[ Bells Chiming ]
Good day, sir.
In his office there, miss.
Uh, Baines, is, uh - is the ambassadorīs car at the door?
- Itīs waiting, sir. - His Excellency has been delayed. Heīll drive straight to the airport.
Of course.
[ Chattering ]
- [ Speaking French ] - Oh, uh, Baines, flowers for her room.
You know the sort my wife likes. After eight months in a hospital the place must look like home.
Sheīll find everything just as she left it, sir.
The doctors donīt yet know if theyīll permit her to fly.
- The journey will be a strain. - Master Phillipe, sir.
He should have his hair cut. He looks as if weīve neglected him.
- Any message for your mother, Phillipe? - Tell her Iīve got something to show her.
That will bring her home. Look after the embassy while Iīm away.
Be back on Monday morning with my wife, I hope.
[ Man ] I hope so too, Your Excellency. Itīs been a long time.
Papa. Papa.
Au revoir, Papa. [ Continues In French ]
[ Speaking French ]
Hello, Macgregor.
Aw.
Hello, Macgregor. Hello.
Come on. Come on. Hmm.
Come on.
Oh.
Look. London.
[ Baines ] Good day, sir.
Baines.
Baines!
- One of her moods again. - Always some grouse.
Not healthy to be as clean as all that.
You be careful, sonny. Mrs. Baines is on the warpath again.
[ Woman #2 ] Anyway, these foreigners like a bit of dirt.
[ Woman #1 ] Poor kid. Be a good thing for him when his mother gets back.
Master Phillipe,just because your fatherīs away for a couple of days...
you mustnīt think you can run wild all over the house.
- No, Mrs. Baines. - Iīve got plenty to do without clearing up after you.
Whatīs that youīve got in your hand? Show me. What is it?
Piece of chalk.
Youīve been making marks all over the floor again?
- Well? Have you? -Just little marks.
Give me the chalk. Come on. Give it to me.
Have you done what I told you to do, Master Phillipe?
Done what?
- Got rid of it. - Yes.
You know what happens to little boys who tell lies?
I wonīt have any vermin in any house I run.
Did you put it where I told you to? Down the lavatory?
- Did you? Answer me. Did you? - Yes.
What are you hiding in your pockets?
Bring your hand out. Show me. Come along.
Only toffees.
I wonīt have you eating between meals, Master Phillipe. Give them to me.
You need a motherīs care. Iīve tried to do it for months.
Is that all youīve got? Run along, and try and not get into mischief.
Itīs difficult enough with half the staff away.
- See you on Monday, Mr. Baines. - Have a good weekend, Harry.
Get out of it.
Canīt you see Iīm busy?
Canīt you pick on someone else?
Well, since you are here, you might as well do a job of work.
- Get on with that. - Look. Macgregor.
Oh. Hmm.
Looking well this morning, isnīt he?
- Have you got a little box for him? - Little box?
- Hmm. Might find something. - Will you take me for a walk this afternoon, Baines?
Well, I might, if you work hard enough. I might. Weīll see.
Quite a lot to be done.
This is exciting - your mother coming back- isnīt it?
Yes, but, you know, I donīt remember her very well.
Have a glass of pop, Phile. Spot of drink will do us good. Give us an appetite for dinner.
- I am having my meals down here, arenīt I? - Of course.
- What have you got for chop? - Chop?
You said that was what food was called in Africa.
- Oh, yes, of course. Chop. - Tell me more about Africa.
- Another time. - Was is it hot there?
You never felt such heat. Not - Not even where you come from.
Not a nice heat, mind you, like you get in the park on a day like this.
The white manīs grave, they call it.
Wet. Smelling of rot.
- What does rot smell of? - Eh?
Oh, the opposite to this.
[ Sniffing ] I smell that carbolic stuff.
When thereīs nothing but carbolic round you hanker after rot.
Mmm. I understand.
- Hmm. - It reeks of chains.
Yes. Hmm.
- Itīs a manīs life out there, Phile. - But why did you leave Africa?
Why? Oh, um, get married, you know.
Wasnīt there anybody to marry out there in Africa?
Oh, yes. Plenty. But they werenīt white.
- Must they be white? - Um - Hmm.
Ah, Mrs. Patterson. What are you doing with those?
- Mrs. Baines told us to fill īem. - Whereīs Dolly and the others?
The weekend off. The place is empty except for Mrs. Baines, Phile and me. We carry on.
- Phile, drink up the pop and lend a hand with this. - Donīt overwork him, Mr. Baines.
Got to make a living like everybody else.
- Does everybody make a living? - Everybody.
- Even Papa? -Just a slave really.
- Not an easy life like us. - Can you make a living in Africa?
[ Mr. Baines ] Make a living? You can make a fortune. Make anything you like.
Make elephants and kings and castles.
Yes. And shoot īem too.
- If they donīt get you. - Can I show her the gun?
[ Patterson ] Donīt you dare. Leave it where it is.
Itīs not loaded, and Baines keeps the safety catch on.
Leave it be, Phile.
- Itīs got bullets too! - Phile -
[ Mr. Baines Whispers ] Phile.
So there you are. Holding up the work again?
- Thereīs still plenty to do. - Weīll get it finished.
- By sitting around here all day long? - Good morning, Mr. Baines. Till Monday.
- Ta, ta. - No business to keep that gun in the house.
Come along, Master Phillipe. Sit down there. Get on to that salad.
Baines is going to take me for a walk this afternoon.
No, he isnīt. Not with all this work to do.
- Thereīll be time enough for both. - Oh, please.
Work first, and pleasure afterwards.
Easy to see youīve been eating between meals, Master Phillipe.
- Iīm sick to death of your ways, spoiling the boy. - He didnīt. I took it.
- Lying again, Master Phillipe? - Thereīs lies and lies.
- What do you mean by that? - Some lies are just kindness.
Kindness?
Temper, temper. I wonīt have you swearing in front of the boy.
- Do go on, Master Phillipe. What are you waiting for? - I donīt want any.
Master Phillipe, do as youīre told and eat it up. Go along.
Why donīt you let Baines take me for a walk?
Because I say so.
I hate you.
Master Phillipe, youīll say youīre sorry for that.
Iīm not sorry.
Very well. Go straight upstairs to the nursery, and youīll stay there for the whole afternoon.
Do you hear me? Go along. Up, up, up!
[ Mrs. Baines ] Get along with you. Go along.
I donīt care.
[ Imitating Airplane Engine ]
Hello, Macgregor.
Look. Youīre very pretty, you know.
[ Man Shouts ]
[ Door Closes ]
[ Blows ]
Baines.!
[ Blows ] Baines!
Quick. Come on, Macgregor.
I got you.
Ah!
- Baines! - Mustnīt come in here, sonny.
- Isnīt Mr. Baines here? - No. Hasnīt been in here yet.
Baines!
Phile.
- What are you doing here? - I saw you through the window.
Are you by yourself?
Yes.
You gave me a start.
- I thought it would be funny. - Yes. Itīs funny. Of course itīs funny.
- Phile, this is Julie. - How do you do?
Have a bun.
He spells his name queer. P-H-I-L-E. Phile.
Oh, she - she hasnīt got an appetite, isnīt eating. You can have both of them.
