) I can see our school from here." " Here we go." "Oi!" "What are you doing up there?" "Get down!" " Hey?" " We were only getting our ball." "Come on!" "Before I come up there and whack you one!" "Get out of here!" "Clear off!" " (BOY) Come on." " The pair of you." "(BOY) That bloke's a nutter." "And you call Olive unbalanced." "Rosalind." "Get that down you, Olive." "Go on." "Mrs Clarke?" "My name is Rosalind Leigh." "I wonder if you'd spare a moment." "Not today." "Thank you very much." " I'm a friend of Olive Martin's." " How perfectly charming." "I'm so relieved you've found us." "We've been so afraid." " Do come in." " Thank you." "I spoke to your husband earlier." " I am sorry." "I hope I'm not being a nuisance." " No, I know." "He told me all about you." " My husband's favourite." " Beautiful." "Are you musical?" "No, I'm afraid not." "I believe your husband would have told you that I'm writing a book about Olive Martin." " You do remember the Martins?" " Goodness me, yes." "Yes, I understand your husband was a very good friend of Robert Martin's." "My husband wouldn't like me telling you this, but I don't like the colour red." "Do you know where my husband is?" "I imagine he's gone to the shops." "Oh." "It wasn't Olive." "I know Olive." "We used to pull Olive's pigtails at school." "Mrs Clarke, the day of the murders, when Olive got into trouble." "About what you saw, what did you tell the police?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "But you said that you saw Amber and Mrs Martin wave Mr Martin off to work." "Did I?" "There was so much to clean up." "And I don't like the colour red." " It was too much for me to do." " Where was your husband?" "Please, try to remember." "Where is my husband?" "I didn't tell the police." "I didn't tell them anything." "I didn't." "It's all right, Mrs Clarke." "It's all right." "Miss Leigh." "What are you doing here?" " I..." " How dare you upset my wife like this!" " I didn't see the women that day." " What women?" " I didn't see them." " It's all right." " I didn't!" "I didn't!" " Please, what women?" "I have no idea what you two have been talking about." "I've told you there is nothing more I can do to help Olive." " I just wanted a word with your wife." " Look, this is my house, Miss Leigh." "For pity's sake." "Can't you see she's senile?" "I know about you and Robert Martin." "You know...nothing." "If you want to write some sick book about that bloody family, that's your business." "Just leave us out of it!" "(ROSALIND) Your wife 's statement proved that he couldn't have done it." "(MR CLARKE) She saw Gwen and Amber wave him off to work." "A pity she's not here to tell you herself" "This is Rosalind Leigh." "Please leave a message at the tone or send a fax." "(HAL) Well, uh, I've got the crime-scene pictures you wanted." "You can pick them up tomorrow or whenever you want." "There's stuff I should have told you." "I don't expect you to forgive me, but at least the way I behaved might make some kind of sense." "Are you there?" " Hal?" " It's Marnie..." "O'Brien." "Oh." "Marnie." "Hello." "Gary'll see you in the morning." "I have to be somewhere in the morning, but I'm free later." "OK, but it's gonna cost you." " You surprise me." " Look, do you want this meet or not?" "Yeah, I'm sorry, OK, just tell me where and when." "We are carrying out all your father's wishes." "Every effort is being made to locate your nephew in Australia who will inherit..." "I know." "My father died six months ago." "Why has it taken you so long to tell me this?" "I'm concerned that your life will soon be receiving a great deal of public attention." "Why should it?" "You mean you're not going ahead with the book?" "Worried Miss Leigh thinks I'm a worthy cause?" "Don't you want me to get out, Mr Crew?" "Olive, you know I've always done everything in my power to help you." "I know what you've done for me." "We are, of course, being careful to prevent your nephew's identity being revealed." "It would be a terrible burden for him to bear the stigma of the murders throughout his life." " You've not got long, you know." " Give me a smoke, Rosalind." "I've just seen Crew." "They've suspended my privileges