[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
[HORSES HOOVES]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[FOOTSTEPS RETREATING]
Did you call the Police?
No, only you like you said
[LADY] KEEP WATCH.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
-[MUSICAL STAB] -[WOMAN GROANS] THIEF!
I'M NOT THIEF. I'M A PRIVATE DETECTIVE.
YEAH, AND I'M A HIGH COURT JUDGE.
-YOU STOLE MY EYE. -I CAME UPON IT,
WHILST EXAMINING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A CRIME SCENE.
CAN WE NOT DISCUSS THIS IN A MORE CIVILIZED MANNER?
[SCREAMS] I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU WISH YOU'D NEVER BEEN BORN.
I WILL GLADLY RETURN YOUR EYE.
-[GASPS] -[GROANS]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
[LADY] I WANTED DEAD, NOT DRUNK.
NEXT TIME, CHECK FOR A PULSE FIRST.
[GASPS]
MRS. PARKER, MR. PARKER. I WASN'T EXPECTING YOUR DELIGHTFUL COMPANY.
WE CAME TO SEE YOUR FATHER.
BUT FOUND NEITHER HE, NOR YOU, AT HOME.
IS IT SOMETHING I COULD HELP WITH?
IT IS A QUESTION RUPERT WISHES TO ASK YOUR FATHER...
IN PRIVATE.
MY FATHER'S WORKING.
YOU APPEAR RATHER RUFFLED, MISS SCARLET. ARE YOU QUITE WELL?
VERY. THANK YOU, MRS. PARKER.
IT'S DUE TO NOTHING MORE THAN A BRISK MORNING WALK.
THE STREETS OF LONDON AREN'T WHAT THEY WERE.
IF A LADY MUST WALK, SHE SHOULD BE IN THE COMPANY OF A GENTLEMAN,
TO PROTECT HER.
MORE TEA?
I WOULD NOT WANT TO PUT YOU TO ANY MORE TROUBLE, MISS SCARLET.
SPEAK UP, RUPERT, AND ANNUNCIATE.
-I WOULD NOT-- -I WILL TAKE MORE TEA. RUPERT WILL NOT.
-VERY WELL. -[RUPERT] THANK YOU.
THE CITY HAS CHANGED SINCE I WAS A GIRL.
THE CRIME, THE FILTH, THE GENERAL MIASMA OF LOOSE MORALITY.
AND THOSE CONTRAPTIONS, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED?
IS IT BICYCLES, MOTHER?
I SEE YOUNG LADIES RIDING THOSE THINGS,
BRAZEN AS YOU LIKE.
I AGREE...
A LADY SHOULD ALWAYS ACT LIKE A LADY.
MILK AND SUGAR?
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
Well thank you for your visit
it's been most enjoyable
WE WILL CALL AGAIN ON TUESDAY.
PLEASE ENSURE YOUR FATHER IS PRESENT.
RUPERT'S EXTREMELY KEEN TO SPEAK WITH HIM.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, TO YOU.
I WILL DO WHAT I CAN, MRS. PARKER,
BUT MY FATHER IS A VERY BUSY MAN.
CHASING CRIMINALS IS NO JOB FOR A GENTLEMAN.
IT SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE POLICE.
IVY, COULD YOU SEE MRS. PARKER AND HER SON OUT, PLEASE?
OF COURSE.
COME ALONG, RUPERT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
[SIGHS]
WHY DO YOU DO THESE THINGS?
PLEASE, DO NOT TELL FATHER.
IVY, IF I CAN SHOW HIM MY SKILL AND ABILITY--
HE WILL NEVER ALLOW YOU TO WORK WITH HIM.
NOW, STAY STILL.
[DOOR LATCH RATTLES]
YOU TOOK YOUR TIME, GIRL.
WHERE'S THE PORK?
[KITTY] THAT MISER, MR. MEEKINS,
REFUSED TO SELL ANY TO ME.
HE SAID OUR ACCOUNT IS OVERDUE.
NO MORE DELIVERIES UNTIL WE SETTLE IT.
SHOUTED AT ME IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE STORE.
THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT.
THE COAL MAN AND THE BAKER NEED PAYING, TOO.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
GUTEN MORGEN, FRAULEIN SCARLET.
GOOD MORNING,HERRHILDEGARD. HAVE YOU... SEEN MY FATHER?
NOT FOR A FEW DAYS.
BUT THEN, I'VE BEEN RUSHED OFF MY FEET.
PEOPLE ARE DROPPING LIKE FLIES THIS WEEK.
SAD OF COURSE...BUT VERY GOOD FOR BUSINESS
I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
FATHER?
[GLASS CLINKS]
-[KNOCK] -YEAH?
DUKE, MISS SCARLET'S HERE.
[DUKE] TELL HER I'M IN A MEETING.
SHE SAID YOU'D SAY THAT,
SHE INSISTED ON WAITING OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR.