You donīt need to take any notice of us.
- Got a glass of milk? - [ Woman ] I think Iīve got a drop.
Well, go and get it, Phile.
I wish I were dead.
[ Whispering ]
It wouldnīt work.
There are things have got to be said.
If youīd like another cake, you can go to the counter and change it, Phile.
No.
This is how I see it,Julie.
This, uh, girl youīre talking about. This, uh -
This friend of yours.
She-She... likes the fellow, doesnīt she?
Itīs real, I mean?
L īamour?
L īamour éternel.
The things you say,Julie.
The way you put things.
What I mean is you...
canīt break a thing like that.
Not just by going away, leaving no trace, going home.
She wouldnīt be going home.
- Home is here. - Her own country I mean.
Wouldnīt work,Julie.
Thereīd be her, as it were you, and...
him, as it were me...
and all that distance between them.
Like this table.
It wouldnīt work.
Heīd go crazy,Julie...
hoping every time the post came.
Not being able to write.
Oh, heīd - heīd forget.
There wouldnīt be much to remember.
For seven months, ever since she came to the embassy, seeing her every day-
Not speaking because of people looking on.
Like this.
Give it - Give it time,Julie.
- But itīs torture. - Whatīs torture?
[ Both Speaking French ]
- Whatīs he say? - He says heīs had pain too. It soon goes.
But this... girlfriend of yours,Julie. She doesnīt have to go away.
- While thereīs life thereīs hope. - Thereīs always hope.
Things happen. Things change.
People donīt change. Heīs tied.
She wouldnīt like him so much if he didnīt feel tied.
I canīt believe it.
- I canīt believe weīll go out of here and say good-bye and never- - [ Whispers ] Careful.
[ Sighs, Sniffles ]
Have you got a handkerchief?
No.
No. Have you got one, Phile? Sheīs got something in her eye.
- Mineīs clean. - Well, let her have it, Phile.
Pull the top bit over the other one. Thatīs what I always do.
There -Thereīs nothing fixed yet, is there?
The -The boat I mean.
- The day after tomorrow. - Monday?
Can I have this one too if you donīt want it?
They couldnīt stand it forever, meeting in tea shops and cinemas.
All the difficulties and lies.
- Heīs not that kind of man. - What kind of man is he?
Good and kind.
- Canīt hurt anyone. - What a fool the man is.
Thatīs what I think too.
- Hereīs your handkerchief, Phillipe. - Iīve got to see you tomorrow,Julie.
Itīs no good. Youīve got to take him home now.
Listen. Iīll ring you somehow. Thereīs so much I have to say.
Itīs all been said over and over again.
- Good-bye. - I donīt know what to do.
You donīt need to do anything.
Nothing.
She does make a fuss about her friend, doesnīt she?
Can I have some tea in my milk?
Itīs sad about her friend, isnīt it?
Is Julie your niece or something?
- How much is that, please? - One and eight pence.
The cup that cheers.
Come on, Phile.
- [ Bell Jingles ] - Iīm sorry I gave you a start.
Thatīs all right, Phile.
- Is that car a Ford? - I didnīt see.
Oh, look. Thereīs your niece again.
Look. Iīll speak to her tonight.
Iīll say to her, ""Whatīs the use? You and I donīt get on anymore.īī
And then Iīll tell her everything. Perhaps sheīll see it.
Sheīll never let you go.
She might. Anyway, weīve one last day. I must see you tomorrow.Just the last time.
Iīll telephone you.
- Promise? -[ Phillipe ] Baines, it is a Ford.
I promise.
Oh, look. Thereīs Mrs. Baines on the balcony.
Need we go in yet?
Listen, Phile. I -
I donīt want you -
I donīt ask you to say what isnīt true, but...
thereīs no need to mention to Mrs. Baines that you metJulie.
- Is it a secret? - Thatīs right, Phile. Our secret.
You see, Mrs. Baines - She - She doesnīt likeJulie.
It was stupid of me to meet her so near home, but Iīd got to see she was all right.
Of course you had. You can trust me, Baines.
Mrs. Bainesīll get it out of you if she can.
Oh, Iīll never let you down, Baines.
Funny, isnīt it? Julie working for the embassy and all this time she was your niece.
Yes. Itīs a scream.
Need we go in yet?
- Come on, Phile. - Take me for a walk in the park.
Here. Phile.
Give me your handkerchief.
Itīs things like that give secrets away.
Isnīt it exciting, Baines?
Good night, Macgregor.
Bonsoir. [ Kisses ]
[ Speaks French ]
Oh. What are you doing?
Just looking.
- What at? - Nothing.
I suppose you were doing nothing this afternoon -you and Mr. Baines.
- Well? - No.
Weīll see about that later.
Come along now. Off you go.
Iīve got work to do. Come on.
Now what are you waiting for? You can see Iīm busy, canīt you?
Get along with you. Downstairs. Hurry up.
Come down from there! Get down at once!
No. No, donīt. No. You wait. Wait, wait, wait.
Master Phillipe, come away from there at once.
Do I have to come and drag you away?
Right. Come here. Do you hear me? Give me your hands.
Oh, now look what youīve done.
And all over my shoes. Dirt. Nothing but dirt.
No. No. No, you donīt. It stays there. Stay there for your mother to see.
Show her the sort of tricks you get up to.
- Get along. Donīt ever let me find you on there again. - Iīm sorry.
Just for that, you shall have your supper in the nursery. Your trayīs downstairs. Go fetch it.
- Iīm sorry. - And no more chatting with Baines.
Take your tray and go straight upstairs. Iīll fetch it later.
She knows we were out, but I havenīt told her a thing.
Just slip along upstairs now, Phile.
She told me to fetch my tray. Iīve got to have it upstairs.
There it is.
I put Macgregor to bed. She nearly caught me.
Phile, Iīd say Iīm sorry about it.
- You know. Lunchtime. - Hmm.
If my mother does come back on Monday, it wonīt make any difference to us, will it?
Not a bit.
Iīm sorry I said I hated you.
Itīs all right.
[ Mrs. Baines ] I said you werenīt to take him out.
[ Mr. Baines ] I didnīt take him out. I brought him home.
You went out by the back door...
he by the fire escape, and you two met outside.
Phileīs been out on his own. So have I.
I told him he wasnīt to go out, and you take him.
[ Mr. Baines ] Oh, donīt letīs talk about him.
- Thereīs something more important. - What could that be?
You and I.
Go on.
Well, Iīve tried to make a go of it.
And so have you.
But we only make each other miserable.
Itīs years now since thereīs been a day without some blessed row.
- We canīt go on like this. - You want your freedom?
You donīt want me around anymore.
This is something new, this kind of talk.
Iīve thought about it long enough.
- And now itīs time tell you. Because - - You go off, and see what happens to me.
-[ Mr. Baines ] Oh, donīt talk like that. -[ Mrs. Baines ] You do as you say. You and your freedom.
Youīll feel fine when you read it in the Sunday newspapers.
Youīll be able to say, ""Thatīs me. I did that. ī" Thatīll make you feel happy.
Oh, donīt talk so foolish.
Oh, go and give the boy his supper.
Weīll talk about it later.
[ Door Opens ]
You know your father doesnīt like you going out alone.