for two weeks." "No money, no fags." "What for?" "Nothing." "Misuse of chaplain's property." "As if they'd miss a few candles." "What did Crew want?" "Told me my father's money will go to charity unless they find Amber's son." "Not if you're proven innocent." " I met Mrs Clarke." " ls she still potty?" "Still?" "I remember she had this thing about germs." "An addiction to hoovering." "One tiny speck of dust and out it came." "We could hear it through the walls." "Mmmmmmmm." "Best of all, one Christmas, she said she saw fleas in the Christmas tree, so she set fire to it." "Mr Clarke was afraid to leave her alone again after that." "She couldn't have kids, you know." "You can't seriously believe a word she said." "She's mad." " Yeah, but surely..." " She's mad." "Olive, please, give me something concrete." "Help me." "All right." "I didn't do it." "Hallelujah." "You get used to being seen as a monster." "Sometimes I even believe it myself." "It's easier if people are scared of you." "Like they are in here." "If you didn't do it, you don't have to stay here." "You didn't lie to me?" "I didn't do it." "Hello, love." "Most people knock before they walk in." "It's manners, innit?" "Fair dos, though, Gary." "She was expected." "Good point." "I'd overlooked that." "I'm in the wrong." "I should apologise, shouldn't I?" "Now, you've gotta admit, that's handsome." "Did Marnie tell you why I'm here?" "You want to chat about the lovely Olive." " She broke my heart, you know." " Yeah, she sat on his chest." " So you did go out with Olive, Gary?" " Oh, yeah." "All that flesh." "Lovely." "Could get lost in there, couldn't you?" "Course I bloody didn't." "I've got standards, you know" " 20 stone's his limit, innit?" " We knew her." "Later." "I liked her, myself." "She was all right." "She was a bit of an hippo, but pleasant with it." "Sort of gentle." "Yeah, bit different, Olive." "You can say that again." "But little Amber, that was a different story." " She couldn't get enough of it." " You went out with Amber?" " (BOTH) Yeah." " Both of you?" "Well, not at the same time." "Not quite." "No, we're not talking perverted." "But little Amber liked it rough." "I was shocked." "I mean, surprised, you know." "Well, you tell me - you look like the clever type." "When a woman says no, does she really mean yes?" "Only Amber was always saying no, but she kept on coming back." "These letters, did you ever open any of them?" "I might have got a look accidentally." " What was in them?" " Romantic letters." " Who were they from?" " He didn't sign 'em." " You got me here for a laugh, didn't you?" " Ha!" "I can tell you where they went." "Come on." "Yeah, and the rest." "The Beachcomber's Hotel" "Near the West Beach." "Dear me, what a thought, climbing on top of that." "(WOMAN) Course I remember her." "We don't get many famous people staying here." "I'm writing a book about her." "I think she might be innocent." " Course she's innocent." " You know that?" "It stands to reason." "Everybody knows the obvious suspect is never the one who did it." "Ah." "But she did stay here?" "It was that autumn when it happened." "An Indian summer." "She came with her husband." "Nobody ever asked me about it." "I made myself available to the police, but they weren't interested." "I went up for the trial, thought I'd make a week of it." "It was very disappointing when she pleaded guilty." " About her husband..." " Old enough to be her father." " OK." " No, that's not him." "Yes." "Yes." "I thought so." "Age certainly withered him, didn't it?" "He had more on top, but there's no question that's him." "Clarke..." " You'll want to see the register, I expect." " You're well ahead of me, Mrs Runcorn." "(ROSALIND) Help me." "(OLIVE) All right." "I didn't do it." "(ROSALIND) Hallelujah." "(OLIVE) You get used to being seen as a monster." "Sometimes I even believe it myself" "It's easier if people are scared of you." "Like they are in here." "(AMBER) I was allowed to have my baby, wasn't I Mum?" "Olive had to have an abortion." "Good Catholic girl, as well." "That's really bad." "You're gonna be damned." "You're gonna go to hell, Olive?" " Hi." " You closed early, then?" "Come in." " I've