02x02 - Five Hundred Carats

[bunniefuu]

[Insects chirping]

[ Breathing heavily]

[ Footsteps approaching]

What are you doing here?

You've been following me.

Look, I-l can explain.

God, you m--
You must be mad!

[Bell ringing]

[Dogs barking]

Aaaaaah!

Go! Hurry up!

Open it!
Come on!

In late Victorian times,
there lived many detectives --

the rivals
of Sherlock Homes.

Well, I thought
you would be along.

Well, it's all over.

The great De Beers diamond.

Crystallized blood.

Well, diamonds are money to you.

To me, they're just trouble.
Usually smuggling.

But on occasions such as this,
it's m*rder.

Well, you know how it began.

[indistinct talking]

Have you really found
£ million of diamonds?

You did say £ million,
Mr. Arundel?

Yes, when the millionaires
start bidding for it.

Mr. Cornelius, what do you say?

I'd like to see the stone first.

Excuse me, sir.

I don't think we've seen you
here before, sir.

No, I'm out here
for Van Buren of New York.

Seems I picked the right moment.

I heard you're
onto something exceptional.

Wanted to get
first look at it.

Quite right.
Excuse me, sir.

Let me introduce Philip Marsden.
Mr. Cornelius.

- Nice to know you, Mr. Marsden.
-How do you do, sir?

Marsden's my personal assistant.

He guards my door
against geniuses

with schemes for making money.

I guess your company doesn't
need any advice on that subject.

I Laughter]

You'll be sending the diamond
to London?

It'll be auctioned there.

I hope my company
will empower me to bid.

I hope so too.

- Marsden.
-Right, sir.

If you'll be seated, gentlemen.

Will you be here for the races
next week, Mr. Cornelius?

I regret not.

I have to catch
the mail boat from Cape Town.

The London diamond sales.

But you can depend
that I shall be there

when your stone
comes up for auction.

- Next to me, Mr. Cornelius.
-Thank you.

Thank you, Lomas.

Well, gentlemen,
if you're ready.

All right, Inspector.

Hmm.

Perfect.

[ Chuckles ]
Don't worry, Inspector.

It weighs
well over carats

and will cut
to a perfect octahedron.

Pure white.
Without a flaw.

It was found
on one of the drives

on the -foot level
of our Eureka Mine.

This is a great thing
for the company.

It's a great thing
for the town of Kimberley.

From what I have observed,
the two are very much identical.

[Chuckling ] Yes, indeed.

You'll be sending it immediately

down to Cape Town for shipment,
I imagine?

It'll go down under guard
and behind bars

on the diamond train
next Monday.

Six days.

Never fear.

We have trusted servants
and a formidable strong room.

You'll wish to confirm
the precise weight

before your company
considers its bid.

Surely.

If you please, Mr. Cornelius.

...

No.
carats.

I shall ask you
to certify to that.

- The safe.
-Sir.

You've left the window open,
Inspector.

My dear chap, this is Africa.

The men on guard in this room
would be stifled

if the window were closed.

Mm.
That's a fine safe you have.

Duvoisier of Paris.

- Specially designed for us.
-Sir.

And Mr. Marsden keeps the key?

Only the day key.
The safe is used for other gems.

Ready, sir?

This is the master key.
It never leaves my person.

There. Nobody but myself
can open the safe.

Excellent.

And the armed guards
are always out there.

Day and night.

No one inside the room?

Mr. Lomas and I will take turns
until the diamond train leaves.

A very great trust, young man.
A very great trust.

Oh, we trust Mr. Marsden.
I know his people.

And Mr. Lomas was at my school.

Besides, I or another director

will come here without warning
several times each day.

Foolproof.
Absolutely foolproof.

And quite superb steel.

Coming, Inspector.

Finally, everyone who leaves
the strong room is searched.

Marsden and Lomas
whenever they come off duty.

- Even myself.
-Oh, and me. I insist.

I think the law
has its eye on me.

I Laughter]

[Door closes]

[Lock clicks]

I'm sorry my wife's away.

I'd have preferred
to entertain you at home.

My dear sir, you don't have to
apologize for this club.

The luxury is positively Roman.

Your table is ready, sir.

We're waiting
for Inspector Lipinzki.

