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Come on.

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Come on.

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Son, nice.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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They don't get any lighter.

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All the ladies

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Bit lost love? At 158?
Just there, sweetheart.

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Tot.

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Hold that, would you?

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What do you make
of it? Looks old.

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It is barely indifferent. Jackabian
poetry. Coughskin binding worth couple

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of bob. What are these
brown spots on the pages?

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You get straight to the heart of the
matter, Mr. um Jack. It's just Jack.

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That's called foxing. Jack. Just
Jack. It's what time does to books.

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To all of us. In the profession we
say it's slightly foxed. Interested?

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You know, there's a
mistake. A mistake?

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Well, isn't there?
Above the door, a sign.

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What about it? Well,
it's wrong, isn't it?

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There's no apostrophe
in books. There is.

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There isn't. There is.
There isn't. There is.

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There isn't. There is if your name is Book
and you own the shop, which it is, and I do.

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My name is Book. Book's books.
Confusing, I know. Or is it handy?

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I can never decide. Anyway,
I'm Book and I run a

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bookshop. This one, obviously. You
must be here about the job. Tea?

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Not quite there yet.

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I'm trying to make
ginger snaps. How much?

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Where were you dragged up? One for
each person and one for the pot.

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Oh, where have we got
to Jack? Just Jack.

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Uh, this is dog book dog job. I have a
little hobby on the side and I find it's

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taking me away from the shop more
and more. So, I require assistance.

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God.

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Oh, that's better. I must have tea.
Without tea, I am merely unreonstituted

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dust.

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Look, this isn't really my sort of gaff.
I mean, I thought they'd maybe send me

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to a factory or something. They
Well, you know where I've come from,

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don't you? You know that I was No
need to mention it again. What are

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you hoping for now? You've got
the job, Jack. Just as Jack,

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I just want to keep my head down, you
know, try and get back to normal. Wait,

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I've got the job. Normality
is overrated. Yes, you got the

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job if you want it. Darling,
you must come at once.

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Oh. Uh, Troty, this
is Jack. Just Jack.

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Jack, this is Troty,
my wife. Hello.

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Hello. Well, what is it? The bomb
site. The men carrying the bomb

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site. You know where
Incamman Street used to be?

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Oh, yes, that one. What of it? Well,
they found something in suspicious

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circumstances. My favorite
kind of circumstances.

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Heat. Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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Wow.

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Me.

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I was wondering if we'd be seeing
you like a bad penny, Sergeant.

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Yeah, well, you know my feelings.
You've made them exquisitly plain, but

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as you know, I do have a special
letter from Churchill. Yeah,

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it's good to cover them up.

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All right. Oh, hello book.
Mrs. Book, thought this

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might be up your street.
Almost literally.

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Start at the beginning, Inspector, and
leave nothing out. Especially if it's

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salacious, gory, or vaguely scandalous.
Bit of a puzzle. Mr. Basart here was

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starting to clear away the rubble
from his cell bomb site the other day.

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Incerman Street caught
it in 44, didn't it?

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Yes, sir. Terrible pounding.
Do you remember that raid, sir?

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How could I forget? Troty and I ended
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with the man from the credential
insurance company. You had lovely

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fingernails. Terrible
heltosis. Those shelters

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weren't built for sharing.
War's over, Mr. Basard.

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Quite so, sir. But I still like to
patrol my route for old time's sake. And

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to keep an eye on old Brenda
there, my trusty search light.

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Well, here he was trying to clear away
the rubble when low, what does he find?

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Low? What?

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What happened to Betsy? Tossed
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How many? It's hard to
tell cuz they're all

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jumbled up. But 10 or 12, I'd say.
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authorities about his discovery
for Swift with is another matter.

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He didn't? No. Some kiddies
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let us know. As I was
saying, I have a theory.

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Well, obviously they coped
it in the raid, didn't they?

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What do you think, Jack? Me.

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You?