- Funny you should meet Baines, wasnīt it? - Yes.
He likes wandering about on his own too.
- Not much appetite, have you, Master Phillipe? - No, Mrs. Baines.
Why donīt you try eating some of that nice pudding? You donīt eat enough.
Donīt eat enough to keep a fly alive. No lunch and -
and now no supper, Master Phillipe.
So thatīs why youīve lost your appetite, Master Phillipe.
Been eating between meals. Buying cream buns again.
- Thatīs not what your pocket money is for. - I didnīt.
Donīt lie to me, Master Phillipe. Youīre going to be a fine worry to your mother when I tell her.
I will not put up with any more lies. Youīre becoming a regular little liar!
- I wonīt put up with any more lies from you! - They gave it to me!
- They? - Baines I mean.
""They.īī
Oh.
So thatīs it.
Yes.
You mustnīt mind Mrs. Baines, Master Phillipe.
She, um-She lets her tongue run away with her.
We have a secret now...
you and I...
that I know all about them.
Can you keep a secret?
- Yes. - Good.
I suppose she was having tea with him.
Just tea. No cakes.
Is she young?
Of course. Sheīs his niece.
So thatīs what he said.
[ Chuckles ] The old scoundrel.
Itīs all right. Sheīs not seeing him anymore. Tomorrow sheīs going away.
Is she? Tomorrow.
You can keep our secret now? Hmm? Yes?
Yes.
You do, and Iīll get you that 2A Meccano set.
Do you want the light up there?
[ Mrs. Baines ] He hasnīt eaten his supper. Think heīd be hungry after his long walk.
[ Mr. Baines ] Wait till I put on the light.
[ Mrs. Baines ] I donīt think I want to go on with our talk tonight, if you donīt mind.
You know when you two were out this afternoon?
- What? Me and Phile? - Yes.
I thought to myself, ""Perhaps I stay indoors too much.
I ought to get out more, take some time off.īī
- Iīve been telling you that for weeks. - Yes. So you have.
I think it might be a very good idea.
You asleep, Phile?
[ Door Closes ]
Come on, Phile. Time to wake up. [ Clicking Tongue ]
Come on, Phile. Up you get.
Whereīs Mrs. Baines?
- Sheīs gone to see her Aunt Hilda. - No. Why?
Said she needed an outing, Phile. Like you and me.
- When will she come back? - Not until tomorrow morning.
- Are we really alone? - Of course we are. Weīre going to spend the day together.
- Will we be alone all day, Baines? - Weīll be together, Phile.
Itīs misty still.
The catīs been out all night. There she is, sniffing round the railings.
Thereīs Doris shaking the mats out.
Itīs a great life if you donīt weaken.
- Itīs early, isnīt it? - Itīs going to be a long day, Phile.
Now, you get dressed, and Iīll be cooking the sausages.
[ Mr. Baines ] Yes. To see her aunt.
Iīm quite alone,you understand?
No. Not about that. No. Iīll explain it all.
Oh, you must come. You promised you would.
Weīll have the whole day together.
Oh, it makes no difference about the boy.
Yes. Uh, back here to supper,Julie.
Ah, of course itīs safe. I -Well, Iīm so looking forward to seeing you,Julie.
I must talk to you.
Iīll- Iīll wait for you. Of course Iīll wait for you.
Itīll amuse the boy, and weīll be able to talk.
No. Of course he doesnīt understand.
3:00, and weīll be able to talk quietly.
[ Roars ]
Iīd rather see the snakes, Baines.
I was sure youīd like the lions. My old legs are getting tired.
- Youīre not so old, Baines. - Iīm not so young as I used to be.
Iīll tell you what. Letīs sit down over there.
Iīll tell you things. Then weīll go to the reptile house.
Did you shoot lions in Africa?
Oh,just a few. I mostly let them live.
- You shot a man though, Baines. - Who told you that?
You did. You murdered him, you said.
Murdered? I never murdered anyone.
You said you killed someone, once in Africa with that gun.
Oh, yes, yes. Oh, well, that wasnīt murder, Phile. That was self-defense.
You see, one day the blackies planned what they call a rising.
I was the only white man for miles around.
Well, this chap - He called himself a king.
He got the blackies properly worked up, speechifying.
They-
[ Phillipe ] Yes? Go on. Go on.
Uh, th-they all came up to my hut.
Hundreds of them. Knives, spears, clubs.
- Well, all I had was that - that gun I showed you. - Go on.
""Clear off,īī I said to that king of theirs. ""Hop it,īī I said.
- [ Hiccups ] - But he was after my blood.
Well, if theyīd got me, it wouldnīt have ended there.
Theyīd have tasted blood.
- Like those lions there. - Th-Then what happened?
Oh, I plugged him. Then I threw the gun away and went in with my fists.
But you found the gun again.
Oh, yeah. Yes. So I did. Iīll tell you about that one day.
I wish I could go away with you to Africa.
Oh, look. Thereīs your niece.
Oh, yes. So it is.
Now can we go and see the reptile house?
- Look. Would you like an ice cream, Phile? - I wouldnīt say no, Baines.
Well, hereīs a bob. Get one forJulie too. There you are. Over there.
What did she -
- Did you tell her? - No.
I couldnīt get around to it somehow. And then she went away.
- Two wafers, please. - Two wafers.
- Here you are. - Thank you.
- Then everythingīs just the same. - Give me time. Iīll manage it somehow.
- Thereīs your ice cream. - Thank you, Phillipe.
Iīve been telling Julie sheīs gotta have supper with us.
But you asked on the telephone, and she said she would.
- The things you know. - It would only be worse afterwards.
She doesnīt trust my cooking, Phile.
- Oh, canīt we see the snakes, Baines? - Of course weīre going to see the snakes.
Hello, polly. Iīd like to find a snake like Macgregor.
- [Julie ] Whoīs Macgregor? - [ Phillipe ] Itīs a secret.
We donīt need to have secrets from Julie.
- [ Squawking ] - [ Phillipe ] Are you scared to come back home?
- Scared of what? - Mrs. Baines.
Look, Phile. There - Thereīs the reptile house. Over there.
Ah. You are pretty.
[ Gasps ]
- What timeīs the boat train? - 9:00.
Can you get food on the train?
Iīm taking sandwiches.
Newhaven - Dieppe?
Dover - Calais.
Have you packed?
Of course I have.
Oh, stop looking after me.
Oh, dear.
Baines.
- Do come and have a look at the snake. - Is it as nice as Macgregor?
- Oh, youīve told her. - I said we donīt have secrets from Julie.
- I do. - Macgregor wouldnīt be frightened of me, would he?
Thereīs only one person in the whole world heīs frightened of.
- [Julie ] And whoīs that? - Mrs. Baines.
[ Squawking ]
Baines!
- [ Barking ] - Baines!
[ Barking Continues ]
Oh, look, Baines. Come and look at this.
- [ No Audible Dialogue ] - Baines.! What are they doing?
[ Monkey Screeches ]
Here. [ Whistles ]
Whereīs Phile?
- Oh. There he is. - Phile.!
Time to be off. Sheīs coming back, Phile.
Weīll all three have supper together.
[ Phile Chuckles ] Wouldnīt Mrs. Baines be angry if she knew!