Excuse me, sir,

but would you mind having a word
with the secretary?

Oh.

Forgive me, Cornelius.
Club business, I imagine.

Well, this must have been
a pretty wild town

in the old pioneering days.

- I believe it was.
-You weren't here?

I was too young, unfortunately.

Are you sorry
you missed the adventure?

Well, men dug up fortunes
out of the sand.

- Ah. And Mr. Arundel?
-Sir?

Did he make his money
digging for diamonds?

No, no.
He's, uh, a shareholder.

The prospectors have gone.
The shareholders triumph.

And you?

Me?

How you gonna make your pile?

Mr. Arundel was good enough
to offer me a post.

It has prospects.

Sorry, Cornelius.

Dashed embarrassing, that.

Club secretary objects
to one of my guests.

- Not to me, I hope.
-Oh, my dear fellow.

He says I'm bringing Lipinzki
in here too often.

- Your chief of police?
-Yes. A first-class man.

This town was a b*ttlefield
before he was appointed.

All the same, sir,
I do see the secretary's point.

You mean
Lipinzki spits on the carpet?

Or is it that his name
ends in "ski"?

Not at all, not at all.

It's just that this club
is for, well, gentlemen.

Oh, I suppose so.
I suppose so.

-[ Door closes]
-Ah, there is the fellow!

Lipinzki.

Six minutes late.
Unusual for you.

Good evening.
I'm sorry, Mr. Arundel.

Had to take
a quarter of a million pounds

worth of stones to the bank.

Business at this hour?

It changed hands
in a game of cards.

Cards?
It's disgusting.

Well, isn't it, sir?

I mean, look at some
of the people who make money.

Speculators. Riffraff.

Quarter of a million
means nothing to them.

[Clears throat]

Well, I thank you
for the drink, sir.

If you'll excuse me.

Mr. Cornelius.

L, uh, have to look in
at the strong room,

see that all is well
with Mr. Lomas.

[Up-tempo piano music playing]

[ Horn blows ]

[Crowd cheering, whistling]

[ Applause ]

[indistinct talking]

Now, then.

What's all this about?

I wanted to come and see you.

That's obvious.

But you could have seen me
in the bar.

Look, Bridie, I had to come
and see you just for a minute.

Well, drink up and have
your look, my little love.

I'm supposed to be
on night duty.

Hark at the big man.

And what's this precious
night duty, then?

The diamond?

The diamond?

Oh, come off it, Charlie Lomas.

Do you think the biggest diamond
in history's a secret

with , miners drinking
themselves blind over it?

How dare you?

Who gave you permission
to leave your post?

Uh, it'll be all right.

- Blakey took my post.
-I know.

And I knew where I'd find you,
you besotted little idiot.

Philip, nobody saw me.

"Mr. Marsden," please.
I am your superior.

Mr. Marsden,
he was just leaving.

This is not your business,
Mrs. Sullavan.

It will be all right.
I checked out with the office.

I said I wasn't well.

What a trustworthy person
you are.

A man to rely on, hmm?

Get out.
Go on. Get back at once.

Go on, Charlie.
Please.

[Glass slams]

This is your doing.

I'm a busy woman, Mr. Marsden.
Good night.

Why don't you leave him alone?

Leave him alone?
You make him leave me alone.

No, you encourage him.
I know you.

I'm a respectable widow,
and I keep a respectable bar.

Your liaisons have been
well known in this town.

Liaisons?

And what might
that fine word mean?

Your fancy men.

I'm a widow six years.

And I'm made of flesh and blood.
Not like you.

[Cheers and applause]

What would you know
of a life like mine?

Too much, Mr. Marsden.

I've seen you all those nights.

- I've never spoken to you.
-Oh, no.

You stand at the end of the bar
and look.

You slip in for a quiet drink
and minutes stripping me.

Yes, well, I'm not required
to listen to this nonsense.

The door's behind you.
What's stopping you?

You only know one sort of man.

No, two.

The sort that speak out plainly
and the ones who are afraid to.

Frozen beneath
their celluloid collars.

Like this one, eh?

Keep a civil tongue
for your betters.

Slut.

Get out before you get this
glass in your face!

I'll teach young Lomas a lesson
for this.

Mr. Marsden.

Don't take it out on the boy.