I THINK SHE HEARD THIS EXCHANGE.
SHE DID HEAR THIS EXCHANGE.
[FOOTSTEPS]
-WILLIAM. -ELIZA.
TO WHAT DO I OWE THIS PLEASURE?
IT'S MY FATHER, HE DIDN'T COME HOME LAST NIGHT.
HENRY IS A GROWN MAN,
AND I'M SURE WORKING ONE OF HIS CASES.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I MUST GET BACK TO ENSURING THE STREETS OF LONDON
ARE SAFE FOR LADIES SUCH AS YOURSELF.
WHEREVER HENRY IS,
HE IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF LOOKING AFTER HIMSELF.
LET'S NOT FORGET THAT HE IS A HIGHLY-TRAINED POLICE OFFICER.
A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER,
MEANT TO BE RUNNING A BUSINESS, NOT DRINKING AWAY THE PROFITS.
THIS IS MORE ABOUT MONEY, THAN DAUGHTERLY LOVE?
MY HOUSEHOLD IS RELIANT ON MY FATHER.
WE BOTH KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE WORKING ON.
I KNOW OF YOUR LITTLE HOBBY...
PAYING STREET BOYS FOR TIP-OFFS OF CRIME SCENES.
BEING A DETECTIVE IS A JOB FOR A MAN, ELIZA.
AND YET, YOU DO IT EVERY DAY, WILLIAM.
NICE AS THIS IS, I HAVE MANY CASES TO ATTEND TO...
I CAN SEE HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
YOU'VE STILL SOAP ON YOUR NECK.
AN ARSON ATTACK, IN THE CITY'S LARGEST OPIUM DEN.
SIX SCHOOLGIRLS SMUGGLED TO THE CONTINENT FOR BROTHEL FODDER.
AND A DEAD MAN FLOATING IN REGENT'S PARK CANAL,
WITH HIS THROAT SLIT, EAT TO EAR.
I'VE SEEN NEATER CUTS FROM A ONE-ARMED BUTCHER.
A LADY SHOULD NOT SEE SUCH THINGS.
WITH HIS POCKET WATCH STILL ON HIS PERSON,
IT'S NOT THE WORK OF A COMMON THIEF.
-OH... -I'D SAY IT'S A CRIME OF PASSION BY A SCORNED WOMAN.
THE RASH ON THE SOLES OF HIS FEET SUGGESTS LATTER-STAGE OF SYPHILIS.
-[GROANS] -HIS MISTRESS, PERHAPS. BUT MORE LIKELY HIS WIFE.
-[GRUNTS] -I'M SURE YOU'VE ALREADY CONSIDERED THIS.
OF COURSE... I HAVE.
GOOD DAY, WILLIAM.
FRANK!
BRING IN THE WIFE FOR QUESTIONING.
MR. SCARLET IS IN THE DRAWING ROOM.
WHAT'S HAPPENED?
FATHER?
ELIZA, THIS IS DR. EDWARDS.
HE FOUND MR. SCARLET COLLAPSED IN THE STREET
-AND BROUGHT HIM HOME. -THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
MY FATHER'S BEEN DRINKING EXCESSIVELY OF LATE.
-FETCH SOME STRONG COFFEE. -[DOCTOR] HE'S NOT DRUNK...
HE'S HAD A CARDIAC ARREST.
I'M SORRY TO SAY HE HAS PASSED.
[VICAR]THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH,
I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR YOU ARE WITH ME.
YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME
AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
AND I SHALL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, FOREVER.
[MELANCOLIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[DUKE] ELIZA...
YOUR FATHER WASN'T JUST MY MENTOR.
HE WAS MY DEAR FRIEND.
OVER THE YEARS WE TALKED SOMETIMES ABOUT HIM LOSING YOUR MOTHER.
HE HOPED THAT TIME WOULD GIVE HIM SOME DISTANCE FROM HER MEMORY...
I THINK THAT THE OPPOSITE WAS TRUE.
THE OLDER HE GOT, THE MORE HE MISSED HER.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IT MIGHT HELP YOU TO THINK OF THEM AS REUNITED.
I MISS HER AS MUCH AS HE DID.
NOW HE'S LEFT ME COMPLETELY ALONE.
THERE'S A MAN HERE ASKING FOR YOUR FATHER.
[KITTY] I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
SEND HIM IN.
[KITTY] THIS WAY PLEASE, SIR.
-GOOD AFTERNOON, MR... -WINTERS... ALFRED WINTERS.
I BELIEVE YOU WISH TO SEE MY... FATHER.
I'M AFRAID TO SAY THERES...
DON'T TELL ME HE'S NOT HERE, EITHER. I WAITED A FULL HOUR OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE.
HE DIDN'T TURN UP FOR OUR APPOINTMENT. WELL, NO MATTER.
I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY PRIVATE DETECTIVES IN THIS CITY
WHO'D LIKE TO TAKE MY MONEY.