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Uh, yeah. That's what
must have happened.

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Air raid killed him. Died 2 years
ago and now they're all rotted away.

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That would be a logical
assumption. Who's this?

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So, you don't think they
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If you recall, Incamman Street was
already empty, wasn't it, Mr. Bhart?

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Scheduled for demolition. So, nobody
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Who are they? Well,
anybody, surely?

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Anybody could have taken shelter from
the bombing in one of the empty houses?

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A dozen of them. What about clothes?
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was only 2 years ago. Even if the bodies
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still be intact. I think
Mr. Bart and I are thinking along

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similar lines.

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Well, that would appear
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What do you think?

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The unmistakable bonds
of King Charles II.

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Oh, does it have a
date on it, too? 1665.

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Plague pit. Yeah.
So, it would sim.

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A what? Plague pit. The great
plague. London's burial grounds were

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overflowing, so they dug these great big
pits and dumped all the corpses in them.

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I I'm a bit of an archaeologist on the
side. Strictly amateur, you understand?

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So, why didn't you tell us
straight away when you found them?

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Well, I I knew I'd never get a chance
like this again. I just wanted a bit of

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time to excavate them.
Fascinating stuff.

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I really am very sorry, Inspector.
Yes. Well, no harm done, I suppose.

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Not sure about that. These
skeletons might still be lively.

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Well, you mean it's still capturing.
The jury, as they say, is out, but I

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think it's very unlikely. Do
you mind if I hang on to this?

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You're welcome to
it. Right, Mr. Book?

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Well, hello, Nora. Why? I'm not
surprised to see you here. Did you know

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that back then they used to use great
catapults to toss plaguy corpses into

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besieged cities to
deliberately affect people?

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That's horrible, Nora. I know.

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And a split infinitive.
Even more horrible.

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Might be worth a bit too. Sergeant
get this lot taken care of in a

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pronto with care. And where to sir? Uh
uh morg I suppose get Dr. Gold to take a

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shifty. See if there's any chance
they're still infectious. Sure.

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Thank you book
anytime, Inspector.

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Sergeant, why can't you
collect stamps like normal

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people?

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Oh dear.

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Are you all right? Yeah. Um,

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it's all just a bit
uh being coppers.

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I've uh been away,
you see. And.

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Oh, yes, I I know. Can't have been very
nice. Can tell me all about it when

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you're ready. Hey, let me take this.
Well, you must stay with us, mustn't

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you? Now that you've got the job, I have
the premises next door. Book has his

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books. I have my wallpaper. And there is
a darling little attic room between the

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two. Why are you
helping me like this?

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Why not?

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World hack up. Suicide. I heard heard
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Oh, his ruddy guts
for garters. This goes

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against all the rules of
Right, Sergeant. All right.

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Mr. Book's always welcome to give us
the benefit of his wisdom, as you know.

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Yes. Yes.

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Bad business, but very
bad. Of course, sod.

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What the hell do you
think you're playing?

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But look, Morris has a point. This is a
plain ordinary suicide. I mean, I can be

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flexible, as you know. When
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rashe but anything with an acute accent
unusual comes along like like our our

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friends the skeleton but this is a meat
and potatoes job you know the sergeant

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and I are perfectly capable
who found him charred

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pretty shook up she is dredge it
rings a little bell she's been

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doing the hard cup for donkeys
ding dong was there a note

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no no note How did
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nasty and intriguing,
don't you think,

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Mr. Hark? Afraid so.
Looks like suicide.

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Oh, dreadful. Well, I'd
better get on. Too much

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excitement for one day. Jack,
nip back the shop, would you?

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There's a pile of newspapers. Third
stack on the right as you come in.

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Charing cross dispatch underneath two
volumes on eleer of Castile and the

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wilting aspedistra. Fetch
them for me would you?

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Okay. I wouldn't put the kettle on
again. We're going to have company.

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All right.