come for the photographs." " I could have sent them." "They might have got lost in the post." " Can I interest you in something to eat?" " I'm not hungry." " Thanks." " Roz." " Yeah?" " I owe you an explanation." "Yeah, I think you do." "Six weeks ago I was a contented chef presiding over a healthy restaurant." "Then I got a visit from the health inspector." "I wasn't worried." "I keep it immaculate." "You could eat off the floor." "He found rotten meat in the fridge crawling with maggots, open bags of rubbish in the larder and a live rat under the cooker." "He said it was the worst kitchen he'd ever seen." "That's the quote that appeared in the local rag, with picture." "Who wants to eat here after that?" " How did that happen?" " Simple." "Somebody put it there." "A few days later I got an offer for a quarter of what it's worth." "They tell me I'll be begging them to take it by the time they've finished." "I don't respond easily to threats." "I told them to piss off." " Why didn't you tell me this before?" " The night you arrived, they got heavy." "You witnessed that." "Weird coincidence, but common sense told me you had nothing to do with it." " Then I thought you were offering me money..." " And jumped to conclusions." " I wasn't thinking straight." " I noticed." "So what are you going to do about it?" "I don't sleep." "I wait." "They want this place badly." "They're getting desperate and maybe they'll make a mistake." "How long can you hold out?" "Not much longer." "Clarke was sleeping with Olive and her father at the same time." "He must have had something to do with it." "I think Mrs Clarke lied in order to protect him." "OK, so tell me what Clarke's motive was." "Mrs Clarke couldn't have children." "He'd lost his only chance to be a father with Olive." "Martin was his lover, he knew he hated his wife, so he decided to solve all their problems with one stroke." "Several strokes, actually." "You see, Olive wasn't protecting her father." "She was protecting her lover." "Only trouble is, how do you know that Mrs Clarke did lie in her statement?" "Yeah, I admit that's a problem." "She's lost her mind." "She's got dementia." "That smells good." "Nothing you've come up with would stand up in court." "Yeah, I know." "But admit it, even you are beginning to have your doubts." "It's possible that there is the tiniest chance, and I mean seriously small, that Olive Martin didn't do it." "Yes!" "I knew you'd be impressed." ""Amazed" would be a better word." "Hal, do you want to kiss me?" "Is that a trick question?" "What the...?" "You stay in there." "(HAL) What?" "HAL!" "Lock him round the back!" " Hal!" " I told you to shut up!" "Roz!" "Right!" "Who sent you?" "Who?" " Get up!" " Hal..." "Are you all right?" "Hey?" "Who sent you?" "Hey?" " Who sent you?" " Phone's dead." "Use the phone box." "Quickly, come on." "Who sent you?" "I want a name." "You tell me." "Who sent you?" "Piss off!" " Now you tell me who you sent you." " Crew." "Peter Crew." " You all right?" " You OK?" "Yes." "Listen, are you OK?" "There's something I have to do." "I'll call you." "Shit." "(GUARD) It's the alarm again." "The alarm." "Can't see anything untoward." "Just one office to check..." "then I'll call you back." "Oh, bloody light." "Damn." "God!" "Oh God!" " Where the hell have you been?" " Sorry, I was asleep." "I'm sorry to scare you." " Don't worry about it." " Can I come in?" " (ROSALIND) I spoke to Geoff Wyatt." " He'll back me up." " He sounded pretty fed up to me." " He owes me." " He doesn't seem to think so." " I just mention Sally's name and he comes running." "He's gonna feel guilty about that for the rest of his life." "Sorry." "Just that I don't have many cards left to play at the moment." "Is it all right being here?" "Who else will have you?" "(MRS CLARKE) Olive?" "Olive!" "What have you done?" "Olive!" "God will never forgive you!" "Never forgive you for your wickedness!" "Cleanliness is next to godliness, Olive" "Hi." "Crew, my security people tell me you had a little break-in last night." " I don't know what you're talking about." " I hope nothing was left lying around." "Have you dealt with the Leigh woman?" "If she publishes that book and