GOOD DAY, MISS SCARLET.
MY FATHER'S WORKING AN EXTREMELY HIGH-PROFILE CASE.
A GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.
I'M SURE HE'D WANT ME TO TAKE THE DETAILS OF YOUR CASE TO PASS TO HIM.
I'M NOT AT EASE DISCUSSING MY BUSINESS WITH A LADY.
I DO UNDERSTAND
BUT, LET ME ASSURE YOU, I'LL SIMPLY PASS THE INFORMATION ON TO MY FATHER.
I HAVE DISCOVERED I'M IN POOR HEALTH.
I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH LONGER I HAVE LEFT.
AS SUCH, I WISH TO BE REUNITED WITH MY NIECE...
CLARA SIMMS.
MY PARENTS ARE DECEASED, SO I RAISED CLARA ALONE.
I DID NOT APPROVE OF HER MARRIAGE CHOICE. THE MAN WAS A SCOUNDREL.
SO THEY ELOPED AND I HAVE NOT SEEN HER SINCE.
THE LAST I HEARD...
SHE WAS WORKING IN THAT CESSPIT THAT IS SOHO.
I DREAD TO THINK HOW SHE IS MAKING ENDS MEET.
YOU MUST FEEL EXTREMELY DISTRESSED.
HOW I FEEL IS IRRELEVANT.
A MAN WOULD NOT ASK SUCH A QUESTION.
TELL MR. SCARLET I'M STAYING AT THE CAVENDISH HOTEL,
AND THAT I EXPECT TO SEE HIM TOMORROW MORNING AT TEN,
TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER.
GOOD DAY.
WELL... AS YOU CAN SEE, ELIZA,
OUR FRIEND HERE IS ALREADY WAKING UP.
HOWEVER... IF WE'D ADDED TWO MORE DROPS OF CHLOROFORM
WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE OUTCOME?
[HESITATES] DIFFICULTY BREATHING... PARALYSIS, AND POSSIBLY DEATH.
GOOD. AND IF A CRIMINAL WISHED TO BE MORE SURREPTITIOUS IN THEIR POISONING,
-WHAT MIGHT THEY CHOOSE? -A TINCTURE OF LAUDANUM,
WHICH, IF TAKEN IN A LARGE ENOUGH DOSE, COULD RENDER THE VICTIM UNCONSCIOUS.
AND IF DEATH IS THE AIM?
ARSENIC, WHICH IS UNDETECTABLE.
UNLESS...?
UNLESS ONE USES THE MARSH TEST,
DEVELOPED BY JAMES MARSH IN 1836.
-[SIGHS] -[GUFFAWS]
I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE OUR FRIEND A NAME. HOW ABOUT... MISS DAWKINS?
AFTER MY TEACHER?
ALL GOD'S CREATURES DESERVE A NAME, MY GIRL.
AND YOU CAN'T DENY THE SIMILARITIES.
[GUFFAWS]
HELLO. THERE WE GO. MISS DAWKINS! [GROANS]
[MR. SCARLET CHUCKLES] GET IN.
[MELANCOLIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[KITTY] DINNER'S READY, MISS.
I DON'T WANT ANY DINNER,
BUT I WANT YOU TO FETCH ME A CAB.
BUT THE SUN IS GOING DOWN.
YOU CAN'T GO OUT ALONE. WHAT'LL PEOPLE THINK?
LET THEM THINK WHAT THEY LIKE.
I'VE SET THE TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM,
BUT WOULD YOU RATHER EAT WITH US?
-WHAT'S GOING ON? -MISS SCARLET IS GOING OUT... ALONE.
I SAID "GO AND GET ME A CAB."
YOU CAN'T GO OUT ALONE.
IT'LL BE DARK SOON, IT'S DANGEROUS.
-KITTY... -KITTY, DO NOT MOVE.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT NIECE.
-YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS. -YOU SHOULD NOT BE LISTENING AT DOORS.
I SHALL GET MY OWN CAB.
ELIZA, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO FULFILL YOUR AMBITION.
WORD WILL SOON SPREAD THAT MY FATHER HAS DIED.
AND ANY DAY NOW...
OUR ACCOUNTS WILL BE CALLED IN.
IF I DON'T TAKE THIS CASE, SOMEONE ELSE WILL.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT AMBITION, IVY. IT'S ABOUT MONEY.
TRUST ME...
I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
HELLO MISS
ARE YOU SURE YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?
THE PADRE KNOWS EVERYONE MISS
[PADRE] BEHOLD, THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH,
CRUEL BOTH WITH WRATH AND FIERCE ANGER,
TO LAY THE LAND DESOLATE, WHERE HE SHALL DESTROY THE SINNER.
PADRE, THIS IS THE LADY I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
AND BABYLON, THE GLORY OF KINGDOMS,
SHALL BE AS WHEN GOD OVERTHREW SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
[CLINK]
SHE NEEDS TO FIND THIS LADY... CLARA SIMMS.
