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[music] [music] Ball. [cheering] [cheering] Enter, honey. You idiot. [music] Get down there. Run off.
Miss Fisher returns to Jerusalem to find Shireen Abbas, uncovering political intrigue, danger, and justice in a thrilling adventure.
Key Takeaways
- Miss Fisher is a determined detective who risks danger to help those in need.
- The video highlights the political unrest and challenges under British colonial rule in Palestine.
- Justice and truth are central themes, with Miss Fisher fighting against corruption and oppression.
- The story combines mystery, action, and historical elements to create a rich narrative.
- Strong character relationships and personal stakes drive the emotional depth of the plot.
What the video covers
- Miss Fisher returns to Jerusalem searching for a missing woman, Shireen Abbas, who is in trouble with the authorities.
- She faces opposition from British and local forces, including Sir Montigue and the Palestinian police.
- Miss Fisher helps Shireen escape imprisonment and promises to find justice for her murdered family.
- The story includes political tensions between British rule and Palestinian resistance groups.
- Miss Fisher attends a memorial service and reconnects with old friends and allies.
- Shireen is sponsored for a debut ball to reintegrate into society after her ordeal.
- The narrative explores themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the fight for justice in a colonial context.
- Miss Fisher navigates complex relationships with figures like Lord Loft House and Sir Vincent Montigue.
- The plot involves uncovering secrets related to Shireen’s family and political conspiracies.
- The story blends mystery, action, and historical drama with personal and political stakes.
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Come on. Hey. Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. [music] [music] Miss Fry Fisher. You know, I do have a front door.
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Just thought I'd drop in. Damn. One ladder stocking. Not bad considering I had to elude the entire Palestinian police force to pay your visit. And what the devil brings you back here to Jerusalem?
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I'm looking for a missing person. Damn you. Still the lady detective. I had rather hoped you'd come to pick up the tiny pieces of my broken heart.
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Still beating as far as I can tell. Professor, I'm looking for a young woman called Shireen Abbas. Apparently, she's in some kind of trouble with the authorities.
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Never heard of her. [clears throat] I am sure that your hearing is just as healthy as your heart.
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I trust you don't think you can just come in here and milk me for information with your wit and your charm and your Canaanite scarab from Jericho. Little gift I found for you to butter me up like a crumpet.
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It's real. I heard a rumor Mr. Bas dispensing anti-British propaganda. Professor Lanaeus, this is the police.
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They locked her up. Poor girl. You have no right to force your way in here.
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We have orders from Sir Montigue to bring in your guests for questioning. This is preposterous. What for?
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Inciting unrest and inflammatory behavior. Good heavens, man. That's what she always does. Well, I have something very important.
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But since you ask so charmingly, Miss Fish's gun Montigue. According to your arrival documentation, your reason for travel was sightseeing. The dome of Kabata Sak at sunset is one of the most sublime spectacles in the world.
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Then how do you explain your other activities? Trespassing on administrative officers to steal official documents, dancing in the streets after 9:00 p.m. in open defiance of the military curfew, or blatantly associating with undesirables of the Blackhand organization.
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Well, actually, I was dancing with the undesirables and I found several of them to be quite desirable.
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I know exactly why you're here, Miss Fisher. To find Shireen Abbas. Her uncle Shail is a business associate of my friend Lord Loft House. Lofty helped overthrow the Ottomans during the war.
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From what I saw, Lofty and his cohorts did most of their overthrowing from the officer's lounge.
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So, you know him? Tell my old friend Shake Khalil. We'll do everything possible to help him find his niece. But if she is a serious agitator, it may be too late.
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She's a young woman with a voice. And you're a troublemaker, Miss Fisher. You may have acquired the trappings of British wealth, but you were born in Australia, the filthiest gutter of the realm, and I intend to send you back
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there. Come in. Miss Fish's luggage, sir. Her train departs at 1600 hours. Watch her.
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Yes. Watch very closely while you tell me where you're keeping Shireen. A bus. The gun isn't loaded. Miss Fisher, count your bullets.
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Yes, my suspicions were correct. Miss Fisher won't be causing us any more trouble. Where the bloody hell is she going?
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Shireen, who are you? My name is Franny Fischer. Your uncle sent me to fetch you.
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Someone's coming. It's me. Come on, gorgeous. You know you want to. God has big steps.