- Suppose she came back after all? - She wonīt do that. Not when her mindīs made up.
She - She doesnīt know about yesterday, does she?
No. Phileīs a wonder for secrets.
- Is it very important to keep secrets? - It certainly is.
- Even if you donīt like the person? - That makes no difference.
Even Mrs. Bainesīs secrets?
Yes, Phillipe. Even Mrs. Bainesīs secrets.
Iīll just go and open up.
This is a ""manīs hole.īī You can get right down to the sewers through here.
- Youīre very fond of Baines, arenīt you, Phillipe? - Of course.
But you donīt like girls.
Baines doesnīt either. Not really.
Come in, you two.
Telegram! Telegram! Can I open it?
If you like.
This is our kitchenette.
Handy for getting a cup of tea.
Itīs from Mrs. Baines.
[ Mr. Baines ] Her auntīs not well.
She wonīt be back for a day or two.
Do you think itīs true?
True? Why, yes. Of course itīs true. She wouldnīt say it if it wasnīt. Would she?
Does Mrs. Baines keep secrets?
We donīt want to waste good time cooking.
Got plenty of tins. What we wantīs a good spread...
and every man his own drink.
[ Phillipe ] How long does a telegram take to get to a place?
[ Mr. Baines ] Depends where it comes from.
[ Phillipe ] Iīm going to make a dart of this one.
[ Mr. Baines ] Move along now, Phile. Move along.
- [ Phillipe ] Do telegrams cost much? - [ Mr. Baines ] Oh, donīt natter.
Couldnīt we eat out here?
We could easily make a... table out of some of the cases.
- Donīt you think? - Yes. Of course.
- It would be a picnic. - Oh, must we have a picnic?
- Well, youīd like that, wouldnīt you? - Can I feed Macgregor first?
Of course you can, while Iīm taking out the things.
- Can I come too, Phillipe? - Show her Macgregor.
Mmm. But wonīt you need me here?
Oh, I think I can manage.
Mrs. Baines doesnīt like Macgregor.
- She doesnīt, huh? - She doesnīt like you either.
What do you mean? Phile.
What do you mean she doesnīt like me?
She doesnīt like anybody really. But Baines doesnīt like her.
- How do you know? - She wonīt give him his... freedom.
- Did he ask her? - Oh, yes. I heard him. But I didnīt mean to listen.
No, no. Iīm - Iīm sure you didnīt.
- When was this? - Yesterday after Baines and I came back.
- What did he say, Phile? - ""I want my freedom.īīJust like that.
And she went on. Natter, natter. Always nattering.
Poor Baines. He did want it so badly.
When she comes back Iīll ask her for my freedom too.
That was a good dart. Why did you throw it away?
Oh, I can make lots more like that.
- What room is this? - The guest room.
For very important people.
- Oh. Itīs very pretty. - Macgregor lives here.
Supper.
- Whatīs the matter? - Heīs gone.
- [ Whimpers ] - How could he have got out?
She must have killed him. [ Sobbing ]
- [ Sobbing ] - Itīs just a bit of bad luck youīve got to take.
[ Phillipe ] She never really liked him.
- She said he was vermin. - Well, tomorrow weīll -
weīll put up a little stone in the garden...
and weīll write his name on it.
""Macgregor, killed by Mrs. Baines.īī
- And the date. - No, no. No. Not that.
Something like...
""My Macgregor. Very lovely he was in his life.īī
And then the date.
No. We -Weīll just have ""Macgregor.īī
Thatīll be plenty. Weīll remember.
How about a bite of supper? Then weīll play a game.
Come on.
Well, sit down,Julie. Letīs - Letīs have a drink to happier days.
Let me.
- Hey! - Hey!
- [ Screams ] - [ Mr. Baines Shouts ]
[ Rustle ]
[ Squeaks ]
?? [ Vocalizing ]
There he is. What is it? Iīve caught a fish? Is it a rabbit or a roly-poly pudding?
[ Both Laughing ]
- Where is he? Where is he? Where is he? - ?? [ Vocalizes ]
Weīll catch him this time. Weīll catch him and kill him.
Puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss.
[ Shouts ]
[ Phillipe Squealing ]
Thunder and lightning! Lightning and thunder! Terrible storm in the jungle now.
- [ Squealing ] - I catch - I catch - I catch you.
- [ Laughing ] - Oh, what a run.
[ Pants ]
[ Mr. Baines ] Where is he? Phile? Bedtime.
- Come along. - Phillipe.
Think he went along here.
Come on. Come on. Where are you?
- Phillipe. - No?
[Julie Whispers ]
Iīm only going because -
because itīs not possible to stay.
All day long Iīve wanted to talk to you,Julie.
Nowīs my last chance. Now weīre alone, I just want -
I just want you around always.
[ Screams ]
- [ Gasping ] Baines. - [ Mr. Baines ] What is it?
- Whatīs the matter? - I saw -
- What frightened you? - [ Breathing Heavily ]
Iīm - I thought I saw a ghost.
Aw. [ Chuckles ]
The gameīs gone on too long. Come on. Upstairs.
Where are they?
Donīt lie to me.
I know theyīre here.
[ Whispering ] I have been here all the time.
Thatīs not nice, Master Phillipe.
All I want to know is where they are.
I want -
I want to talk to them. Help me. Help Mrs. Baines.
Master Phillipe, we -weīve always been friends, havenīt we?
No.
We were friends, last night.
Do you remember that secret we had? About them?
We didnīt have a secret.
Oh, you know all about them.
Youīre not such a child as you pretend to be.
Youīve got a nasty, wicked mind, and it ought to be beaten out of you.
Phile? Phile? Is that you?
Baines!
Look.!
[ Screaming ]
Help.! Help.!
Sheīs in there! Youīve got that girl in there!
- Now, wait a moment. Listen to me. - I donīt want to hear any excuses.
I know all about it. Let me get at her. Iīll tell her a thing or two.!
We can say what weīve got to say to each other downstairs. Donīt make a scene.
Get out of my way! Donīt you tell me what to do!
Youīre a fine one to dictate to me! How dare you! Let me go!
Iīll put you and her in the gutter before Iīm finished with you!
Iīll give you something youīll remember for the rest of your life!
Will you let me go!
Thought you had me safely out of the way, didnīt you? Hypocrite.!
And you.! You neednīt go on hiding in that room.! I recognized you.!
You neednīt think you can come back here on Monday to your safe littlejob.!
- Iīll get you deported out of the country.! -[ Baines ] Quiet.!
For heavenīs sake, donīt go on like this.!
If youīve no thought of yourself or of me, at least think of the boy.
- Him? When Iīm finished with her, Iīll give him what he deserves! - Be quiet!
Heīll think twice before he starts on his sneaking ways, the lying, beastly little brat.!
- Stop, or Iīll lose my temper! -[ Mrs. Baines Whimpers ]
Now, you go downstairs.
Iīll join you, and weīll -
[ Screaming ]
[ Whispers ] He pushed her.
Hello, sonny.
What are you up to?
Out a bit late, arenīt you, sonny?
Whatīs your name, sonny?
Come here.
Here.
Cold, sonny?
Come here. Put this on.
How about a nice, warm cup of tea?
Yes?
You would? Good.
Come on.