WHEN I AM IN NEED, I TURN TO MOSES.
-SO, YOU DO NOT KNOW HER? -TRUST IN MOSES.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
AND GOD OVERTHREW SODOM... [GROANING]
[UPBEAT PIANO MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME! [GROANING]
-[THUD] -[LAUGHTER]
GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!
[THUD,CRASH]
EXCUSE ME.
-MY MISTAKE. -DON'T I KNOW YOU?
-I DON'T THINK SO. -I NEVER FORGET A FACE.
WELL... IN THAT CASE...
-DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS WOMAN? -NO IDEA.
ASK MOSES. HE'LL KNOW.
YOU'RE ON IN FIVE MINUTES, LADIES.
[DANCER]ALRIGHT.
GET A MOVE ON OR YOU'LL FEEL MY BOOT ON YOUR ARSE.
[DANCER]YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT.
[MOSES] GO AWAY!
-MR. MOSES, ISN'T IT? -WHO'S ASKING?
I'M MISS SCARLET.
I'M LOOKING FOR A CHORUS GIRL...
CLARA SIMMS?
I'M A PRIVATE DETECTIVE, HIRED TO FIND HER.
[LAUGHS]
IT'S MY JOB TO PROTECT THE GIRLS FROM PUNTERS
WHO STEP OUT OF LINE.
IT'S NOT MY JOB TO HELP SOME SILLY TART
PLAYING PRIVATE DETECTIVE.
AM I TO UNDERSTAND YOU DO NOT WISH
TO EARN MONEY IN RETURN FOR SOME BASIC INFORMATION?
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
MONEY FIRST.
-[GASPS] WHAT? -NOW GET OUT!
SURELY WE CAN COME TO AN ARRANGEMENT
THAT'LL BENEFIT US BOTH.
YOU'RE NOT MY TYPE, GIRL.
YOU'RE TOO SKINNY.
I WAS NOT SUGGESTING ANYTHING UNTOWARD.
THEN AGAIN...
HOW ABOUT I SHOW YOU WHAT US
SKINNY GIRLS CAN DO, MR. MOSES?
IT'S JUST MOSES.
AND YOU'RE STILL NOT GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK.
-YES, I AM. -[GROANS]
[MOSES GRUNTS]
BITCH!
-GIVE ME BACK MY PURSE! -COME HERE AND GET IT!
TURPENTINE REALLY IS A PAINTER'S BEST FRIEND...
NOT ONLY IS IT AN EXCELLENT PAINT THINNER,
IT'S MARVELOUS AT CLEANING BRUSHES, TOO.
IT'S ALSO...
-HIGHLY FLAMMABLE. -YOU WOULD NOT DARE.
WHEN IT'S LIT, IT PRODUCES SMOKE OF SUCH THINK BLACK SOOT
THAT IT WILL SUFFOCATE THE AIRWAYS WITHIN MOMENTS.
IT'S A GRIZZLY, PAINFUL DEATH. MAKE NO MISTAKE.
NOW, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME BACK MY PURSE, OR NOT?
THANK YOU.
YOU DO KNOW THAT WHEN I'M FREE OF THESE CUFFS, I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN
-AND KILL YOU. -[LAUGHS]
A MAN THAT DRINKS AS MUCH AS YOU
IS TOO LAZY TO HUNT ANYTHING DOWN.
[GUFFAWS]
I THINK I LIKE YOU.
GOOD... NOW, TELL ME WHERE CLARA SIMMS IS,
OR I WILL BURN THIS PLACE TO THE GROUND, WITH YOU IN IT.
[LAUGHTER]
[GASPS]
[APPLAUSE]
YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR. YOU COULD'VE KILLED ME.
MAY I SPEAK WITH YOU... MRS. SIMMS?
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF YOUR UNCLE, ALFRED WINTERS...
YOUR UNCLE IS ILL.
HE'S QUITE ILL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME HE HAS LEFT.
A LADY DETECTIVE...
WHAT REASON WOULD YOU WANT TO BE SUCH A THING?
WHEN YOU'VE HAD AS MANY PEOPLE AS I,
TELLING YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT BE, THAT'S REASON ENOUGH.
[COUGHS]
[GUFFAWS]
NOW... WILL YOU LET ME REUNITE YOU WITH YOUR UNCLE?
-[GLASS SMASHES] -[WHISTLE BLOWS]
[POLICEMAN] "LET IT BE UNDERSTOOD, THAT UNDER THE 1869...
-WHAT'S GOING ON? -[POLICEMAN] CONTAGIOUS DISEASE ACT, ALL PROSTITUTES
WILL BE EXAMINED FOR VENEREAL DISEASE.
DURING EXAMINATION ANYONE FOUND TO BE INFECTED
WITH SUCH DISEASES CAN BE IMPRISONED...