Olive gets out, we are all finished." " You told me this deal was watertight." " It sounds like you're panicking." "Well, of course I'm panicking." " What is it?" " I paid Crew's office a late-night visit." " Breaking and entering." " The men at The Poacher were sent by Crew." " What?" " Mm." "It's a small world, isn't it?" "Olive's solicitor is trying to get you out of The Poacher?" "Exactly." "Didn't they teach you this kind of thing in the police?" " What kind of thing?" " Code breaking." "I was a detective, not bloody MI5." "I know." "I'll try this." "(ROSALIND) Poacher." " You knew that!" " I didn't know that." "Hang on." "We've accessed the wrong file." "This is the Martin account." "Look." "Transfer to Security Account £20,000 at regular intervals in the last four months." "God." "There's half a million just sitting there." "I suppose he couldn't help himself." "No wonder Crew was so worried about Olive getting out." "She'd want to know where her father's money was." "(HAL) God." "It's going to Leven Road." "Black Belt Holdings, 24 Leven..." " Leven Road." " But that's Mr Hayes, Olive's neighbour." "He can't be involved." " Hi." " Hello." " I know you." "I never forget a face." " I used to work in this area." "DS Hawksley." "(HAL) We need to have a few words." " How long have you known Peter Crew?" " Your Mr Crew, I never met him." " Doesn't he write to you?" " Of course not." "Why should he?" "Who told you about Amber's baby being adopted?" "My boy Stewart." "Like I said, he works for Crew." "It was dreadful." "Bob would have been devastated." " I'm sorry?" " The boy, he died." " When?" " Stewart told me a couple of days ago." " He never said when." "I thought you worked for..." " ls this Stewart?" " No, no." "That's John." "It's my youngest boy." " But they do work together?" "Oh, yeah." "My boys, they're inseparable." "You are aware, Mr Hayes, the betrayal of confidential information is an offence?" " My boys?" " Or maybe your son didn't realise that." "Maybe I should inform him." "Where will we find him?" " It was John Hayes at The Poacher, wasn't it?" " Look at this." "The money's not in the old man's account." "Two little ducks." "That's where the gate in the fence was." "(ROSALIND) Naughty schoolboys, that's what Olive called them." "I can still remember the smell." "The incinerator was here." "God, there was so much blood." "The clothes wouldn't burn properly." "They just wouldn't burn, they were so wet." "There was this flowery apron on the top." "She must have stood here in broad daylight just setting fire to them." "But Olive didn't do it, because Olive wasn't there." "She confessed." "Why look any further?" "I don't think you and I have anything further to say to each other." "Don't be like that, Julian." "I want you to be happy for me." " Happy?" "Why?" " Because I'm getting out of here soon." "I can guess who's put that idea in your head." "You'll see." "I will tell you what I see." "A poor, wretched soul who will not face up to the evil she has committed." "A deluded woman living in a fantasy world of lies and manipulation." "And I thought you liked me." "Do you really think that your sophisticated writer friend is interested in clearing your name?" "All you are to her is material, some kind of literary cheap thrill." "Do you know what she really wants you to tell her?" "What it feels like to kill someone." "And suppose you ever did get out of here, do you really imagine that she would be waiting for you on the outside?" "She's not your sister, Olive." "She won't look after you." "You'll be alone, completely alone." "And God knows that is exactly what you deserve." " Yeah?" " Stewart Hayes?" "Hold it." "Good afternoon." "Please." "Wait." "Naughty" "What kind of business do you run, Mr Hayes?" "Security." "Business and personal." "My job is to make people feel safe." "I'm rather good at it." "Your little brother tried to burn down my restaurant." "It's a pity he couldn't keep his mouth shut." "I don't know what you're talking about." "I'll take action against anyone who repeats that." "I've got proof that Crew is illegally sending Martin's money to you to buy up land around The Poacher restaurant." "You either