:08:07
Oh, my goodness! Good gracious!
:08:12
- It's so exciting.
- Your book?
:08:14
Yes. It's about a girl who marries a man,
and what do you think?
:08:18
- He's got six wives buried in the cellar.
- That seems a lot.
:08:22
Yes, and I'm only on Page 200,
so I'm sure there's still more to come.
:08:27
- It's a wonderful book.
- It sounds a little gruesome.
:08:30
Yes. I'm afraid I enjoy a good murder
now and then.
:08:33
My brother always calls me
"Bloodthirsty Bessie."
:08:37
- Have a biscuit, dear.
- Thank you.
:08:40
Digestive biscuits.
Unpleasant name, isn't it?
:08:42
I always call them "diggy biscuits."
:08:46
I never travel without them.
:08:48
- You're not English, are you?
- No.
:08:50
I was brought up there.
My aunt lived in London.
:08:52
- Are you on your way there now?
- No. I'm going to Lake Como.
:08:56
- All by yourself?
- Yes, all by myself.
:09:00
- But is that wise?
- I don't think any harm will come to me.
:09:03
I'm going to London.
I must be in London for the spring.
:09:06
The crocuses, you know,
and the daffodils and the tulips.
:09:09
The gardens are so beautiful in the spring.
:09:11
I say "good morning" to my flowers
in Thornton Square every day.
:09:15
- Thornton Square?
- Yes. That's where I live, Number 16.
:09:18
Do you know it?
:09:22
- I know Thornton Square.
- Do you know anyone living there?
:09:25
- I used to. Not anymore.
- I wonder who that could be.
:09:28
I know almost everyone
who lives there now.
:09:30
We're all so very friendly,
popping in and out of each other's houses.
:09:34
- What number did your friends live at?
- I'm afraid I don't remember.
:09:38
You know, we had a real,
live murder there.
:09:42
Yes, I'd heard of it.
:09:45
Unfortunately, it's before I went
to live there, just a year before.
:09:49
Ten years ago, at Number 9,
a famous singer called Alice Alquist.
:09:54
- Have another biscuit, dear.
- No, thank you.
:09:56
It was a most mysterious case.
They never found out who killed her.