Miss Scarlet & The Duke (Miss Scarlet)

Did you call the Police?

No, only you like you said

KEEP WATCH.

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?

I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU WISH YOU'D NEVER BEEN BORN.

I WILL GLADLY RETURN YOUR EYE.

I WANTED DEAD, NOT DRUNK.

NEXT TIME, CHECK FOR A PULSE FIRST.

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. - 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?

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.

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.

YOU TOOK YOUR TIME, GIRL.

WHERE'S THE PORK?

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.

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?

YEAH?

DUKE, MISS SCARLET'S HERE.

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.

-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.

- HIS MISTRESS, PERHAPS. BUT MORE LIKELY HIS WIFE.

- 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. - HE'S NOT DRUNK...

HE'S HAD A CARDIAC ARREST.

I'M SORRY TO SAY HE HAS PASSED.

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.

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.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

SEND HIM IN.

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?

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.

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.

HELLO. THERE WE GO. MISS DAWKINS!