talk to us now or the police later." "I don't mind either way but, believe me, this isn't gonna go away." "I think it's time you and I had a quiet conversation, Mr Hawksley." "D'you play golf?" "Wonderful game." "It was you from the start, wasn't it?" "You set me up." "Of course I did." " You tried to burn me down." " Crude, I admit." "You can forget all about your so-called evidence." "There's not one single scrap of proof that links me to Crew." "He sends money to my dear old dad." "So what?" "Have you any idea why I might be telling you all this?" "Hm?" "I thought it might help smooth our negotiations if you knew what you were dealing with." "You see, I set my heart on things and I just keep on going till I get them." "I don't give a toss about Crew." "And I don't care whether Olive Martin did or didn't take an axe and give her mum 40 whacks." "What I do care about is that land your poxy little restaurant is sitting in the middle of, and I will have it." " I promise you that." " Crew will talk." "No, he won't." "He's more afraid of me than he is of prison." "I'm not afraid of you." "Who the hell are you?" " Oh no, Miss Leigh, not again." " Tell us about The Poacher." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Don't give me that bullshit!" " I've got proof!" " Of what?" "If you're making accusations against me..." "We are." "How long have you known about the death of Amber's son?" " Long enough to spend the money?" " It wasn't me." " Who was it then?" " He put me under a lot of pressure." "Who?" "He said that once the investors were on board, I'd be in the clear." "Then you came along with your book." "The child had been dead for years." "I mean he was killed in a fire." " Olive would never want the money." " Who?" " Hal..." " I didn't harm anybody." " It's Stewart Hayes, isn't it?" " You mustn't tell him that you were here." "Olive's money was safe, you see, in the long run." " Come on, Olive." " (WARDEN) Sculptress!" "Sculptress!" "Your visitor's here." " I don't wanna see you any more." " Why not?" " No reason." " I thought we were friends." "You're just using me to write your bloody book." "So you do wanna stay here, then." "You wanna be treated with respect in here rather than laughed at like some freak outside, is that it?" "I thought you had more guts." "You're trying to make me change my mind." " It's too late." " Rosalind." "All right." "Look." "See, I don't believe you did that." "Look." "I don't believe that." "Look, Olive." "You didn't do it, understand?" "You did not do it." "Look!" "Tell me about Amber." "She made my mother's life a living hell." "Mum was gonna take her to a shrink." " Why didn't she?" " Because they were murdered." "I know who your lover was." "I think you and Edward Clarke spent the night before the murders at the Beachcomber Hotel" "When you told him you'd aborted his baby, he left the hotel, he went to Leven Road and he killed your mother and Amber." "His wife lied to give him an alibi, and you, Olive, out of guilt, maybe love, decided to take the blame." "It's not like that." "Then what was it?" "Tell me, Olive." "What happened?" "The day before..." "Amber found out about me and Mr Clarke." "She'd taken one of the letters that he'd sent me." "I'm gonna read it out." "She kept shouting that I was having an affair with him." "She wouldn't give it back to me." "My mother took her side." "My mother always took her side." "Olive!" "That's when Dad came into the house." "He hardly ever came into the house." "He'd heard the noise." "Shagging his boyfriend." "She told them everything." "It all came out." "Even about the abortion." "Mum took her to the clinic to have an abortion!" "Olive, fat..." "My mother looked as if she was gonna die." "It's true, Dad." "She did." "I think Mum knew that Edward and my father were doing it as well." "You're gonna be damned." "You're gonna go to hell" "I'd never seen him so angry." "(FATHER) You slut!" "I walked out the house." "When I came back the next day..." " Well..." " You found them dead." "Did you stay the whole night at the Beachcomber?" "It was meant to be a special birthday treat." "I was too upset after the argument." "He left saying he didn't think