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Oh, well, see as it's from him. Oh,
I I brought a coffee in walnut cake

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round for Mr. Harkup. You
might as well have it.

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This is your usual char day. Yes,
every week regular is clockwork.

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But I only saw him yesterday
pop around to get some bandages.

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Bandages? Oh, my son. He
was injured in the war.

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He needs constant
attention. The dressing.

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What time did you see Mr. Hark?
66ish I think. It doesn't seem

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possible. Him standing there
all full of life and then

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finding him lying there like that.
You're doing very well. And was he

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was he full of life when you
saw him in good spirits I mean.

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Well, to be honest, he
seemed a little down.

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No wife want to go and do an
horrible thing like that to himself.

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Any vices? Vices, sir.

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We must investigate all
angles. Elast dear lady.

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Man of very regular habits. He was
church every Sunday. Kept his accounts

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in very neat order. I think that was the
soldier in him. He he did play dominoes.

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Domino's? Every Monday
and Thursday night in the

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ball with Mr. Ace Heart and some
others. Does that count as a buy?

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I hardly think so.
You have any family?

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My mother always said, "If you can't say
anything nice about someone, don't open"

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"your trap." So, there
was bad blood then.

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There's a daughter, isn't
there? Some estrangement.

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I wouldn't like to
say. Don't seem right.

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What with Mr. H not cold in
his grave? Heavens, this cake.

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Yes. Oh, it's superb.

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Oh, too kind, sir. But then
I'd expect nothing less.

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Oh, why'd you say that? From
Miss Lion's Corner House, 1921.

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Fancy you knowing that.
It was 1922, though.

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My mistake. How the Dickens.

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Oh, I stole off a lot of little tidbits
like that. Mostly useless. Must have

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been a lovely experience. Oh
yes. Oh, I've never felt so

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glamorous. I bought a new hat and
the Lord Mayor winked at me. Wked

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fancy. Worked there
for years. I did at the

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corner house. So I got
very good with the baking.

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Mr. H used to love my pineapple upside
down. You know, it really would be most

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helpful to know why he and his daughter
Sarah uh Lar Marula, that's right. Why

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he and Marula no longer saw eye to eye.
Well, seeing as you've been so kind,

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sir. Very good of you.

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She was a cow. All right.
Horrible, money grabbing

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little cow. I see.

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Appaliva she was after his wife passed
on. But she knew how to twist him around

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her little finger. Nothing was too much
for his little princess. Oh, and then

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she has the ghoul to
run off with him. Him?

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Mickey. Mickey Hall. It's a right now.
Do well. Up to all sorts in the war spy

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stuff. You know, black market. He's a
motor mechanic. They've got a garage out

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my way. Marend charming.

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And now Marula will
inherit the lot.

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Don't seem right,
do it. No, it um

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don't. Thanks for the cake.

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What the hell do you think you're doing?
Just being neighborly, Sergeant. Uh your

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witness, I think.

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Hello again. Oh, hello, Book.

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I just wondered if I could have a little
nosy around before I head out. See if I

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can help at all. Head out.

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Oh, Mrs. Book and I are often pleasure
bent. The new boys babysitting. Up

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for the dog. Dog. There's
no definite article.

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Off to the pictures. Rerunning a Sandra
Dare at the Rialto. The opera. Fat.

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Ladies singing. Speaking
of which, may I um.

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There's a daughter, but Mrs.
Dred says they didn't get on.

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So, I gather. Yeah, we're
endeavoring to Tracer.

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She has a garage
mile end. Oh, right.

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Thanks.

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Funny, aren't they? Mrs.
Bliss goes in for something

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similar. Little little knickknacks.
Not quite the same. I think these are

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jade. Rather fine.
And this one,

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Mr. Hark was obviously
a connoisseur.

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So bad.

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Do you think it was
suicide? You have doubts?

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I do. What's your theory?
Evening, gentlemen.