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?
[POLICEMAN] FOR UP TO ONE YEAR."
[MISS SCARLET] GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!
I AM NOT A PROSTITUTE!
[PANTING] PLEASE... YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE.
PLEASE! [GROANING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
I AM A FAVORITE WHORE OF DETECTIVE INSPECTOR WELLINGTON,
OF SCOTLAND YARD. IF YOU LAY A FINGER ON ME,
YOU'LL BE IN HIS CELLS BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.
I'D NO IDEA THAT ONE CHASTE KISS WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN
PUT YOU IN POSITION OF MY FAVORITE WHORE.
I HAD TO THINK OF SOMETHING.
SPREADING RUMORS THAT I'M A WHORE MONGER WAS JUST THE TICKET?
THEY DIDN'T NEED MUCH CONVINCING. YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU.
YOU WISH TO SPEAK OF REPUTATION?
BECAUSE YOURS IS HANGING BY A THREAD.
I COULD TELL YOU REPEATEDLY TO STAY OUT OF THIS BUSINESS,
BUT I FEAR IT WOULD FALL ON DEAF EARS.
YOU ARE THE MOST STUBBORN WOMAN THAT I'VE EVER MET.
AND YOU'VE MET A FEW, HAVE YOU NOT?
[GUFFAWS] WELL...
I'D LOVE TO SIT HERE AND REMINISCE,
BUT IT'S TWO O' CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
AND I HAVE SOME WHORING TO DO.
STOP IT, WILLIAM.
COME ALONG
THAT WAS NO CHASTE KISS, AND WE WEREN'T CHILDREN.
YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF MY SITUATION, AS YOU DO NOW.
I WAS 19 ELIZA. YOU WERE 16, SOBBING IN MY ARMS OVER YOUR DEAD POODLE. WHAT'S A BOY TO THINK?
SKIP WAS A JACK RUSSELL. YOU WERE INSTRUCTED BY MY FATHER TO LOOK AFTER ME.
-I DID LOOK AFTER YOU. -YOU KISSED ME.
I SEEM TO REMEMBER YOU LIKED IT.
I SEEM TO REMEMBER I SLAPPED YOUR FACE.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY OUT.
MY FATHER'S JUST DIED, AND THIS IS HOW YOU TREAT ME?
IT IS FOR HENRY THAT I DO THIS.
MISS SCARLET...
GOOD MORNING, MR. WINTERS.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING YOU.
I KNOW I SAID MY FATHER WOULD BE HERE,
BUT LET ME ASSURE YOU, AT THIS VERY MOMENT,
HE IS TYING UP HIS HIGH-LEVEL CASE,
SO HE CAN GIVE YOURS HIS FULL ATTENTION.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING YOU,
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOUR FATHER IS DEAD.
IT WAS IN THE OBITUARIES THIS MORNING.
YOU HAVE LIED TO ME, MISS SCARLET.
THE ONLY REASON I'M NOT INFORMING THE POLICE
IS THAT I ASSUME YOUR FATHER'S DEATH
HAS AFFECTED YOUR HEALTH.
EXCUSE ME, I'M ALREADY LATE FOR MY APPOINTMENT WITH GILL AND SON.
YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR CASE TO GILL AND SON?
THEY'LL TAKE YOUR MONEY ON A DAILY RATE, AND NOT LOOK AT YOUR CASE FOR A WEEK.
-THEY ARE CROOKS. -AS OPPOSED TO WHAT?
A WOMAN WHO TELLS ME HER FATHER IS ALIVE,
WHEN HE'S SIX FEET UNDERGROUND?
YOUR NIECE HAS DIFFERENT COLORED EYES...
A DETAIL YOU OMITTED TO TELL ME.
YOU FOUND CLARA?
IF YOU'LL AGREE TO MY SEEING THIS CASE THROUGH,
I WILL HAVE YOU REUNITED WITH HER AS SOON AS I CAN.
WHERE IS SHE?
I'M AFRAID I CANNOT DIVULGE THAT AT THIS TIME.
WHAT KIND OF WOMAN KEEPS AN UNCLE FROM HIS NIECE?
A BUSINESS WOMAN, MR. WINTERS.
IF YOU WISH TO SEE YOUR NIECE, YOU'LL PAY ME 50% OF THE FEE NOW,
AND 50% WHEN REUNITED WITH HER.
AND, ON THE SUBJECT OF MY FEE,
IT'S GONE UP.
THAT POLICEMAN WON'T FORGET YOU IN A HURRY.
THAT WAS A WELL-PLACED KICK.
I HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR A WHORE ONCE BEFORE
AM DETERMINED NEVER TO GO THROUGH THAT HUMILIATION AGAIN
AND YOU MISS SCARLET?
DID THEY?..
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, SURELY WE ARE
WELL ENOUGH AQUINTED TO USE OUR CHRISTIAN NAMES?