we should go on." "Where did you go?" "To the beach." "Why?" "I wanted to kill myself." "Now I wish I had." "Did no one see you?" "No, I can't prove it." "So, you went home..." "I let myself in...and I found the bodies." "I'd gone to the kitchen to get some food." "I stepped in the blood before I even knew it was there." "Why didn't you run for help?" "I couldn't move." "I thought Mum would be...so ashamed if people saw her without her clothes on." "I felt ill" "I wanted to sit down, but there wasn't a chair." "Who did you think had done it?" "Dad was the only person who knew I wasn't there." "He never said a word." "Not to Mr Crew, not to the police." "Daddy did it." "And he let me end up here." "Why didn't you tell the police you thought it was him?" "'Cause then everything would have got out." "And..." "What?" "Tell me." "And I was hungry." "You were hungry?" "Hawksley gave me a sandwich." "He said I could have a proper dinner when we'd finished the statement." "I was so hungry." "I just thought it'd be quicker to say what they wanted me to say, then I could have my dinner." "People'll laugh, won't they?" "No, I..." "I don't think so, Olive." "Oh!" "You OK?" "You should never have given her anything to eat." "What are you talking about?" "If you hadn't offered her a proper dinner after she finished her statement, she might never have confessed, would she?" "She couldn't prove where she was, then?" "Oh, Olive." "(MRS CLARKE) Oh, Olive!" "Olive, what have you done?" "God will never forgive you!" "Never forgive you for such wickedness!" "Olive!" "Olive, cleanliness is next to godliness!" "Cat!" "Cat?" "You know what you and your friend have done, don't you?" "You've upset me." "I gave you every chance to behave like reasonable people, but you threw it back in my face." "It won't do, girl It just won't do!" "Agh!" "Now I've got a simple choice, Miss Leigh, I can tip you over and watch you make a pattern on the pavement or I can give you one more chance." "What would you do in my position?" "It's funny, I'm not normally an indecisive man, but I just can't make up my mind." "Please!" "Count yourself lucky, Miss Leigh." "Tell lover boy what it felt like to be that scared." "Now, listen carefully." "Time is running out and you don't want me to be disappointed, now, do you?" "Get your boyfriend to deliver The Poacher to me now or else next time you go over." "Are you with me?" "Good." "Now, one more thing." "There'll be no book on Olive Martin." "(HAL) Roz?" "Roz..." "What happened?" "What happened?" "Stewart Hayes..." "Shh, shh, shh." "Come on." "Shh, shh." "Come on." "Where?" "Where was he?" "On the roof." "On the roof." "Now, listen." "Listen." "Did he hurt you?" "Right." " Where is he?" " I don't know." " 'Cause I'm gonna kill him." " No, please!" "Don't even try." "Stewart Hayes." "Tell him it's Hal Hawksley." "Yes, I'm ready to sell." "Name your price." "OK." "I'll have my solicitors draw up the necessary documents." " Everything all right?" " Yeah." "Could we come in for a moment, please?" "We won't take up much of your time." "Is this official?" "Not yet." "Thank you." "(HAL) What was the exact nature of your relationship with Olive's father, Mr Clarke?" "Martin and I were close friends, very close friends." "Hm." " What's that got to do with anything?" " You were more than close friends, weren't you?" "Not that it's any of your business, yes, our friendship found some physical expression, whatever you may think of that." "It still has no bearing on what Olive did." "Except that you were screwing her as well" "There is no need for that kind of language." "You can lie, cheat, deceive the ones who love and need you, but we can't have bad language." "It's incomprehensible." "What Olive did was incomprehensible." "She didn't do it." "You know that." "Not now!" "For God's sake, not now!" "I have to keep everything clean." "Yes, well, why don't you just wait a few moments until our guests have gone?" "Hm?" "I'll clean up in the kitchen, shall I?" "That would be very helpful, dear." "What's that woman doing here?" " Are you all right, Mr Clarke?" " Hm." "I'm not a homosexual, you know." "What happened with me and Martin was that we