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Evening. Oh, Eric. Black Lamb and Grave
Falcon. Hey, that book for Sheila. It's

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right. Oh, smashing.
Um, she'll come over

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tomorrow for it. Right. Quite a whistle.
Oh, thank you. I was never keen on him

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myself. Hark up. God forgive me. Bit
of a little Hitler. Still poor bugger

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offering himself like that.
So is that what's your theory?

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Patience, Inspector. Patience. The two
most powerful warriors are patience and

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time. Holtoy couldn't get
into it. Tried that one,

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you know, where she chucks
herself up in front of a train.

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No. No.

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Inspector.

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Too much.

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No, not at all. Uh,
you look amazing.

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I meant the walls. Oh,

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book says it's an affront to good taste,
but I don't know. I think it has a

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certain something. Don't you? I'm good
at knocking things together. I I always

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have been. Wardrobes, wireless sets,
heads. I was in the land army. Jin.

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What? Oh, yeah. Please.

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So, you're going out then? My
day. We're always going out. Well,

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one has to live, doesn't one? Especially
after the time we've all had. There's

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some chops in the ladder. I think your
room's up at the top. I've heard the

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sheets.

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You're I mean thank you

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unpack.

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Well, well,

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I know that look.
You're on to something.

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Nonsense. Merely the happy look of a
contented man. I have my lovely wife, my

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lovely shop, my lovely dog.
What more could a man ask for?

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Broad. Three things then.
Mr. Harkup collected

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Chinese jade figures of exceptional
quality. But dust is eloquent. As

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someone once said, dust doesn't lie. One
of the figures has been replaced with a

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bit of cheap trash, a chest piece, but
the larger outline remains clear. Mrs.

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Dredge hasn't cleaned in a while,
despite what she said. Secondly, Mr.

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Hawkup has a small lump on the back of
his head. Not caused by him falling, I

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don't think. Or probably a blow with
a blunt instrument. A blunt instrument

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that didn't break the skin. And yet,
there is blood on the back of Mr.

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Harkup's scalp. Thirdly, yes,

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Darkling I listen and for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful

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death. Called him soft names and many
amused rhyme to take into the air my

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quiet breath. Pardon?

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Why would a chemist with every known
gentle poison in the shop choose to kill

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himself with something
as horrible as pric acid?

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Well, book. There
you are, then.

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Yes, Troty. There we are.

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It's murder.

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Book. Mrs. Book,

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be careful.

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Shop.

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Ah, good morning.

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How can I help? Oh, well,
I'm I'm after a book.

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You are very much in the right place.
What do you think, young man? M would

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suit the lady best. Dickens,
Wilky Collins, Henry James.

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Do you have the new
Geette Haer? Ah,

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well, I I've read all her other ones.
Me, too. And what a smasher she is. But

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that would be a new book.
Miss um Mrs. Goodwin.

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Mrs. Goodwin. Jean.

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Jean. We don't really
go for those, do we?

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We should try foils. It's a
bit of a trudge. Well, my feet

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being what they are. I have the
perfect alternative. One who

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is spinning romantic yarns when Miss
Hair was still in the cradle, probably.

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Oh, well, if you think that, but
I mean, if you'd recommend Shy,

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pardon, I'm sure.
Sorry. Thinking. Ah.

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Otie. Never heard of him.

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Her Baroness Hungarian.
The Scarlet Pimpanel.

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Oh, I've heard of that.
French Revolution.

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It's a delight. You won't regret it.
When you finished, come back and I'll

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find you the sequel. Oh, that's
very good of you. What do I

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hear of you? Oh, let's call it a
Bob. Hang on. Feet, feet, feet, feet.

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This is free.

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Oh, I I couldn't possibly. Oh,
there's nothing but sending you off

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happily on the bus without further
bunions is a price above rubies.

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Wouldn't you agree,
Jean? Thank you.

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Cheer by Come on, woman.

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I never make any money
like that, will I?