Yes?
Well, Iīm going to have one anyway.
- Yes? - And so I arrested her.
Well, Rose, what have you got to say this time?
Nothing, except itīs not my turn yet.
Same address?
There we are.
- Now, round here. Come on. - Come here.
Bring him here.
Who is he?
Whatīs all this about?
I found him wandering about.
- Pickinī up kids now, are ya? - Quiet, Rose.
Where do you live, sonny?
- He wonīt speak. - Quite right.
Come on, sonny. You come over here.
So, what have you been up to, eh? Playing about, have you?
Come and sit over here. There you are.
Now, then, what were you doing?
- Walking in your sleep, were you? - Thatīs all I was doing.
Remember where you live, sonny? Eh?
Come on. Try to think.
Come on, sonny. Thereīs nothing to be frightened of here.
Nothinī at all.
Shh. Shh.
We just want to help you, see.
You tell us where you live, and weīll take you home.
Come on, sonny. Tell us where you live.
See what you can do, Rose.
- Hello, deary. Where do you live? - Rose, Rose.
- Not like that. - Not like what?
- Well - - Here! Not like what?
You know.Just find out where he lives and tell him weīll take him there.
- Shall I take you home? - Rose!
Canīt you do it without - without the smile?
Just ask him naturally.
Naturally?
Come along, deary.
Now, you would like to come home with me now, deary, wouldnīt you?
That was all right, wasnīt it?
Well, I canīt say it any other way.!
- Now, you would, wouldnīt you? - Yes, please.
- There you are. You see? - [ Phone Rings ]
Station officer, Chelsea Police.
Yes, Doctor?
Serious? Fatal.
Come and sit over here. Come on.
Tell me your name.
What time was that?
- Now then, come on. Tell me your name. - Yes, Doctor. Of course.
[ Rose ] Whatīs the matter?
Come on.
Phillipe.
Phillipe? Phillipe what?
-[ Sergeant ] Yes. - Thatīs all.
Come on.
Itīs a bit long, isnīt it? You want a haircut.
Iīll have one sent over. Anything else I can do?
Phillipe? Phillipe what, eh? Where do you live?
Come on, chum. You pop your feet into these.
Oh! Arenīt you a lucky boy!
Oh, look. Theyīd last forever.
- [ Rose ] Iīd like a pair of those. - Good night, Doctor.
Jones.
Thereīs been an accident - 48 Cheston Square. You know, that embassy.
Woman killed herself. Fell down a flight of stairs.
Get an ambulance sent over. Ask for Mr. Baines.
Is it too hot? Is it?
Here, try it now. Go on.
- Now, Rose, have you got the address? - Give me time.
- Did you say the name was Baines? - Uh, yes, Baines. 48 Cheston Square.
Baines.
Whatīs the matter?
Do you know him?
I live there.
What made you run away, sonny?
Nothing.
You werenīt frightened or anything?
No.
Then everything was all right at home?
Yes.
Does your father work at the embassy?
No. Heīs ambassador.
Oh!
I know your daddy!
Oh, there you are, Phile.
We picked him up in Hilton Street.
Thereīs been an accident?
Yes.
- Over there? - The doctorīs with her now.
Now...
just -
just -just sit down there...
for a moment, Phile.
- How did it happen? - Weīd had a few words up there.
She was angry with the boy for some reason.
The next thing I knew...
sheīd slipped going down the stairs.
- Can I help at all, sir? - No.Just an accident.
Iīll be off. Thereīs nothing more that I can do. You better tell the ambassador at once.
Heīs away. Iīve phoned the first secretary.
Donīt worry, man. More than you can help.
You did all that you could. These things happen, you know.
- I canīt believe that sheīs - - I know.
The ambulance will be coming. Iīll sign the certificate first thing in the morning.
- Let me see. Where did I leave my coat? - Itīs here, I think.
[ Doctor ] Donīt think me heartless. In my position one must try to be hard.
Death is like a business.
It has to be attended to.
Why, itīs Phillipe, isnīt it?
What are you doing here? You ought to be in bed.
We found him wandering around.
We were going to send him home when we heard about the accident.
He said he was sleepwalking.
Why, I know Phillipe. He doesnīt walk in his sleep.
Do you, Phillipe?
Whatīs the boy been doing?
[ Doctor ] Now, listen, Phillipe, did anything happen to frighten you?
We went to the zoo, thatīs all. The boyīs tired out.
Iīll take him upstairs to bed.
Wait a moment. Come here, Phillipe.
- Did he see it? - I donīt think so.
Well, youīre a fine sort of chap, arenīt you, wandering about at night in your pajamas.
Who do you think you are- Nick Carter?
Whereīd you get this outfit?
We had to find him those at the station.
Why did you run away, Phillipe?
Iīve told you - she went for the boy.
[ Doctor ] Tell me everything you know, Phillipe.
Then you wonīt be frightened anymore.
Itīs long past bedtime. Weīll go upstairs.
- He needs sleep. - Iīm a doctor, Baines.
Why was she angry with you, Phillipe?
Because of secrets.
Secrets? Do you know what he means?
Youīve no business pestering the boy. Heīs half asleep.
What were those secrets, Phillipe?
Come on. You can tell me. Was she angry at the zoo?
- No. - Was everything all right at the zoo?
- Yes. - Do you know what made her angry?
No.
Youīre not angry with Baines, are you?
No. Of course not.
Youīre not going to send him to prison.
Doctors donīt do that.
I donīt mind going to bed now.
Youīd better take him up there, Baines.
Give him one of these tablets.
Was it self-defense, like in Africa?
Dr., um - Dr. Whatīs-his-name is the police doctor, isnīt he? Dr. Wilson?
Good evening, Dr. Fenton.
This is a terrible business. Is Baines about?
Heīs upstairs putting the child to bed. He was found in the street, scared.
What about?
I should like the police doctor called in, if you donīt mind.
Police doctor? Whatīs he got to do with it?
I should like Dr. Wilson called.
- Surely there is nothing to worry you, is there? - [ Doctor ] Possibly not.
I donīt like it. I donīt like it at all.
The ambassadorīs a great stickler.
He wonīt like the police within the embassy.
You do realize that this is officially foreign territory.
- Police are not allowed in here without permission. - The womanīs dead.
Yes, but an accident, surely.
- Probably. - Well, wasnīt it?
Perhaps.
But Iīm not prepared to sign the death certificate.
Very well. Iīll have to phone the foreign office in Scotland Yard.
Goodness only knows whether thereīll be anybody there this hour.
The Yard doesnīt close, sir.
I meant the foreign office.
Itīll make you sleep.
Youīve got to try and put it right out of your head, Phile...
everything youīve seen and heard tonight.
I understand.
Well, go to sleep...
and forget it.
Iīm going to give you two night-lights tonight.
Itīll be daylight before you can sayJack Robinson.
Baines, are you going?
Listen, Phile, you -
you remember that telegram Mrs. Baines sent me?
You had it. You -You made a dart of it.
- What did you do with it? - I threw it away.
Where?
I - I donīt remember.
Why?
Well, I wouldnīt - I wouldnīt like anyone else to find it.
You see, th-they think Mrs. Baines was with us at the zoo.
Itīd look funny, that telegram coming.