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Quickly, I can't leave Palestine. My family were murdered and I want justice. Murdered. No one believes me, but I know what I saw.
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Shireen, you won't get justice if they hang you. Come on. This is your only chance.
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Go, lady. [music] Are you all right? I'll get you a new one. Last [music] Come on.
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[music] Let's go. [music] Listen. [music] Right on. Shh. Get ready. Go. Go. Let's go.
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I'll help you get down. Go. I got your future in. Get me out of here. It's your only hope for justice.
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I will help you. I promise. I'll find out who murdered your family. I got you.
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All right. [music] Are they [music] back? [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] Daddy, what is it? What's wrong?
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It's Miss Fisher. Sir. It's all right. [laughter] Our condolences, inspector, [crying] there's a memorial service in London in six weeks' time. I need to be there.
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It's too far. No, I have to. H you. Miss Fisher saved me from the streets and from illegal abortionists and left me an anarchist and factory machines and Christmas murderers. And if I wasn't her, I never would have met you. Daddy, I'm sorry,
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but you can't. Not in your state. The baby. She'll never eat the [laughter] baby.
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[panting] Oh, poor Inspector Robinson. When she went away, she broke his heart. Heat. [music] [music] Heat.
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Inspector Robinson, I'm so pleased you could make it. We wanted an intimate affair before all the palava of Westminster.
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You meant so much to Fry. Lady Loft House and I remember Fry, as I'm sure you all do, as an unpredictable whirlwind of a woman who never failed to brighten our lives.
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And now, along with teaching me how to ride a motorcycle, as well as helping my younger brother Jonathan learn how to dance the black bottom, Miss Fischer has taught us all that life is but fleeting. And so, dearest Fry, we
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will honor you now by living our lives as richly and as fearlessly as you once did.
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I knew her luck would run out one day. She would never listen. The honorable.
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It's finally Earth is what's relocate the the Is that a T? Yeah. The Tolley.
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Move the tea trolley. [music] I hope you wonder the cypress is pruned. Try it.
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My dear girl, we knew it would take more than a steam train to finish you off.
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Oh, lovely. Jonathan, my god, do you know what a fuss you've caused? We've been beside ourselves and you nearly murdered me with that spanner.
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Darling Aunt P. I would have planned your murder much better than that. You impossible, impossible girl.
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Miss Fisher, we thought you were a ghost. No, Shireen. Despite the mandated authorities' best efforts.
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Alhamdulillah. Salam, mister. I'm so humbly grateful to you for returning my niece to my care and overjoyed by your safe return.
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Thank you, Sheikh Khalil. Shireen, Leia. Jack, what are you doing here? I came to pay my respects at your memorial service.
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The newspapers reported you were dead. Oh, Fry, forget the tea. Let's crack open the champagne.
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Eleanor, Jack knows, knows what about the Maharaja. Is that a new hat? Is that all you've got to say to me?
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Do you have any idea what it was like for me reading that you died a horrible death in a foreign country?
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Why are you so angry? I wrote a eulogy for you. My apologies for the wasted effort.
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Oh, don't worry. It won't be wasted. I'll save it for the appropriate date. Wait.
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What are you going to do now that you've come all [music] this way only to have me disappoint you?
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I only had one plan. To farewell you. Farewell. Farewell? Wait, what did it say?
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What did what say? My eulogy. It said I'm done with you. Fry. No one should look so divine after what you've been through. Except Franny always looks divine.
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I hear you had a rendezvous in Jerusalem with Sir Vincent Montigue. Yes. Lofty is very fond of him.
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Uh, Monty and I were just drinking chums in Palestine. That's all. Pleasant company. I wouldn't call it a rendezvous.
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Is it just me or is Lord Loft House giving us a disapproving look? It's not us. It's me he was disapproved of. Stand somewhere else.
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But at least you were your beautiful mother's favorite. Shake Hil Shireen, do come here. A Fry.
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Has Aunt Prudence told you? We're hosting a ball in Shireen's honor. Oh, excellent. Back from the grave just in time.
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Shake Khalil has important business here with Lofty. So, I've agreed to sponsor Shireen for her debut in civilized society.
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What did you use on the poor girl? Thumb screw. Funny. Oh, I'm sure some pressure was exerted.
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We do have some civilization in Palestine, you know, Mrs. Stanley. But given the choice between attending a ball or going back to jail to be hanged for asking too many questions, jail?