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He ho. Now then, Jack, excited to
start the day. There's a whole world of

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learning in here. All human life and
some inhuman. Still got that coin.

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Well, oh, uh, yeah.
Yeah, of course. Good.

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I don't mean to pry, Mr. Book, but um,
what exactly is it you do? I would have

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thought that was obvious. I sell
books. Yeah, but that's not all, is it?

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Yesterday out there at the bomb
site, chat with a char lady.

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Yes. Well, is that like your

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your hobby? I mean, the
way you talk to those

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coppers where they let you roam around
that pit. Are you like some sort of

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adviser to them or something? I
mean, why should they listen to you?

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They frequently don't more fool them.
I did the inspector a favor once during

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the war. He hasn't forgotten.
Also, I have a special letter.

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A letter from Churchill.
Yeah, the cop has said that.

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A letter saying what? It's a
chaotic world, Jack. I have a

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system. Sometimes people like me to give
an opinion on things, impose a little

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order. That's all. You can
read all sorts of things

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as well as books.

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This This is your system. Yes.

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What's wrong with it? Well,
they're not in any kind of order.

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I cataracts of denial.

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Diseases of the eye and their treatment.
Cataracts. Eye disease. Logical.

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The guillotine. A practical guide. The
life and death of Alfred Mutton's Gent.

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Coins of the realm. I mean, there's
no system. There's no system at all.

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Well, it's all up here, isn't
it? How best to explain.

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Alfred Martings was a career criminal,
very successful forger in his day, which

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was Queen Victoria's day. Extraordinary
chap in his field. He was a coiner, a

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forger of coins, but his luck ran out
of Paris and they chopped off his head,

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which is why all those books
are clumped together, you see.

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Yeah, but that's I
mean, that's silly.

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Nevertheless,

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well, I shall leave you
to uh hold the fort.

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Slightly foxed.

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Slightly foxed. Says it all.

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Morning.

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Yeah. Uh, can I help you?
I've come to collect an order.

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Uh, Right. Um, what's the
name? Sheila. Well, beloved.

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Hello, Jack.

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00:33:19,381 --> 00:33:25,741
Yeah, I'm Nora. We've
got lots to talk about.

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00:33:38,021 --> 00:33:41,278
Thank you, miss. Uh,
again, very sorry for you.

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00:33:41,302 --> 00:33:46,318
Can I go now? Well, if you wouldn't
mind just answering a few questions.

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00:33:46,342 --> 00:33:49,196
Um, would just just
come with me, please.

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Fascinating. Where
better to hide a tree

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00:33:52,340 --> 00:33:57,196
than in a forest?
And these markings

340
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indeed. Look, look. Oh,
hello. Just checking in

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00:34:01,701 --> 00:34:05,118
on those skeletons
with Dr. Coldley here.

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00:34:05,142 --> 00:34:09,277
Ah, yes. Any risk of infection?
Quite safe on that, Count Inspector.

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However, ah, loose lips
drop slips, as they say in

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the nicker trade. Wouldn't want
to spoil the surprise, would we?

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Surprise. Anyway, back
to the case in hand,

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this is Miss Marula Harup. Oh,
my dear child, I'm so very sorry.

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A few questions, you said.
Do you mind if I tag along?

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00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:39,041
Oh, don't forget that
blood test will on its way.

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Sorry about that. There you
go. Black lamb and gray falcon

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sounds interesting. T

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getting the hang of it slowly.

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So, who are you? Nora. I
live across the road in the

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Turkish restaurant. Help
out in the shop sometimes.

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00:35:08,602 --> 00:35:11,977
So, um, do you know him
well then, Mr. And Mrs. Bug?

355
00:35:12,001 --> 00:35:16,297
Yeah. And do you know
about his little hobby?

356
00:35:16,321 --> 00:35:21,177
Bloody hell. Yes. It's
all I think about.