Please.

I shall be glad when it's
on the train tomorrow morning.

- Lock it up.
-Yes, sir.

Do we have your full attention,
Mr. Lomas?

Mr. Lomas?

Oh.
Sorry, Mr. Marsden.

- I was dreaming.
-MARSDEN: Yes.

Well, this will be
your last night on duty, hmm?

Yes.
Thank goodness.

Sir, as it's the last time.

Thank you.
A pleasure.

Lock it.

[ Bell rings

See who that is, Lomas.

Yes, sir.

Sir.

There.
Snug and safe.

Who is it?

Uh, Mr. Cornelius
at the outer door, sir.

- What the devil does he want?
-[ Sighs ]

All right, guard, let him in.

What is it, Cornelius?

Oh, am I intruding?
I'm sorry.

- I just came to say goodbye.
-I see.

I shall be leaving
on the train tomorrow.

I didn't want to wait at the
office in case I missed you.

Well, we shall meet
at the station.

After all your hospitality,
let me buy you a drink for once.

You've completed
your ceremonies, I see.

Do you mind, sir?
lam responsible.

Oh, I'm sorry.
Uh, need I be searched?

I think not.

But I shall,
and so will Mr. Marsden.

So will Mr. Lomas
when he comes off duty.

My goodness.

It would take a genius
to abstract your diamond.

[Hooves clopping]

Sir, you're wanted at the mine.
At once.

I don't understand it.

It was locked, Inspector.
The safe was locked.

I locked it myself last night.

I opened the safe
minutes ago, and it was gone.

How do you explain it,
Inspector?

I can't, Mr. Arundel.

Well, this is
the search report, Lipinzki.

You want to see the guards
who were in the corridor?

Not yet.

Now, you tell me
Cornelius was there?

Not until
after the safe was locked.

Hmm.
Did he go near the safe?

No. Marsden wouldn't
let him near it.

He's always been very curious
about that room, sir.

Well, the man's in the business.

I myself am always ready

to learn from other companies
in this matter.

Besides, he was vouched for
by his firm.

Their reference came by post.
There was no photograph.

Are you suggesting
he's an imposter?

[Laughs ] Well, such things
have been heard of.

I'll cable for a description,
Mr. Arundel.

You sometimes have the keys,
Mr. Marsden.

Only the day key.

The master key, the window key,

and the key to the diamond box
are kept by Mr. Arundel.

I've seen you using them.

Only in my presence. And they
are handed straight back to me.

Perhaps the inspector thinks

I might have taken impressions
at some time

and had duplicates made.

As a matter of duty, I've never
taken my eyes off them.

What if the diamond
were thrown out of the window?

- I saw it locked up.
-I said, what if it were?

With armed guards patrolling
the frontage and the corridor?

Indeed, the whole building?

And they were all at their posts
throughout the night.

Hmm.

Mr. Lomas.

Did anything suspicious happen
during the night?

No.

- Were you awake all the time?
-Yes.

Pretty difficult, isn't it?

Alone. In silence.
Long, hot night.

The guard looks in on him
every hour. I arranged it.

Very efficient.
Did you leave your post at all?

- No.
-Did you ever leave it?

Uh, I have done.

Last Tuesday,
I-l had a bad headache.

I went and rested for an hour.
Mr. Blakey took my place.

-It was all reported to me.
-it's ancient history.

I've seen the diamond at least
a dozen times since then.

So it is rather upsetting,
isn't it?

I was with the diamond
all night, wasn't I?

You couldn't have passed it to
any confederate in the street.

You were searched
when you came out of the room.

Have you any reason
to doubt him, Inspector?

Not a stain on his character.

Or yours, gentlemen.

And there was no one else there.

Thank you for allowing me in,
Inspector.

Oh, you're welcome.

A case of locking the stable
door after the horse has bolted.

And how was it done, Inspector?

I thought you were
leaving today.

Oh, train doesn't go
for an hour.

Sad, isn't it?

I thought I'd be traveling

alongside the biggest diamond
in South Africa.

What brings you here,
Mr. Cornelius?

Oh, some first-class
safety measures

which I'd noted for future use,
and they're defeated.

At least I'd like to know how.

Well, if you find out,
just tell me.

[Chuckles ] Stumped, eh?