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Who's going to be hanged? My niece is exaggerating, Mrs. Stanley, and it is all unimportant now that you're back safe with us.
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Yeah, Shireen needs to forget all that unpleasantness. But she is right about one thing, dear Prudence. The Near East
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How I miss my travels there. Those velvety starfield nights from my rooftop in Jerusalem.
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Pity about the war. Yes. Well, it's not my fault father couldn't prevent you from ending up on the front line. Jonathan, while you were draining the bar in the officers M.
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Let's not dwell on the past, shall we? Perhaps another round of cribage. Forget cribage.
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I believe you owe me a rematch, Franny. Shiren said she couldn't leave Palestine because she needed to find out what happened to her village.
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Weird. There was nothing left of it. That it had been completely buried under a giant sandstorm.
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Yes, she was the only survivor, too. Poor Lan. Must have been terrifying for her.
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And then Shireen turned up at British headquarters a few days later, and the army delivered her to the sheep.
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Yes. And he's been indebted to the British ever since, which may I say has proven most convenient. Ah, bastard.
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Sir, allow me early. Aha. The insurance village was destroyed by a sandstorm. Why did she think they were murdered? Massive is what she implied.
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I have no idea. The high commission thoroughly investigated the matter at the time and found nothing.
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Bravo, Freddy. You always were my greatest defender. She has no respect for the rules.
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That's because they tend to be written by men. [music] Oh wow. Change. This came for me. I don't know what to do.
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Who is Mo Kibi? My guardian angel. He saved me from the storm. He left no name, but I believed he was sent by Allah to walk with me. He led me to Jerusalem.
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Time is running out to put things right. There is but one chance. He wants to meet tonight at All Saints Church. But I I can't tell my uncle.
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This seal has been steamed open. Who would do that? I'm not sure. And he says, "Tell no one. I have to meet with him." No, Sharen.
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I made a promise to you that I would help you. I will go in yourstead.
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Miss Fisher. Shake live. I hope my niece is not making demands of you. No, Sharon is still grieving for everything that she's lost.
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Of course, but you must understand she was only a child. She imagines things. She has false hopes.
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The future of our family lies here, Miss Fischer, not beneath the sands of a barren desert.
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Would you require anything else before I retire for the evening? Miss. Yes. Thank you, Griffins. The keys to Lofty's [music] motor car.
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What are you? Jack. Jack, are you awake? No. I need you for a midnight meeting with a stranger at All Saints Church in Soho.
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How the hell would you find me? He could be deranged and dangerous. There'll be two of you.
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You have to come. Imagine a secret oasis somewhere in the vast Ngev desert where a Bedwin tribe has flourished for hundreds and thousands of years until one day the entire tribe is murdered.
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An apocalyptic sandstorm descends to bury all the evidence. And only a young girl survives to tell the tale till over a decade later when she decides she can no longer live with the injustice and is prepared to risk her
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own life to find the truth. But if you're not interested. Damn it, Jack. How could you come all this way to commemorate me and then refuse to speak to me?
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Hello. I'm a friend of Sharina Abas. What is the girl? She sent me. My name is Franny Fisher.
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She told me you were her guardian angel. I'm not her angel. I'm her demon.
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Get away. Please stay back. I just want to talk with you. I mean you no harm.
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Fronnie, who's that? Jack, [panting] stay back. This is a trap. No, it's not. I I promise you.
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Dude, take this. [panting] Mom, tell Shir I'm sorry. Tell her to forgive me. Why?
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We're all I lost him. What's that? Something we need to keep from the police.
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We police put down that weapon. So, a lady detective and a senior police officer just happened to meet up with each other 12,000 mi away from home at the scene of a murder of a complete stranger.
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Not unusual in my experience, sir, apart from the distance involved. And you expect me to believe that neither of you had ever heard of Sergeant Wilson before, even though he'd been wanted by the military police for over 10 years?
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Wanted for what, sir? The coroner's report on the bullet found in the deceased. Round nose mark one, if I'm not mistaken, from 303 rifle.
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Wilson was wanted for desertion. Farrier Sergeant George Hercules Wilson in the company of Captain Harry Gardner Templeton walked off from London Regiment north of Jerusalem 9th of April 1918.