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Isn't all that I
mean, isn't that

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00:35:25,201 --> 00:35:28,457
unhealthy? I should think so.

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00:35:28,481 --> 00:35:33,497
What mom and dad
think? Don't have any.

360
00:35:33,521 --> 00:35:39,097
What do you mean? Well,
it was the war, wasn't it?

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Everyone lost
someone. I lost them.

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00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,920
Sorry.

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00:35:47,041 --> 00:35:51,177
What happened? So, how we
getting on anyway with the

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books, Mr. and Mrs.

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It's not quite what I expected. What is
his Christian name, by the way? What do

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you think? Cookbook,
scrapbook, mucky book,

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Gabriel. Ah,

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the angel. Archangel. I
think you'll find they're a

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dream. Both of them
such sweethearts. So,

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00:36:22,561 --> 00:36:26,201
what's your story?

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00:36:38,801 --> 00:36:45,817
They think I'm hard. I'm not
sniffling, boohooing all over the shop.

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I mean, it's just not the
way I'm made. So there,

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your father. I'm sorry
that he's dead. Of course I

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am. He was my dad in
spite of everything.

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00:37:00,881 --> 00:37:05,257
He didn't make it easy
to um to love him though.

376
00:37:05,281 --> 00:37:10,058
Can you think of any reason why
he'd want to take his own life?

377
00:37:10,082 --> 00:37:13,338
None. No. He was nicely
set up with a shop and

378
00:37:13,362 --> 00:37:16,618
well, mom had left him
a few bob when she died.

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00:37:16,642 --> 00:37:19,458
You don't think you're
a strangement? No.

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00:37:19,482 --> 00:37:24,738
Nothing to do with that. He wasn't
the type to get all emotional.

381
00:37:24,762 --> 00:37:31,218
Maybe that's where I get it from. I
mean, he made it very clear that he

382
00:37:31,242 --> 00:37:36,538
didn't approve of um me and Mickey,
but um he'd hardly have gotten killed

383
00:37:36,562 --> 00:37:40,998
himself in a fit of the glums about it.
He just he weren't the type, as I say.

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00:37:41,022 --> 00:37:42,841
Tell us about Mickey.

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00:37:44,081 --> 00:37:50,777
What's to say? He's my
fellow. How is his war?

386
00:37:50,801 --> 00:37:54,458
Why do you ask that? Well,
we know how much our father

387
00:37:54,482 --> 00:38:00,137
appreciated the armed forces. Always
wore his medal ribbons with great pride.

388
00:38:00,161 --> 00:38:05,338
Yes. Well, Mickey wasn't lucky. His
eyes, they're not they're not good.

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I say that's why he ended up with me.
I mean, he wouldn't have been much good

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against Jerry with eyes like his. Dad
didn't like that. Thought he was a

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00:38:15,921 --> 00:38:19,978
sherker. That was the start
of it. What was the finish?

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00:38:20,002 --> 00:38:24,458
Well, dad was convinced that
Mickey was thieving from him.

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Cash morphine.

394
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:32,457
Mickey got up to some shady business
during the war. Just stockings,

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00:38:32,481 --> 00:38:37,497
cigarettes, small stuff. Dad had um just
got it into his head that Mickey was

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00:38:37,521 --> 00:38:40,458
bad. And he'd noticed
morphine had gone

397
00:38:40,482 --> 00:38:42,057
missing. Yes.

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00:38:42,081 --> 00:38:48,680
Wouldn't speak to us. But you've
had a bit of news, haven't you?

399
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:56,898
I thought a little one might be the
thing that brings us back together.

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00:38:56,922 --> 00:39:02,637
What's all this about? Why are you so
interested in Mickey if if dad has gone

401
00:39:02,661 --> 00:39:04,920
and topped himself?

402
00:39:09,041 --> 00:39:12,937
Stories. Detective stories.
That's what I want to

403
00:39:12,961 --> 00:39:20,961
write. I've got so many ideas. It's
Such an exciting new world out there.