And I - I donīt want them to know Julie was with us tonight.
She wouldnīt like it.
Thereīs no need to tell the police more than they know.
Yes, I understand.
Are you scared?
Scared? No.
Only weīve -weīve got to be careful what we say to policemen.
Oh, well, no good putting it off, I suppose. Better go down and talk to them.
Good night, Phile.
Baines, you could run away.
I remember.
I remember where I threw it.
Well, then I heard the boy say, ""Was it in self-defense?īī
He admits there was a quarrel at the head of the stairs.
- Is that the staircase? - Yes.
Are the injuries consistent with a slip-
Evening, Fenton. Itīs an awful hour to be called out.
- Iīm used to it. Itīs the hour for babies. - Is it? Well, whatīs the trouble?
This is Inspector Hart, sir, of the special branch.
- Heīll help with any interpreting. - [ Speaking French ]
I wouldnīt mind so much if the ambassador was here.
[ Inspector Speaking French ]
- You were here at the time? - No.
I was having dinner with some friends in a restaurant.
All right, all right. Where is this fellow Baines?
In the basement, I think.
No, he went upstairs putting the child to bed.
Thereīd be no objection, I suppose, to our seeing over the servantsī quarters?
No, none at all. Through the door there.
[ Speaking French ]
You would trouble me much less if youīd speak English.
Of course, the story of her slipping may be true...
but the type of injuries suggest something more violent.
What if thereīd been a push?
- Why do you say that? - We know that they quarreled.
- Up there? - Mmm.
- Is he a big chap? - You saw him come down just now.
Oh, he.
- Mr. Baines? - Yes.
Weīve permission to ask you a few questions.
This has been a terrible night for you and we donīt propose to keep you long.
Iīll tell you anything I know.
There was nobody else in the house, was there, when it happened?
No.
You had supper out in the yard.
The boy wanted a picnic.
Just the three of you.
Just the boy and I.
But there were three places laid.
Oh, yes, of course.
I forgot. Mrs. Baines was with us.
Try to remember things like that.
It helps us, you know, to get the details right.
Iīm sorry.
[ Fenton ] Can we have a word with you?
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
Good heavens. Whatīs he doing there?
Now what, boy?
- Come along, Phile. - Itīs all right, Baines. Iīll take him up.
Hello. Whatīs this youīve got hold of? Hmm?
You donīt want that now. Iīll take it. Now watch. See?
Heīs in the same room?
Baines. Is he in the same room?
Uh, y-yes.
Well, what was he up to?
Oh, n-nothing, sir.
Mr. Baines, I understand there was some sort of scene...
between your wife and the boy tonight.
Do you know what it was about?
Well, she - sh-sh-she used to get in a fuss about...
trying to keep the house tidy.
Do you know what heīd been up to?
Or was there nothing unusual to make her angry tonight?
No.
You said just now that Mrs. Baines had had supper with you downstairs.
You did say that, didnīt you?
Yes.
Well, then -
[ Stammering ] I - I... forgot.
She wasnīt with us.
But there were three places laid.
Who else was there?
Nobody. I-I-I must have laid it from h-habit.
But the third place was used.
How do you account for that?
Well, I think weīll leave all the questions to Chief Inspector Crowe in the morning...
after heīs read the doctorīs report.
Doctorīs report?
Itīs only that your story of the slip doesnīt quite fit in with what they say.
Julie!
- Why not tell them everything? - No, no. Leave it to me.
Thereīs no need for you to be brought into this.
- You go to the office. - [ Lock Clicks ]
- Good morning, Baines. - Good morning, sir.
- Are they here yet? - Not yet, sir.
Who is this lady?
She - She works here, sir, in the typing room.
- A bit early, arenīt you? - Yes, sir.
I had something to do that I didnīt finish on Saturday.
Oh, I see.
Do you do shorthand?
- Yes, sir. - Good. Donīt go for a moment.
Chief Inspector Crowe, sir.
Iīm the first secretary. Iīm in charge here until the ambassador returns.
Yes, I know. We shall try to cause you as little trouble as possible.
I see. This is Mr. Baines.
Oh. My sympathy, Mr. Baines.
- My ambassador will expect a full report. - Yes, naturally.
Have you any objection to one of our typists taking down whatīs said?
No, none whatever.
Actually, Iīve no right to object. Weīre on foreign territory here.
Oh, could I see the little boy, Phillipe.
- If you think itīs necessary- - Yes. Thank you.
[ First Secretary ] Oh, Baines, uh, would you? Better fetch him.
-[ First Secretary ] Have you got a notebook? -[Julie ] Iīll get one, sir.
There.
What shall I say, Baines?
Tell them anything they want to know, except for you-know-who.
Was it like this that time in Africa?
- What time? - The time you killed a man.
Not a bit like this.
Donīt worry, Baines. I wonīt tell them anything.
Would you mind, Baines, putting a notice on the front door...
telling the clerks to use the empty office next to the visa section next door.
- Hello, sonny. Donīt run away. - I wasnīt running away.
No, I mean, I just wanted to say, ""How do you do?īī
- Your name is Phillipe, isnīt it? - Yes.
Iīve heard quite a lot about you.
- Youīre the little boy who ran away. - I didnīt run away.
Iīve said that again, have I?
I meant, youīre the one who took a walk.
And a rather late walk, wasnīt it? After supper, hmm?
Oh, quite a party you had last night, didnīt you? A picnic party.
No.
- Didnīt you have it downstairs with - - No!
Do you want me to take all this down?
No, no, no. This is just friendly conversation.
We are friends, arenīt we?
- Hmm? - No.
Well, anyway, you didnīt have a picnic downstairs last night with anybody.
No!
Iīve put up the notice.
No!
Iīd like to have a word with Mr. Baines.
- Where could we be quiet? - Uh, here in the ambassadorīs room.
Iīd like you and your secretary to be present.
I just want to get Mr. Bainesīs story quite straight.
- My storyīs straight enough. - Yes, yes, of course.
I just want to iron out one or two inconsistencies.
Oh, would you wait outside for a few moments, sonny?
I just want to have a little talk with Mr. Baines.
- Have you got a ball to play with? - No.
Well - Oh. Mm-hmm.
Uh, Ames, let him borrow your chiming watch.
Itīs like this, see.
- [ Chiming ] - Do be careful with it now.
Tsk. Poor Mrs. Baines.
Down these very stairs. I can almost see her. Canīt you?
Yes. I expect her neck was snapped like a matchstick.
- Mmm. - Do you see any blood?
There wouldnīt be any blood if her neck was broken, would there?
Might be a little if the bone came through.
Treacherous stuff, this marble. I wouldnīt have it in my house at any price.
You listen to the watch, sonny.
I wonder if you could find something to do somewhere else, hmm?
Crowe says, will you photograph the position of the body from the top of the stairs.
Right.
No, not that way, sonny.
Like this. See?
[ Chiming ]
- What are you doing? - Hmm?
Oh, yes. See this powder?
Well, thatīs solved more crimes than the whole police force put together.
Here, put your thumb just down there. Just press it down quite like that. Thatīs it.
Now put some powder on.
Now you blow and watch.
See? Thereīs only one person in the world that has a thumb like that.
And thatīs how we find things out.