were..." "loving friends, and Olive was just...so sympathetic and intelligent." "She has great charm, hasn't she?" "She's like her father in that way." "I was...drawn to her." "Neither of them knew that you were seeing the other?" "It must seem so sordid to you." "But you've got to understand how lonely I was." "I mean, I don't blame my wife." "It's not her fault but..." "it's her condition." " I mean, it isn't her fault." " Nobody said it was." "Hal, the day of the murders, the clothes burning in the garden, what was it you saw?" " What?" " There was an apron on top of the pile." "Um... yeah, a flowered housecoat with a pattern..." "Are you sure it was Mrs Martin's?" " We never actually checked but..." " Excuse me." "It was your apron." "You put it there when you were burning the clothes." "You found out about your husband and the Martins." "You'd have killed Olive as well." " You're taking this too far." " You killed them, didn't you, Mrs Clarke?" " I can't remember." " Try." " Miss Leigh, I really..." " Please try to remember." " I can't remember." " It's important." "Please." "There was so much blood." " On the walls." " Yes." "Because you killed them." "I...killed them?" "If Olive had been there, you'd have killed her as well." "You killed them." "You killed them, didn't you, Mrs Clarke?" "I... killed them?" "Yes." "Dorothy." " Dorothy..." " l'm..." "I'm..." "I'm sorry, Edward." "I'm sorry." "Is this what Olive wants, to destroy us all?" "I don't know what she wants." "All I know is she's innocent." "I'm sorry about your wife, Mr Clarke." "...the original verdict on Olive Martin was unsafe, unsatisfactory and could not be allowed to stand." "She will be freed from prison with immediate effect." " Why did the neighbour do it?" " It's not my place to say." "After the family argument, Allison Martin waited until her father left for work and then invited Mrs Clarke in." " Why?" " To talk about her husband's affairs." "Mrs Clarke, in her fragile mental state, was pushed over the edge." "When Mrs Martin came in, she killed her." "I think the important thing is that Olive Martin has been found innocent." "And if you wanna know any more, I suggest you read Miss Leigh's book." "Excuse me." "Gentlemen, as you can see from your information packs, this development offers a remarkable investment opportunity." "The potential, I'm sure you'll agree, is enormous." "There's a seat over here." "Proposed features include an Olympic-sized swimming pool with tropical waterworld, two floors of fitness suites, a mezzanine floor with cafes and restaurants," " all with premium retail..." " (MAN) ls that Olive Martin?" "(HAYES) Oh, I'm sorry." "If you look at the last page of your information packs, you'll see that Mr Hayes's access route runs directly through land currently occupied by The Poacher restaurant, my restaurant." " Which you agreed to sell to me." " I've changed my mind." "The Poacher provides the only direct access and it's not for sale and never will be." "No access..." " ..no development." " This is some mistake..." "If you're wondering what Olive Martin has to do with this, it's her money Mr Hayes has been illegally using to fund this development." "That's right, isn't it?" "Do you think this pathetic little trick has gained you anything, huh?" "You've just committed suicide, Hawksley." "You're a dead man, and you've got my word on that." "Do you know Detective Inspector Wyatt?" "I really must warn you, Mr Hayes, that threatening behaviour is a criminal offence." "Better hope Hal and Rosalind Leigh live to a ripe old age." "If they don't, I'm gonna be down on you like a ton of shit." "So...it's finished." "Father Julian." "Someone else has confessed." "Said she did it." " Why?" " Because she's wicked, Father." "And you're an expert on wickedness, aren't you?" "I want you to have this." "Well, goodbye, then." "Olive." "You did it didn't you?" "Look...it won't go any further than these walls." "Whatever the world may say, you did kill your mother and your sister." "Didn't you?" "(OLIVE) # Rock of ages, cleft for me" "# Let me hide myself in thee" "# the blood" "# ..flowed" "# Be of sin the double cure" "# Cleanse me from its guilt and power #"