404
00:39:21,201 --> 00:39:27,458
Everything's all smashed up. The whole
world. No one knows what to do anymore.

405
00:39:27,482 --> 00:39:32,537
Well, I do. The war turned everything
upside down. Shook it up. That's great.

406
00:39:32,561 --> 00:39:35,818
There's no going back to
how things used to be,

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00:39:35,842 --> 00:39:39,298
including murders. Including
murders. After soldiers in.

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00:39:39,322 --> 00:39:44,618
Britain have come home with pistols they
stole from dead Nazis, the country is a

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00:39:44,642 --> 00:39:47,018
wash with them. So,

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00:39:47,042 --> 00:39:53,138
so we only seem civilized in this
country because we're not armed. Think

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00:39:53,162 --> 00:39:57,577
of all that throbbing suburban
passion. Husbands having affairs with

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00:39:57,601 --> 00:40:03,097
secretaries, ladies having affairs with
their chauffeers, all those contested

413
00:40:03,121 --> 00:40:09,097
wills and domestic rows. People used to
kill each other by boiling down arsenic

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00:40:09,121 --> 00:40:15,177
from their wallpaper. Now they
just have to reach for a Luga.

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00:40:15,201 --> 00:40:18,841
Pow pow pow.

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00:40:23,041 --> 00:40:28,057
What did happen to your parents?
You're supposed to be telling me your

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00:40:28,081 --> 00:40:31,081
story.

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00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:37,577
I'm an orphan, too. I never
knew my mom. I got a picture of

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00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:43,577
my dad. That's all.

420
00:40:43,601 --> 00:40:46,857
We're sorry. It's

421
00:40:46,881 --> 00:40:49,961
all right.

422
00:40:51,601 --> 00:40:53,577
I should um Yeah,

423
00:40:53,601 --> 00:40:58,201
it was nice to meet you.
It was an incendiary.

424
00:40:58,481 --> 00:41:01,481
What?

425
00:41:02,801 --> 00:41:06,041
An incendiary?

426
00:41:06,081 --> 00:41:10,640
Set the roof on
fire in the blitz.

427
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:17,721
Mom got me out and
went back for dad.

428
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:24,457
Then the roof fell in. I just
sat there in the garden looking

429
00:41:24,481 --> 00:41:30,616
at the house. Just felt

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00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:34,121
sort of numb.

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00:41:34,801 --> 00:41:41,896
The ARP warden found me.
Then my uncle took me in. So

432
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:47,017
now I have to help him
out with the restaurant.

433
00:41:47,041 --> 00:41:50,761
But you'd rather be

434
00:41:51,281 --> 00:41:56,121
much more exciting
over here, isn't it?

435
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:07,081
See the skull.

436
00:42:18,961 --> 00:42:23,241
I gave up pleasure for Lent.

437
00:42:23,761 --> 00:42:30,041
I gave up Lent pleasure.

438
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:39,257
Well, what's your answer?

439
00:42:39,281 --> 00:42:46,100
I told you before I'm just a
book seller. I sell books again

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00:42:46,125 --> 00:42:52,920
like I did before the war. This
would be for old times sake.

441
00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:58,841
And we did hope you find
him. Very kind of you.

442
00:43:00,241 --> 00:43:05,896
How's all that working
out? It's complicated.

443
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:12,680
Well, yes, I imagine
it is delicate.

444
00:43:12,721 --> 00:43:16,537
And we wouldn't want
anything to go wrong,

445
00:43:16,561 --> 00:43:20,041
now would we?

446
00:44:18,241 --> 00:44:22,376
So, what do we make of him? M

447
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:27,977
Jack, put him in the attic room. Like
Mrs. Rochester, only slightly more

448
00:44:28,001 --> 00:44:31,098
butch. Has it ever occurred
to you that you are

449
00:44:31,122 --> 00:44:33,378
such a biblophile?