Yes, they, uh -
they want to have a word with you, Phile.
Oh, well, we shanīt need you for a few moments, Baines.
Well, Iīll be downstairs.
Well, Phillipe, I donīt suppose you ever met a detective before.
Except in books.
Did the watch work?
Not taken out the works yet?
You know, Phillipe, Iīve got a boy at home very like you.
Heīs a bit older, thatīs all.
Oh, he likes marbles. Do you like marbles?
Look here. What do you think of that one?
I think thatīs a champion. Donīt you?
I always win with it anyway.
I donīt suppose Mrs. Baines would have liked marbles, would she?
But I expect Baines could throw a marble with the best of us.
I like Baines. Donīt you?
Yes.
But not Mrs. Baines?
She killed Macgregor.
Killed Macgregor? Who was he?
- My snake. - Oh.
You can keep that marble if youīd like.
Baines had a quarrel with Mrs. Baines about you last night, didnīt he?
No!
Didnīt you hear them quarreling?
No!
- Phillipe, why did you run away? - I took a walk.
Oh, a bit late, wasnīt it, for a walk? In your pajamas?
Now, wasnīt it because Mrs. Baines frightened you?
No.
But she did hit you, didnīt she?
No.
- She came to your room last night. - No.
Phillipe, tell me, what did you see that made you run away?
I didnīt run away.
Mrs. Baines was away all day yesterday, wasnīt she?
- What did you do? - I went to the zoo with Baines and -
""Andīī?
Phillipe. And?
And then we went to the reptile house, and then we came home.
- And then? - We had supper.
- ""Weīī? - Baines.
- I, Baines and - - Yes? And?
And then we - And then we played games.
- What sort of games, Phillipe? - Hide-and-seek in the dark.
I always get a bit frightened when I play that. Who hid?
I hid, and they couldnīt find me.
- ""Theyīī? - Baines, I mean! Baines, I mean!
""They,īī Phillipe? Now, who was with Baines?
- Nobody! Nobody! - Phillipe.
- Who did you play hide-and-seek with? - Baines!Just Baines!
[ Speaking French ]
[ French ]
You must tell the truth.
- [ French ] - What is this? What are they saying?
- Itīs a bit fast, sir. I canīt quite follow. - Will you speak English, please.
[ Baines ] Donīt badger them.!
Iīm here, arenīt I, if you want to ask any questions.
Now, Phillipe, tell me...
who was with Baines?
His niece.
- [ Crowe ] Was she your niece, Mr. Baines? - I told him so.
Your girl?
Yes. It was me.
- You were here? - Yes. He wanted to keep me out of it.
He d - He di - didnīt mean any harm.
And this telegram?
She tried to catch us out, I suppose.
Youīd better go upstairs, Phillipe.
You can keep the marble if you like.
- Baines. - No, no. Mr. Baines is staying here.
[ Marble Clatters On Stairs ]
Now weīre getting somewhere.
Your quarrel with Mrs. Baines last night was over this young lady.
It was what I said. She went for the boy. She was hitting him.
Thatīs not what the boy says.
Canīt you see that child is lying?
Iīm afraid there have been a lot of lies in this business.
- There was no need for them. - I sincerely hope there wasnīt.
Now, will you come upstairs and tell me exactly what happened.
I was in this room... with Julie.
Mm-hmm? Yes?
I thought I heard the boy calling.
I came out here...
and then I saw her hit him, as I told you.
- [ Crowe ] Go on. - She came running down these stairs.
She wanted to get into that room, toJulie.
I caught hold of her.
She pushed me back.
She was hysterical.
She used to get into these rages and do anything.
Iīve known her to put her hand through a window she couldnīt open.
I wasnīt going to let her get in there.
Yes? And then?
And then I pushed her back...
over there.
She was shouting all the time.
I donīt remember exactly what.
And we -we were struggling...
here.
[ Crowe ] Yes.
""Stop it,īī I said. ""Stop it.
Go downstairs, and presently Iīll come down and talk to you.īī
Then she seemed calmer and started down the stairs.
I went back to this room.
- What is it, Harry? - Theyīre on the telephone from Selfridges.
They want to know if itīd be all right if they deliver the 40 gilt chairs tomorrow afternoon...
instead of today...
as the reception is not till Wednesday night.
Yes, yes, tomorrow will be all right.
Then I - I went back to this door.
No, Harry- Harry, tell them they must deliver the chairs today because we -
Just tell them they must deliver the chairs as arranged.
Then I - I went back to the door.
When I got there, I heard the scream...
as I told you.
I came out...
and when I got here...
I saw her hit the last step.
Weīve examined this staircase very carefully, Mr. Baines...
and thereīs no evidence of her having slipped.
When people slip, they try to recover.
They leave some sign - a scratch on the banister, anything.
Itīs just like a car skidding.
- What, and thereīs nothing? - [ Crowe ] Nothing.
And the injuries would indicate something more than a slip.
Youīre quite sure you didnīt, uh, push her?
You were both, I take it, very angry.
Iīd done enough to her without that.
You see, if sheīd slipped from here...
or even a few steps down...
she couldnīt possibly have landed where she did -
because weīve tested that -
unless she was pushed.
Youīre a very strong man, Mr. Baines. You probably donīt know your own strength.
I didnīt push her.
Why did the boy ask you, ""Was it self-defense...
as in Africa?ī"
Iīve never been out of the country.
- Never? - Well, except once, to Ostend.
Very well, Mr. Baines. Would you come into the other room? And you too, miss.
- And whose room is this? - A guest room.
Where were you when it happened, when the scream came, hmm?
Yes?
There.
Although there had been a struggle outside and angry words, according to Mr. Baines?
I couldnīt do anything else.
I should have thought youīd have got up and tried to hide.
I couldnīt.
Iīm sorry to have to ask you all these questions.
- You then dressed in a great hurry, I suppose. - Of course.
That would be after the scream.
Yes.
How long was that after the child called out?
I donīt know.
Two, three minutes. I donīt know.
- The child said he never called out. - He must be lying.
Itīs obvious somebody must be lying.
When you dressed, what did you do?
He showed me out.
Wouldnīt it have been wiser, and more honest, to have stayed?
He wanted to keep me out of it. I was frightened because of our lies.
I donīt understand you.
Then I - I canīt explain to you.
How long had you known Mr. Baines?
Ever since I started to work at the embassy- seven months.
- Without Mrs. Bainesīs knowledge? - Yes.
And all that time you were carrying on an affair with each other.
- We are very busy here. - Wonīt be a moment.
Look, canīt you come back later?
The first Monday of every month...
this clock has to be done.
They behave much better if theyīre, uh - if theyīre looked after.
[ First Secretary ] Oh, be as quick as you can.
[ Man ] You donīt want to do itjerkily...
and not too fast.
You must take your time.
[ Clock Ticking ]
Thank you.
Did you ever discuss marriage?
No.
But your relations with this man were intimate.
- We love each other. - And intimacy took place during that period?
We donīt talk the same language. I donīt know what you mean.
- I mean, in plain language - - Oh, leave her alone, canīt you?
Donīt worry. Itīs his duty to ask questions.
Last night was the first time we were ever alone like this.
Now, you take your photographs and fingerprints and everything.