Um...

What about sh**ting the diamond
by catapult

to that building opposite?

[ Chuckles ]

You're having
a little joke maybe.

feet.

This room seems to have an
interest for you, Mr. Cornelius.

Oh, last night?

It was quite an innocent visit,
I can assure you.

But I came at the wrong moment.

Were you searched
before you left?

No, I never came far enough into
the room to make it necessary.

Come on and give us a hand.

Of course, you could have been
the confederate

of someone who was.

No offense, of course.

It's a little late, but do you
want me searched too?

Yes.

What is that?

What would you say?

Oh, a piece of mining equipment?

Of course, I'm not
on the engineering side.

Why is it here?

Anyone could have left it.

The company uses
a lot of machinery.

Mustn't miss your train,
Mr. Cornelius.

You're not going to ask me
to stay in town?

I've no right to.

Now, if you'll step along
to the search room.

Perhaps you'd care to search
my hotel room and my bags.

Just as a formality.

It's being done, Mr. Cornelius.

Mining in the old eyes.
Real mining.

- You and my old man.
-Too right.

You're a dab hand at saying no.

Not always.

Once in a while
you do me a favor.

Well, it suits us both.

Sure.

Other men run after me.

And some of them get you.

- Thank you, Leo.
-[ indistinct talking]

Ah, be quiet, the two of you!

And who's blaming you?
They've got money.

Wish you had.

Well, marry one of
your rich men, then.

When I'm offered the ring,
I Will.

Hey, Mac, another bottle.
There's men drinking here.

- Don't serve him, Mac.
-[ Glass pounding]

You're a tough little nut.

Sure.

I knelt over my husband

when a drunk had k*lled him
with a broken bottle.

Ah, shut up, the two of you!
And get out!

All I want is a decent fellow

who will get me
out of this town.

[Slurring ] I want a drink.

You're obliged to serve me.
I ordered rum.

Now, come on.

Oh, now, go home quietly,
will you?

Oh, get off my back, will you,
Little Boy Blue?

Drag him out, Mac.

Come on, you.

- Hello, darling.
-Oh, go on out.

Come on in here, Leo.

Bring another beer in,
will you, Mac?

You were just waiting to
half k*ll someone, weren't you?

I haven't seen you hit a man
for years.

What is it, Leo?
The diamond?

It's been nearly a week, Bridie.

I don't see it.
I don't see a thing.

Have you found nothing?

Look.
You tell me what that is.

Well, how should I know?

I've asked every engineer
in the mine.

They're no wiser than you are.

Thanks, Mac.

It's made out of standard
water lead piping.

Now, there's , feet of it
in the company stores.

I've been over every detail
again and again.

I don't see it.
I just don't see it.

Bridie...

There's not much
you don't hear in this town.

[Laughs No.

Do you want to get out of here?

Go on.

There's £ , reward
for this diamond.

Ha!

I might have known
this wasn't a social call.

You come round here
once in a blue moon,

and all you talk about
is money, Inspector.

£ , . You could go to Europe
and be a lady.

Oh, the mean lot of devils.

That diamond's worth £ million.

£ , reward would be cheap.

£ , .

Eh! I'm busy.

- Now, don't be greedy.
-[ Laughs ]

Who comes in here, Bridie?

Not Arundel.

Oh, no. He's off
at the gentlemen's club.

Mm. Marsden?

Mr. Marsden and I
are not on confiding terms.

- Lomas?
-He's sweet on me.

Oh, Leo, if you were
as soft as he is.

He came in here
last Tuesday night,

mitching,
and Marsden dragged him away.

- And since then?
-Not a sight or sound of him.

He must be ashamed.

Well, that doesn't get us far.

Oh, Leo.

If I had £ , ,

I'd go to London,
and I'd go to a hotel

and order a luxury suite
with a private bath.

And then I'd turn on
the hot tap.

Just think of it, Leo.
Turning on a hot tap.

Then...

Hey.
How'd you like to be there?

Leo?

Leo, I happen
to be talking to you!

- Shut up.
-What the blazes?!

I said shut up.

Can I lock up now?

Where is Mr. Marsden?

I don't know.

- Is he in town?
-No.

He went out sh**ting.

Did he?
Went on horseback, did he? When?