450
00:44:33,402 --> 00:44:37,017
Because of your name?
Nominative determinism.

451
00:44:37,041 --> 00:44:42,697
I mean, if you've been called butcher,
you might be slicing up choice cuts of

452
00:44:42,721 --> 00:44:48,057
meat. Fansing, that's
the word. Removing fat

453
00:44:48,081 --> 00:44:53,098
from a carcass. Wonderfully descriptive
word. Flansing. I shall endeavor to

454
00:44:53,122 --> 00:44:57,178
bring it back. Well, I wish
you joy with that. Yes, you

455
00:44:57,202 --> 00:45:02,298
could be slipping me black market chops
under the counter like Mr. Wellb loved.

456
00:45:02,322 --> 00:45:07,738
Much more useful than books these days.
I could have been an archer or a baker

457
00:45:07,762 --> 00:45:11,897
or a chandler. Speaking of
which, farewell, my lovely.

458
00:45:11,921 --> 00:45:15,458
Oh, you're going out again. You're
so sharp you'll cut yourself.

459
00:45:15,482 --> 00:45:20,778
Crime fiction American customer put in
a request. I know it's here somewhere. I

460
00:45:20,802 --> 00:45:24,457
saw a lady in the lake
recently. Anyway, Jack,

461
00:45:24,481 --> 00:45:29,656
definite promise. Definite promise.
He didn't try to fogg that coin.

462
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:36,201
So, jail hasn't made a wrong
um for life. Touchwood.

463
00:45:37,761 --> 00:45:43,400
And the uh other matter.

464
00:45:44,081 --> 00:45:48,201
It's too soon to tell him.

465
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:18,616
What was so special about your book?
Nothing really. It's just about some

466
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:25,177
chaps at school playing cricket. And
what do you think of Carol Darly?

467
00:46:25,201 --> 00:46:27,416
You've read Tim started it

468
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:33,561
when? After I saved it
from the incinerator.

469
00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:42,777
Look, what's your name? Baja.

470
00:46:42,801 --> 00:46:46,440
It's a funny name.

471
00:46:46,961 --> 00:46:50,281
Thank you,

472
00:46:51,521 --> 00:46:57,497
Strotford Perry. But my
friends call me Shotty.

473
00:46:57,521 --> 00:47:00,537
You're splendid. You owe me.

474
00:47:00,561 --> 00:47:05,497
I do. So when I get
into trouble here, will

475
00:47:05,521 --> 00:47:11,961
you help me out? Let
us make a solemn pact.

476
00:47:22,321 --> 00:47:27,257
Put your strong arms around me, Carol,
and raise me a little. I can talk

477
00:47:27,281 --> 00:47:30,761
better. So,

478
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:38,478
Carol bowed his head without a word and
kissed him, and thus their friendship

479
00:47:38,502 --> 00:47:40,121
was sealed.

480
00:47:46,721 --> 00:47:52,440
Good night, Mrs. Book.
Good night, Mr. Book.

481
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:12,281
The daughter, the spiv,
the char, the warden.

482
00:48:12,321 --> 00:48:18,680
Who gave her cup
the bloody poison?

483
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:27,160
Absome

484
00:48:27,761 --> 00:48:30,761
friends.

485
00:48:49,361 --> 00:48:52,361
Hi.

486
00:49:09,281 --> 00:49:14,376
Sir, you never believe it. It
takes a lot to surprise me. Mor,

487
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:19,338
what? What is it? We just got the
chemist will through, sir. Yeah.

488
00:49:19,362 --> 00:49:25,081
Daughter doesn't get a
bean. No. No. Really does.

489
00:49:29,601 --> 00:49:36,920
Oh, the charm.
Mrs. Adah dredge.

490
00:49:44,321 --> 00:49:47,321
Go.

491
00:49:53,121 --> 00:49:56,121
Go.

492
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:31,400
You

492
00:50:32,305 --> 00:51:32,711