ELIZA.
CLARA.
I WISH TO SEE MY UNCLE.
GOOD...
BUT YOU CANNOT SEE HIM LOOKING LIKE THAT.
MY UNCLE WAS RIGHT ABOUT MY HUSBAND.
JOSEPH WAS JUST A TRAVELING ACTOR
LOOKING FOR A WIFE WITH A FAT DOWRY.
WHEN YOUR UNCLE DISOWNED YOU, HE DID NOT RECEIVE IT?
WHICH IS WHEN HE SHOWED HIS TRUE COLORS.
WOMANIZING, DRINKING... DISAPPOINTMENT.
IT WAS NOT ALL HIS FAULT.
JOSEPH'S LIFE HAD BEEN COLORED BY TRAGEDY.
HE WAS ON THE PRINCESS ALICE.
NEVER DID THE THAMES SEE SUCH A CRASH.
HE WATCHED HIS FIRST WIFE DROWN
AMONGST THOSE POOR 600 SOULS.
IT WAS HIS HEARTBREAK THAT DREW ME TO HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
HERE IS YOUR UNCLE NOW.
MR. WINTERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE TO MY MESSAGE.
MY DEAR, CLARA.
HE IS NOT MY UNCLE.
HE'S MY HUSBAND.
SORRY TO SAY, BUT...
YOUR UNCLE DIED... LAST MONTH.
I WAS NOTIFIED JUST LAST WEEK.
SHAME YOU WERE NOT WITH ME TO HEAR THE NEWS.
HE'S LEFT A FINE ESTATE.
AND I WILL MOVE IN AND LOOK AFTER IT.
THAT IS MY INHERITANCE, JOSEPH.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WILL BE SOMEWHAT INCAPACITATED, MY LOVE.
A WIFE WHO RUNS AWAY TO BECOME A WHORE...
"MORAL INSANITY" IS THE OFFICIAL TERM,
ACCORDING TO MY DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE.
NOTHING THAT A SPELL IN THE ASYLUM CANNOT CURE.
BOYS!
NO! NO!
LET GO OF ME! LET GO OF ME!
I HOPE THE MONEY WAS WORTH IT.
I SWEAR I DID NOT KNOW.
I PROMISE I WILL GET YOU OUT, CLARA
IT IS CRUEL TO MAKE PROMISES YOU CANNOT KEEP.
I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DECIDE WHEN SHE COMES OUT.
YOU CANNOT DO THIS.
I'M HER HUSBAND, SO I THINK YOU'LL FIND I CAN.
EXCELLENT WORK, MISS SCARLET.
I'M RUNNING OUT OF SCHOOLS TO SEND YOU TO, LIZZY.
ARABELLA HERBERT STARTED IT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR TEACHER SAID.
SHE'S A WITCH. OF COURSE SHE'D BLAME ME. ARABELLA'S HER PET.
WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY?
A GIRL ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP.
AND I TOLD THEM... A POLICE OFFICER.
THAT'S WHEN ARABELLA SAID...
WHAT?
SHE SAID I WOULD BE NOTHING EXCEPT A MOTHERLESS PIG.
THIS IS MY FAULT.
I HAVE FILLED YOUR HEAD WITH FANCIFUL IDEAS, AND IT IS...
TIME FOR ME TO STOP.
YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WOMEN DON'T HAVE THE SAME FREEDOM AS MEN.
-IT'S THE WAY THE WORLD IS. -I'LL CHANGE IT.
YOU'RE NOT A CHILD. YOU'RE A YOUNG LADY. YOUR MOTHER WOULD WANT ME TO RAISE YOU AS SUCH.
-FATHER. -ENOUGH!
THIS TALK OF POLICE WORK HAS TO STOP.
IT WILL DO YOU NO GOOD. DO YOU UNDERSTAND, LIZZY?
NO TEARS OR THERE WILL BE NO SUPPER.
YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT, AND THERE ALWAYS IS.
KITTY! FETCH ME A CAB.
THAT POOR WOMAN IS IN THE VERY BOUGHS OF HELL IN THAT PLACE.
YOU HAVE TO HELP ME GET HER OUT, WILLIAM.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN A FOOL.
BUT, OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH MY FATHER...
PLEASE FIND IT IN YOUR HEART NOT TO BE ANGRY.
ANGER DOESN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE WHAT I'M FEELING.
YOU PUT YOURSELF IN GRAVE DANGER.
SIMMS IS A WELL-SEASONED CRIMINAL.
HIS PRISON RECORD IS AS LONG AS YOUR ARM.
THEN ARREST HIM. A MAN WITH HIS BACKGROUND SHOULD HAVE NO RIGHT
TO PUT HIS WIFE IN THE ASYLUM.
DO YOU KNOW SO LITTLE? HE IS NOW A WEALTHY LANDOWNER.
WITH IS WIFE COMMITTED HE HAS FULL CONTROL OF HER INHERITANCE.