Early this morning.
His digs are opposite mine.

- Where did he go?
-I don't know.

Well, come on.
You must know where he hunts.

Anywhere in the hills.
He goes after buck.

You know what this is?

No.

How many beans make five?

What?

It's not in your class.

[ Door slams ]

What the devil is this?

-[ Sniffs
-Have you gone mad?

If you have a search warrant,
I want to see it.

[ Clinking ]

- Turn around.
-I'll do no such thing.

I'd be entirely within my rights
to resist, you know?

You'd better not.

What precisely
are you looking for?

Not the De Beers diamond,
by any chance?

Boots off.

You'll pay dearly.
I promise you.

Get your boots off.

What --
These boots were made for me.

Up, up, up, UP, UP-

I'll show you some in my office

that were made
for diamond smuggling.

You've forgotten your place,
my man.

It's not so many years
since you were a common laborer.

I'm a policeman now.

And it appears you suspect me
of stealing the diamond.

I'm entitled to know
on what grounds.

Well, are you satisfied?

Exactly whereabouts
did you go hunting today?

- That is none of your business.
-I've got trackers out.

Oh.

Then you'll learn from them

I was in the hills
towards Barkly West.

Did you find
what you were looking for?

Yes.
I sh*t a buck.

It's at the club,

where I shall invite
some gentlemen to dine upon it.

Army compass.

It happens to be useful
for finding one's way.

Why did you leave the army?

- Don't be so damned insolent.
-I'm doing my job.

Ah.
I detect a change of tone.

You're in trouble,
and you know it.

I'm sorry.
I've got a job to do.

Not good enough, Lipinzki.

You manhandle me.
You tear my room to pieces.

You think you can get off
by saying you're sorry?

You'll have to say a damn sight
more than that.

But why, Inspector?
If you'll only tell us why.

MAN:
Does it matter?

This man grossly mistreated
Mr. Marsden.

- Yes, he did.
-Yes.

Gentlemen, if you please.

The inspector's served
this township well.

He must have his chance.

Well, Lipinzki?

Good heavens, man!

Am I to conclude you had
no reasons for your action?

I had a reason, Mr. Arundel.

Then you must tell us.

- Your search produced nothing.
-Nothing.

You sent out trackers.

Did they find anything
that could justify your action?

Nothing.

Mr. Marsden rode to and fro
over his tracks very thoroughly.

Sir, he is insinuating again.

Do you mean to persist

that you have grounds
to suspect Mr. Marsden?

I can produce no such grounds.

Then Mr. Marsden is fully
entitled to the public apology

given before the directors of
this company that he's demanded.

- Hear, hear.
-Hear, hear.

Inspector, it's only
because of my regard for you

that I've persuaded Mr. Marsden

to be satisfied
with a public apology.

You could be suspended,
with worse to follow.

- Yes. Hear, hear.
-Quite.

I do not intend to wait.

It'll go hard with you
if you don't speak up.

I publicly apologize.

For your unfounded suspicions.

For my unfounded suspicions.

And for the outrage
which you perpetrated upon him.

And for the outrage
which I perpetrated upon him.

And you will never annoy
Mr. Marsden again.

I can assure you I will never
again accuse any living person

without proof to show.

Thank you, sir.

This has been most painful.

[Man whistling tune]

Good evening, Mrs. Sullavan.

- Good evening, Mr. Marsden.
-Are you, uh...

I serve drinks as long
as the door is unbolted.

Ah.

May I have a hock, please?

Mac.

There's no ice.

Doesn't matter.
The nights are getting colder.

Hardly a cause for complaint
in Africa.

No.

Your health.

Oh.

Thank you.

Mrs. Sullavan,
I feel an apology is due.

Overdue, Mr. Marsden?

Yes, I spoke to you unpardonably
the other night.

I said things I didn't mean.

Did you not?

Well, there are some things
one does not say to a lady.

A lady?

Oh, now you're coming it.
What's your game?

Well, I simply wish to explain.

I was furious
with young Lomas --

Now, if you've come here
to talk about that --

No, no.

Of course,
I feel responsible for him.

I am responsible to his family.

And what would they think
of a lady like me?

No, no.
You misinterpret me.