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Harry Templeton. I thought you had no interest in Wilson. Oh, just naturally curious. Neither of you are leaving London until this case is solved.
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My passage back to Australia is booked for two days time. I'll have to forfeit my ticket.
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Oh, what a shame. Griffins. Lady Loft House sent me to fetch the motor car. Miss, the police said it was impounded.
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Yes. Please pass on my apologies to Eleanor. Tell her I'll make my own way home.
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Jack, wait. You have no authority. Foresight. So Mondigan, you're a lockite from Jerusalem. That woman has more lives than an alleycat. I have critical negotiations underway in London and her interference could completely sabotage British Palestinian relations. What does
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she know about Wilson? Daily Express. Jack, where are you going? Back to my guest house.
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Well, you're heading in the wrong direction. I don't care. All right. Is all this because I married the Maharaja?
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They were just impossible. You said you weren't the marrying kind and I'm not. And I respected that.
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So why don't you respect that I had other reasons for marrying the Maharaja of Alvar?
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What kind of blind faith is that? The kinds that I thought we had. You can't stop me doing what I need to do.
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The Maharaja needed my help at the time, just as Shar does now. I'm sorry, but I'm not sure that one lifetime will be enough for you to save the whole world.
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Well, I'm sorry, too, if that's the case. And I'm very sorry that I'm not dead.
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You know the quickest way to escape me? Tie you up. Dump you in that river.
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Or you could help me with this case. Look at this stone. Could be glass.
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No, it's far more precious than that. Look in the light. See how the reflections flash pure green and it's cool to the touch.
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Can you feel that? No. No. No. No. You know I haven't forgiven you. Really? Mind your What kind of professor did you say? He was third kind that you need to be nice to.
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An old friend. Another one. He was kicked out of Jerusalem because of cultural liberation and repatriation of ancient looted artifacts.
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You bring me the loveliest things. Apart from yourself, of course. Looks like the British Museum can kiss their Sichuan jade bird goodbye.
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I ship her off home tomorrow on a slow boat to Shanghai. You remember our slowboat, don't you, Frony?
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The saturation in this emerald is is glorious. I'd say mined in Egypt. Well, Wilson served in the Middle East.
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But the silver casting is more Greco Roman art. Well, that would explain the inscription.
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There's an inscription. Yes, here on the other side. Um, it's a form of Doric Greek.
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Um tumbos. Tumbos Dakro, the crypt of tears. Oh my dear God, what is it?
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It's the myth of Alexander the Great. I have a transcript from a clay tablet describing Alexander's [music] last campaign through Palestine where he suffered a mysterious beriement. It said that he wept so much his tears created a desert spring. So, it's an actual tomb
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that he protected with a huge emerald called the allseeing eye and a powerful curse.
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This pendant means the crypt has been disturbed. So, Wilson was a grave rumble and maybe Harry Templeton and Wilson deserted with. But don't you see? If the allseeing eye is removed, then the curse is released and everyone involved in this is in danger.
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You need to take that away. You need to get rid of it. No, no, no. We need to find out more about it. That transcript. Do you still have it?
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Well, somewhere. But wait here. You seriously believe that thing comes from a crypt was cursed 2,000 years ago by a man who thought he was the son of Zeus.
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What about King Tuten Carmon's tomb? Lord Canavvin is dead along with two of his brothers and half a dozen others who helped open it.
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There are strange things in heaven and earth. Hold this. I'll go check on the professor.
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Professor Professor Professor, Professor Professor, it's around here somewhere, Jack. Jack defended [music] [music] or I'll shoot.
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Who are you? Tell me or I'll pull this trigger. My Christmas is Freddy. He just he disappeared. He just evaporated.
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He didn't get what he came for. Oh, thank God. Oh, you could thank me.
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I put out the fire. Well done, professor. Well done. Miss Fisher, it's almost 8.
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Oh, good morning, Shireen. Sharen, do you know if your uncle was in London last night by any chance?
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I'm not sure. I know he had an appointment. Did you meet with Muibi? I'm curious, Shireen. Why was your uncle living in Jerusalem and not with you in the village when it was attacked?
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Because he accepted work from the British. He was considered a traitor and he was banished.
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A traitor? I have something for you. Where did you get that? From the man who saved you from the storm.
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Maki B. He was a British soldier and his name was Wilson. He wanted you to have it.