NO COURT WOULD TOUCH HIM.
MAYBE I COULD SEE HIS FILE? THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING.
THIS MESS IS A RESULT OF YOUR DABBLING IN MEN'S AFFAIRS.
YOU MUST STOP THIS NONSENSE.
YOU'RE RIGHT, WILLIAM.
I AM A SILLY WOMAN.
MY FATHER WOULD BE SO DISAPPOINTED IN ME.
NO... HE WOULD NOT BE DISAPPOINTED,
MERELY WORRIED, AS I AM.
I'M SORRY FOR INVOLVING YOU IN MY STUPIDITY.
I'M FEELING A LITTLE FAINT.
MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME SALTS?
[SIGHS]
OF COURSE.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
-[KNOCKING] -[DUKE] ELIZA!
[DUKE] ELIZA, OPEN THIS DOOR! ELIZA!
OPEN THIS DOOR NOW!
ELIZA!
[DOOR LATCH RATTLES]
HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?
ONE OF THE MAIDS OWED ME A FAVOR.
WELL... LET'S SEE WHAT THE HOTEL MANAGER HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD HER TO GIVE ME THE KEY...
IN EXCHANGE FOR ME NOT TELLING HIS WIFE THAT THEY'RE HAVING AN AFFAIR.
[MR. SIMMS SCOFFS]
I HAVE A TRAIN TO CATCH... IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.
YOU LIED TO CLARA.
YOUR FIRST WIFE, BEATRICE SIMMS,
WAS ON THE PRINCESS ALICE WHEN IT SUNK. YOU WERE NOT.
YOU WERE IN PRISON...
AND ACCORDING TO YOUR STATUS ON YOUR PRISON RECORD,
STILL MARRIED WHEN YOU LEFT, TWO MONTHS LATER.
SO? THE RECORD WASN'T AMENDED TO WIDOWER.
YOU SAID YOURSELF, MY FIRST WIFE DIED IN THE CRASH.
I SAID SHE WAS ON THE STEAMER...
BUT SHE DID NOT DIE.
MY FATHER KEPT CUTTINGS OF ANY INCIDENTS ON THE THAMES.
MANY OF HIS CASES WERE REGARDING MISSING PERSONS.
AND, HERE IS THE LIST OF SURVIVORS.
AMONG THEM... ONE BEATRICE SIMMS.
YOU ARE A BIGAMIST, MR. SIMMS.
YOUR MARRIAGE TO CLARA WAS NOT LEGALLY BINDING.
YOU HAVE NO MARITAL RIGHTS OVER HER,
OR HER INHERITANCE.
AND TO WHOM HAVE YOU SHARED THIS FAIRYTALE ?
I SEE NO ONE.
SINCE NO ONE IS GOING TO TAKE A WOMAN DETECTIVE SERIOUSLY,
ON THE CONTRARY, I HAVE A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP
WITH DETECTIVE INSPECTOR WELLINGTON OF SCOTLAND YARD.
IN FACT, HE AND HIS OFFICERS ARE WAITING DOWNSTAIRS IN RECEPTION.
THERE ARE NO POLICE WAGONS.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ALARM THE HOTEL GUESTS. THEY'RE AT THE BACK.
I THINK YOU'RE LYING.
INTERESTING THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN STRANGULATION AS YOUR MEANS TO KILL ME,
SINCE IT REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF STRENGTH.
STRENGTH IS LEAVING YOUR BODY AS EVERY SECONDS TICKS BY.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
THE MAID THAT OWED ME A FAVOR...
NOT ONLY DID SHE GIVE ME YOUR KEY,
SHE KINDLY ALLOWED ME TO MAKE YOUR COFFEE.
SURPRISING HOW LITTLE LAUDANUM IT TAKES
TO KNOCK A MAN OF YOUR SIZE UNCONSCIOUS.
-YOU ARE LYING. -NO, I'M NOT.
[SIGHS] NOT ABOUT THAT PART, ANYWAY.
THE NEXT TIME YOU STEAL POLICE PROPERTY,
OR INDEED, POISON SOMEONE,
I SHALL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ARREST YOU.
A LITTLE LAUDANUM NEVER HURT ANYONE.
HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR OVER AN HOUR, ELIZA.
IT'S A GOOD JOB, TOO...
SINCE YOU TOOK SO LONG TO ARRIVE.
I HAVE WORK TO DO.
THANK YOU, WILLIAM.
SORRY TO BE SO LATE FOR DINNER.
I WAS TAKING MY CLIENT TO THE TRAIN STATION--
A YOUNG LADY, SPEAKING OF CLIENTS, IT'S NOT RIGHT.
CLARA SIMMS RETURNS TO HER HOME AN INDEPENDENT,
WEALTHY YOUNG WOMAN.
AREN'T YOU THE SMALLEST BIT PROUD OF ME?
I AM ALWAYS PROUD OF YOU.