Itīs love youīll photograph, not ""intimacy.īī
What do you want, sonny?
Youīve got to leave Baines alone. He didnīt do it.
- Didnīt do what? - He didnīt murder her!
Why did you say ""murder,īī Phillipe?
No one has mentioned murder.
Thank heaven someone has then.
Why did you say ""murder,īī Phillipe?
He didnīt do it.
Well, if he didnīt do it...
who did?
Hmm?
I did. My thumbmarkīs downstairs on the banister.
Will somebody take this child away?
Come on.
- Iīll take him upstairs. - No, Mr. Baines, it might be better if you kept away from the boy.
What, are you charging me?
I would advise you to reconsider your story.
Youīve already admitted that you were both quarreling at the top of the stairs.
Perhaps there was a push that you didnīt intend.
Only please donīt ask us to believe too much.
- I tell you, I donīt know how she fell! - Heīs quite right, Baines.
- Think carefully. - I donīt have to think! Itīs the truth!
Run along, sonny.
- Iīll take him up. - I donīt think youīd better, miss.
Thereīs questions to be asked, and the less either of you see the boy the better.
- Are you forbidding me? - No, Iīm advising you. Thatīs all.
- In your interest and Mr. Bainesīs. - Well, I know his interests better than you do.
As you please, miss.
- Would you care to sit down, Mr. Baines? - Iīm all right.
Listen, youīve got to stop telling these lies. Itīs only silly. It makes things much worse.
It doesnīt. Weīve got to think of lies and tell them all the time.
Then they wonīt find out the truth.
But Baines didnīt do it, Phillipe!
She hit me. Baines doesnīt let people hit me.
Of course he doesnīt. But heīd never kill anyone. You must know that.
- Why, he did in Africa. - Oh, thatīs one of his stories. Heīs never been to Africa.
Baines doesnīt tell me lies.
- Heīs got a gun too. - [ Sighs ]
You canīt have understood, Phillipe.
The truth canīt harm Baines. Donīt you realize heīs innocent?
- Oh, if there could only have been a witness. - Whatīs a witness?
Someone who saw.
Couldnīt I say that I saw somebody?
Phillipe, now what have I just told you?
[ Conversing, Faint ]
Now listen, you promise that from now on youīll speak only the truth.
- Must I? - Yes, you must. Now, you promise?
- If you like. - All right. Now you go and tell them that you told a lot of lies.
Mr. Baines, it would be much more satisfactory...
if youīd consent to come along with us just to make a formal statement.
And more convenient for the embassy too, I should think.
Do I have to?
[ First Secretary ] Youīve got to decide it yourself, Baines.
They canīt force you to leave here.
They canīt arrest you so long as you are an embassy employee.
Of course, we could appeal to the ambassador.
- Yes, yes? What is it, Phillipe? - Iīve told you lies.
Yes, yes, I know all that. Iīd strongly advise you, Mr. Baines -
- Mrs. Baines did hit me. - Yes, yes. You shouldnīt tell lies.
I only wanted to help Baines. Please.
Iīd strongly advise you, Mr. Baines, to come with us, or else we shall have to appeal to the ambassador.
I donīt want His Excellency troubled.
Iīll get my hat.
Thatīs all right, Mr. Baines. Perhaps Mr. Hart would get it for you.
Iīm not under arrest yet, am I?
Iīm going down to my own basement...
and I havenīt invited the police there.
Baines! Oh, Baines!
Now, now, you, uh - you mustnīt come with me, Phile.
They-They donīt want me to talk to you.
I havenīt done harm, have I?
Trouble is, we - weīve told a lot of lies.
About Africa - you didnīt make it up, did you?
They werenīt lies.
Why, that was just a game, Phile.
I didnīt really do those things.
No?
But you did kill Mrs. Baines, didnīt you?
Yes?
- Didnīt you? - No.
Oh.
But you did want to be free, didnīt you?
There are faults on both sides, Phile.
We donīt have any call to judge.
Perhaps she was what she was because...
I am what I am.
We ought to be very careful, Phile...
īcause we make one another.
I thought God made us.
[ Phillipe Sobbing ]
Trouble is, we take a hand in the game.
I hope your mother comes back soon.
[ Sobbing Continues ]
Good-bye, Phile.
Oh, Baines, we must never tell any more lies.
- Mr. Crowe, sir. - Yes?
- Will you come over here a minute? - What is it?
Somebodyīs been up here.
Oh, sir, that was me. Sir! Sir!
Please. I want to tell you something.
[ Whimpering ] I want to tell you something.
Itīs very important.
Yes, itīs a womanīs heel mark, all right.
- Please, sir. Please. - Run along.
- You can see how it happened. - Oh, please. Itīll only take a minute.
- She wanted to see into the bedroom... - Please, sir. Please.
- maybe force her way in. - Will you listen to me, please?
She came along here and upset the flowerpot.
Please, sir.! Itīs about the flowerpot.
- Could she have got into the bedroom from there? - Ah, yes, sir, easily.
- I must tell you. Will you listen to me? - Come along. We donīt want another accident.
[ Phillipe ] You must listen to me.
How much easier it would be if everybody told the police the truth in the first place.
Itīs very important! Please!
- Would you call Mr. Baines. - Iīll get him.
- The flowerpot,Julie, was there when - - Itīs all right. They know what happened.
- She upset it before she fell. - But it was me. I upset it.
Now, will somebody please listen to me!
You donīt need your hat.
They know what happened.
Itīs all right. Come on upstairs.
You must listen. It will make everything all right.
- Now, sonny- - Itīs the truth.
- Iīd like to call your ambassador on his return just to explain our action. - Oh, please. Oh, please.
Oh, Mr. Baines, we shanīt require you after all.
We found some evidence up there which makes sense of your story.
Yes, she-sheīs told me.
Now we know how it happened, what youīve said is quite clear.
- Please, Iīve got to tell you something. - Will you send this young shaver about his business?
- Come along, Phile. - Iīve got to tell him.
Sit down over there, Phile. Weīll attend to you presently.
Come on. Come on. Over there.
- Sir, please! Iīm telling the truth! - Sit down.
- [ Mutters ] Your father always goes away at the worst possible moment. - Itīs the truth this time.
- Where did we leave the hats? - Iīll go and get them, sir.
- [ Speaking French ] - [ Speaking French ]
[ French Continues ]
Your evidence will be needed at the inquest, Mr. Baines.
- [ Phillipe Continues Speaking French ] - Of course, we must keep the boy out of it.
[ French ]
- Oui. - [ French ]
[ Knocking ]
Iīm afraid, sir, weīve caused you some trouble.
Thatīs all right. If only-
Oh, well. That doesnīt matter.
Oh, please. Please.
[ Stammering ] Itīs the truth. Please.
Oh, please, do listen to me. Please.
Itīs very important what I want to tell you.
Well, what is it?
-Julie said only the truth would help Baines. - What do you want to say?
It wasnīt Mrs. Baines that upset the flowerpot. It was me. You see?
Itīs my fault. I did it.
- Iīve told fibs in my time too. - Cross my heart!
Shall I tell you a secret?
No!
Nice weekend, Mr. Baines?
[ Ambassador ] Phillipe.!
Phillipe, your mother!
[ Mother Speaking French ]