[Glasses clinking]

Mrs. Sullavan, may we, uh, talk
more quietly?

- About what?
-About Lomas.

There's something
I wish to tell you.

It is highly confidential.

Oh.

I haven't got long.

[ Door opens ]

What about Mr. Lomas?

He finds you very attractive.

Ah, go on.

I can well understand it.

Oh.

But I'm an older man.
I speak on my own account.

Yes.

I would not be averse to...

an arrangement.

Oh, the saints preserve us.

In all discretion, of course.

You wouldn't regret it
in any material way.

[ Laughs

And what would
you have to offer, Mr. Marsden,

on your clerk's pay?

- I have prospects.
-I don't like you.

I beg your pardon.

I'm not for sale.

But I'll ignore the insult.

I can't take you
seriously enough.

Now, don't make me say any more.

You are a very handsome woman.

You are a lonely man,
Mr. Marsden.

I'm trying to feel sorry for
you, but you don't interest me.

But if I had money.

Ho ho ho ho!
If pigs had wings.

- Good night, Mr. Marsden.
-[ Door opens]

Good evening, Mrs. Sullavan.

Good evening, Inspector.

I trust this is a coincidence.

- What else?
-it had better be.

I'm sorry
if my presence annoys you.

You were within an ace
of losing your job today.

My God, are you still pursuing
this insane notion?

Do you mind, Mrs. Sullavan?

Now there are no witnesses.

You mean to go on with this?

I know you did it, Marsden.

You're mad.

I don't know exactly how yet.
But I know you did it.

I'll break you for this.

Well, there's you,
and there's me.

Let's see which one of us
gets broken.

[Hooves clopping]

[Mid-tempo piano music
playing ]

Mr. Marsden.
Hello, there.

Ah.

So you're back from Europe.

Europe and the States.
I spend my life on the ocean.

Come in and have a drink.

Another time.

I've been following
your little affair.

The diamond?
There's been nothing to follow.

Just so.

That's what everyone
in the markets is wondering.

Three months, and not a whisper?

Do you think it's been cut up?

I have no idea.
Excuse me.

I see a beautiful lady.

And much wealth.

-[ Chuckles ]
-And...

Oh, it's you.

She sees much wealth, Philip.

You won't get rich
by talking about it.

Don't you want to know
your fortune, Mr. Marsden?

It's a child's game,
Mrs. Sullavan.

Not in Ireland.

Don't you want to know
your future?

You could enlighten me on
that subject without the cards.

You're coming here
a lot these days.

I go where it pleases me.

He seems to be
a welcome guest here.

He's a good little boy.

And we have a good laugh,
and he goes away happy.

Don't you, Charlie?

And anyone else is welcome
on the same terms.

Get along now, Lomas, will you?

I want to have a word
with Mrs. Sullavan.

I daresay you do.

Lomas, have you forgotten how
to behave like a gentleman?

- Yes. I know what you want!
-Lomas...

You come here pestering Bridie!
I know --

Hold your tongue!

Shut up!
The pair of you!

Now, you're both welcome

to a quiet drink
and a talk at any time.

But I won't have the pair of you
behaving like schoolboys!

Now shake hands!

Mrs. Sullavan,
there's only one schoolboy here.

LOMAS:
It never stops!

Philip, it never stops!

Calm yourself.

Everywhere I go, there he is.
Or one of his men.

You mustn't become hysterical.
That's what he wants.

- He knows!
-He guessed. He knows nothing.

I-I-I can't sleep at night

waiting for him
to knock at my door!

Listen to me.

His only hope is to make
one of us break down.

We are not going to.

You understand?
We are not going to.

I can't stand any more.

You've got to.
There's a fortune at stake.

[ Laughs mockingly ] A fortune!

Where? Where is it?!

Never mind where.

Good Lord, and the risks
I've taken for you,

and I can't even know
where it is!

In your state,
the less you know, the better.

Philip, I need the money now.

I know what for,
and you can forget it.

Forget it
so that you can have her.

No! No.

Even over that
we mustn't quarrel.

Do you understand?
We must not.

G-Get the diamond
and -- and run for it.

- No.
-But it is the only thing to do!

It's what Lipinzki's
waiting for!

He wants me to take him to the
diamond, and I'm not going to.