NOW, YOU HAVE A VISITOR... A MR. PARKER.
THE SOONER YOUR MOTHER'S WEDDING RING IS ON THAT FINGER, THE BETTER.
GO AND PUT THAT POOR MAN OUT OF HIS MISERY AND ACCEPT HIS PROPOSAL.
THERE'S NOTHING POOR ABOUT RUPERT PARKER. HIS FAMILY OWN HALF THE STREET.
EXACTLY.
MR. PARKER, WHAT A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE.
MISS SCARLET.
NOW THAT YOUR FATHER HAS PASSED,
I HOPE I CAN BE OF SERVICE TO YOU,
AT THIS... DIFFICULT TIME.
THAT'S VERY KIND.
I'M SORRY.
I HAVE COME TO ASK YOU..FOR...
I HAVE COME TO ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS.
I CAN'T MARRY YOU. I KNOW YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED,
AND FOR THAT I AM SORRY, BUT IT IS MY MOTHER WHO WISHES US TO BE MARRIED, NOT I...
NOT I.
WELL... A PROPOSAL FROM A MAN SUCH AS YOURSELF WAS INDEED TEMPTING.
ARRGH.
DAMN.
THAT IS WHAT MOTHER SAID.
I KNEW THE OTHER LADIES I WAS FORCED TO PROPOSE TO WOULD SAY "NO."
BUT YOU... MOTHER WAS CONVINCED YOU'D SAY "YES" DUE TO YOUR SITUATION.
MY SITUATION?
THE BURDEN OF YOUR FINANCIAL INSECURITIES.
I SEE.
NO... MISS SCARLET, NO,
PLEASE DO NOT... BE OFFENDED. IT IS NOT YOU IN PARTICULAR.
IN FACT, YOU ARE BY FAR THE MOST...
-AGREEABLE OF ALL... -[LAUGHS]
...THOSE I PROPOSED TO. THE SIMPLE FACT IS...
I HAVE STILL SO MUCH TO SEE OF THE WORLD.
AND STILL SO MUCH TO DO...
AND, AS YET, I HAVE SEEN AND DONE VERY LITTLE.
I'M NOT READY TO BE MARRIED.
I'M NOT READY TO BE MARRIED!
THEN THAT MAKES TWO OF US, MR. PARKER.
RIGHT.
MOTHER WILL BE SO ANGRY.
SHE THINKS IT WRONG THAT I REMAIN UNMARRIED.
WELL, THEN, TELL HER THAT IT WAS I THAT TURNED YOU DOWN.
YOU'D DO THAT FOR ME?
THAT IS... MOST KIND.
ONLY WISH I WAS THERE TO SEE HER FACE.
[GUFFAWS] YES.
AHH!
IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN EVER HELP YOU WITH.
ANYTHING AT ALL...
PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK. AS YOU KNOW, MISS SCARLET...
I'M A VERY WEALTHY MAN.
[BANGING]
UNDETERRED AS EVER, I SEE.
I'M SURPRISED YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED THE NAME TO YOUR OWN.
"MISS," ABOVE THE DOOR?
THAT'D BE A SURE WAY NEVER TO HAVE ANY CLIENTS.
-I HOPE YOU'RE NOT OVER STRETCHING YOURSELF. -ON THE CONTRARY.
THE FEE I EARNED FROM JOSEPH SIMMS ALLOWED ME TO PAY MY FATHER'S DEBTS.
AND THIS...? NEW DESK, NEW DRAPES. THAT MUST'VE COST A BIT.
LET'S JUST SAY IT'S A LOAN FROM A KEEN INVESTOR.
WELL, I SHOULD GET BACK TO WORK.
I HAVE A DESK COVERED IN CASES
THAT URGENTLY NEED MY ATTENTION.
I WAS MEANING TO ASK...
YOUR MAN WITH THE SLIT THROAT. ANY DEVELOPMENTS?
YES... IT WAS THE WIFE.
SO, I WAS RIGHT.
I ADMIT, I MISSED THE SIGNS OF SYPHILIS.
THAT WAS BECAUSE I HADN'T GIVEN THE CASE MY FULL ATTENTION YET.
OF COURSE.
MAYBE I COULD HELP WITH OTHER CASES IN THE FUTURE.
GOOD DAY, ELIZA.
GOOD DAY, WILLIAM.
[Door Closes]
[MR. SCARLET] YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO DO THIS?
DO YOU DISAPPROVE, PAPA?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
YOU NEVER LISTENED TO ME, ANYWAY.
LOOKS A BIT DIFFERENT IN HERE...
I LIKE IT.
BUT THAT NEEDS STRAIGHTENING.
[LAUGHS]
ANYTHING ELSE?
NOT FOR THE MOMENT, BUT I'M SURE I'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.
MY CLEVER GIRL.
WHAT WILL I DO WITHOUT YOU, PAPA?
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