[ Crying

Then we go on forever,

sitting on a fortune
we can't even touch.

God, Philip.
Look.

Look.
Down there.

That's one of Lipinzki's men.

Mr. Marsden still insists
that you're watching him.

Sensitive man, Mr. Marsden.
Educated.

- Lets things prey on his mind.
-Now, look here --

He's a lonely sort of fellow.
Spends too much time in the sun.

Damn it, Lipinzki,

I want the diamond
as much as you do.

But you've become obsessed
by the thing.

I'm bound to.
I'm a policeman.

Mr. Marsden has been cleared.

What about that American?
What was his name? Cornelius.

Have you pursued
that possibility?

It's not Cornelius.

You confessed to one mistake.

Yes. If I'm making another,
I'm finished.

So you are after Marsden.

Why did he leave the army?

What the deuce has that
got to do with you?

He was in a swell regiment,
I believe.

He resigned his commission for
perfectly honorable reasons.

- Family finances.
-Yes?

What does that mean?

I'm sorry, Mr. Arundel.
I owe you my job.

But the government pays me,
not the company.

But, Lipinzki, the company has
the means to have you removed.

Oh, the company
can have me sacked.

Now, when you've got proof,
do it.

Till then, I'm not accountable.
Not to you.

I'm sorry, Mr. Arundel.

-[ Laughs ]
-[ People talking indistinctly]

- What a joke.
-What is?

What's the joke, Charlie?

Oh, never mind.

Oh, come on, Charlie.
You know how I like a joke.

Well, you'd like this one.

You tell me, then.
Tell your old Bridie.

You know me.
I'm not a liar, am I?

You've the face
of a blessed angel.

You can take my word for it.

For what, lovey?

I will have money.
One day.

You can take my word for that.

Oh, sure.
The young gentleman.

When your rich uncle dies, huh?

One day.

- Not one day.
-When?

- Would it make any difference?
-Charlie.

- Then you do trust me?
-Of course.

Come back to my room with me.
Now! Now!

What's the matter?

You have to see the color
of my money first?

Charlie, you want me
to trust you --

I've got money!
I-I-I will have money.

Charlie, I believe you.
But where's your fairy gold?

Charlie!

Tomorrow.
You want to see it?

[ Laughs

Very well.
You shall.

[ Laughing ] Tomorrow. Tomorrow.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow.

MARSDEN: Lomas!

Philip.

Philip, l-l-l was only --

Picking mushrooms?
I know what you were doing.

It's not your business
what I was doing.

I followed you. It could have
been them, you fool.

Half that diamond is mine!

What have you ever done
without me, you little tick?

- What can you do now?
-I can get what is mine.

In a hundred miles of veldt?
Go on, then. Find it.

- I know the direction.
-So did Lipinzki.

You think you can find
what his trackers couldn't?

Are you sure you could find it?

I took compass bearings
on the spot where I buried it,

and the details are in my head.

No one else will ever know them.

We shall lose everything
by waiting.

Charlie, are you
going to let me down?

I don't know.

I don't know from --
from one day to the next.

You're not going to let me down,
you know.

Philip, look.

[ Laughs

And you give me lectures
about being followed.

[ Laughs

[Insects chirping]

I think he was
going to sh**t you.

[ Gasps

[ Breathing heavily]

[ Footsteps approaching]

What are you doing here?

You've been following me.

Look, I can explain.

God.
You must be mad!

-[ Bell ringing]
-Help! Help!

Aaaaah!

Like hell you do!

- Get up!
-Give me that revolver.

I said get up!

Get your clothes on.

How long have you been back?

Back?
I've been in bed since : .

My boy cleaned them.
He also saw me go to bed.

What are you looking for
this time?

Lomas was m*rder*d at my gate
minutes ago.

Charlie Lomas?

In heaven's name, how?

You maniac.

You suspect me
of k*lling my friend,

the boy I've looked after?

The boy you looked after, yes.

Dear Lord.

Poor Charlie.

He was k*lled
by an African spear.

Then go to the native compounds.
Go and do your job, you ape.

He wasn't k*lled by an African.

You know what they're like

when they've been smoking dagga
or drinking.

A drunken kaffir doesn't
saw the shaft off a spear!

A white man does
to hide it under his coat!

And you accuse me?

This is the second time
and the last.

It's the last time, all right.

You're smart enough
for your class.

But you lose your head
at the sight of me.

Yes, I do.
I do.

It's not theft or m*rder to you.

It's taking back
your birthright --

what you lost when you had to
leave your regiment.

I've no time for your ravings.

You'll be sorry you didn't
k*ll me when you had a chance.

By God, I should have.

Oh, it's a shame, isn't it?
I'm still alive.

But I'm gonna drive you down
into hell.

m*rder*r.

- m*rder*r!
-Bridie.

You k*lled that poor, harmless,
foolish boy!

He told you that.
Lipinzki's spreading this story.

He didn't have to.
I knew it from Charlie.

From Charlie?
What did he tell you?

That poor child!
It was in his face!

He blathered about his great
expectations, and you --

That's why you k*lled him!

No. That policeman
has poisoned you against me.

I need no one to tell me
that you're poisoned.

- Bridie, I came here --
-To ask for my hand, I suppose.

You got 'round Charlie Lomas,
and you've done it to me.

And now you've come to offer me
the life of a lady

and a diamond with
Charlie Lomas's blood on it!

That's enough from you.

You be careful what you say.
You'll come crawling tomorrow!

Bridie, I came here
to take you away.

Not in a million years.
I'd sooner bed with a snake.

Then I shall have to grovel
to a woman like you.

I never gave you
an encouragement!

Liar. You knew
what you were doing to me.

- Ah!
-Liar. Liar.

- Liar!
-Aah!

Oh!

- Aah! Aah!
-Liar! Liar!

What the hell?!
Get off!

Aah! Oh!

All right.

Make a job of it this time.

I expect to.

- You won't get away.
-I don't want to.

No?

There's nothing left.

No.

What made you go for me
from the start?

Lomas was the obvious suspect.

I can tell the organ grinder
from the monkey.

Poor Lomas.

This contained gas, didn't it?

Compressed hydrogen.

But your missing clue...

...was this.

Open it.

Was it there
when I searched you that night?

Yes.

But you didn't open it because
you were looking for a diamond.

You see, you're not infallible.

No.

But tell me, how did you get
the diamond out of the safe?

[ Chuckles ]

It wasn't locked up
in the safe at all.

Just as we were
about to close the box,

I distracted
Mr. Arundel's attention

by speaking sharply to Lomas.

And in that moment,
I palmed the diamond.

I put it in my pocket.

I'd had plenty of time
to practice and prepare.

And we solemnly locked
an empty box in the safe.

When Mr. Arundel
went to be searched,

I hid the diamond between
the scale case and the wall,

together with those.

Then I went to the search room
clean as a whistle.

After Lomas had been searched,
he went back on duty.

You'll remember
that the night was very dark

and that the prevailing wind
blows unfailingly

towards the Barkly hills.

He waited until the guard
was patrolling the other way.

Then he filled the balloon
with the hydrogen.

[Hissing]

I'm a bit of a scientist,

and I calculated that the fall
in temperature before dawn

would bring the balloon to earth
after about miles.

Everything went as I planned.

Charlie successfully launched
the balloon.

And next day, I rode downwind
on a compass bearing.

And in three hours
I saw that little speck of red

on the veldt ahead of me.

I burst the balloon
and buried the diamond.

Where?

Come on, the diamond.

The diamond.

Yes.

Curse it.

And curse you, Lipinzki, for it
and you have been a curse to me.

Day and night I've seen
the spot where I buried it,

and I dare not --
dare not go and take it.

You and that infernal stone
have wrecked my health,

driven me mad,
she won't look at me,

and all the wealth of Kimberley
would be of no use to me now.

Tell me where it is.

[ Chuckles ]

Think of you, poor Inspector.

You saw that the diamond

could only have flown
out of the window.

And you'd dare not tell them, or
they would have thought you mad.

Tell me, Marsden.
It's no use to you now.

Or to you.

[ g*nsh*t ]

What I'm left with is a flesh
wound and these two souvenirs.

I thought you suspected me
at first.

You were watched,
Mr. Cornelius.

Wherever you went.

[Hooves clopping]

And you still don't know
where the diamond is?

Oh, yes, I do.

You do?

Where it belongs.

Africa.