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[music] This was my mother's. She said one day it would be mine. Shireen, have you ever heard of the Crypt of Tears?
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Mrs. Templeton. Hello. Who are you? My name is Detective Inspector Jack Robinson. Please, the War Office gave me your address. I believe Farer Sergeant Wilson knew your husband.
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I'm sorry to tell you, but George Wilson died two nights ago. That's Lucinda arrived too early.
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A perfect little thing. I'm so sorry. I blame the war for it all. Harry went away a good man.
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Then they shot him like a mad dog. Your husband and Wilson deserted their regiment on the same day.
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Wilson worked for Harry in the mines before the war. He sent me a letter.
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Wanted to meet with me last night, but he never turned up. Said we were in danger. He and Harry did something we needed to fix.
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This is what Wilson was after. Shake a little. Are you resting? sale of the British Palestine railways.
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to Lord Loft House and Shaloo. Authorized by Sir Vincent Montu. Shireen, I need to speak to you at once.
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I prefer if you keep our affairs private from Miss Fischer. She seems to be the kind of person who would see intrigue everywhere.
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But I I can prove what I saw with my own eyes. My muibi, would you please stop this nonsense about your wibbe and measures and ancient curses? This is all not real.
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Shireen, darling, this ball tonight is real. Thank you. Habibi, your acceptance in London society is not just an honor. It's essential for your safety. Do you understand that?
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I know you mean well. But look, Where did you get this? This belonged to Khija.
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It belonged to your mother. My muibi. He wasn't my guardian angel. He was a British soldier.
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They lied to us, uncle. What I saw must be true. What? Tell me, tell me the whole story again.
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It was my job to collect the honey from the mountains. Another said one day she would tell me its secrets.
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Awesome. [music] [music] Tie down. I don't know. Mama. Mama. Mama. I never found my mother.
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And all I wanted was for the storm to take me. But Muakib found me.
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Please tell no one else about this. No one. I'll get to the bottom of this.
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Thank you, Uncle Jack, Jack. for me or just some old thing I picked up.
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An astral lane for reading the heavens. Yes. I thought this was an investigation. What's dancing got to do?
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We need to find out what this deal is all about. I'll take Lofty and Morty.
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You follow the shake. [laughter] The shake was about to fund [music] the entire purchase. Now he's refusing to sign her. Why don't you find another partner or borrow the money if the railways [music] are such a lucrative asset?
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Yes, but no one in this damn country will earn me a penny. Eleanor, we're up to our [music] necks in debt.
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I have guests to attend. I'm fine. Don't speak. Just smile and not I'll do my best.
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I must believe my niece. But it's nonsense. It's been investigated. I'm sorry, Sir Montigue. I'm very sorry.
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Your niece has stirred up trouble from nothing. It's not [music] nothing. I will not sign this contract until this matter is settled.
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I suspect that's a decision you're going to come to regret. Khalil, it's Khalil. Friendly crowd.
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Lofty family portrait. Come on. Oh, my dear Jonathan. Brothers in arms. A jolly good. [laughter] Perhaps you should slow down then.
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Perhaps my wife should be a little more careful with her affections. having fast duty.
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Sir Montu is a go-between. He's trying to offload Palestinian railways for the British administration and no doubt make a tidy commission out of it and earn himself a promotion.
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Is this your idea of sweet nothings? I thought they were out of the question.
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They are. Continue. With the deal still up in the air, it's no wonder Monty is desperate to try and keep a lid on anything that might erupt into an allout war between the Palestinians and British rule.
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Like a scandal involving the murder and looting of a Bedwin tribe. Exactly. You uh seem to be enjoying my hospitality.
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Very much, Lord Loft House. Very much lofty. Yes. Have you met Cosy Witrich? He's just returned from an American mission to the Belgian Congo.
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Not now, Prudence. Lofty. I I knew I should never have trusted you. Hello, Lofty.
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We We had a We had a gentleman's agreement. Thought we're both men of honor. Seems I was mistaken.
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There's no need for this, Lord Loft House. In the end, Kil, you and your people, you're nothing but a bunch of barbarians. Oh, lovey. The shakes your guest.
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Pull yourself together love. What are you looking at? I need some air. Shireen, come upstairs and pack immediately.
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I sacrificed everything. Everything for the British in Palestine in good faith. My mistake. But everyone keep dancing.
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I can't believe Halil has betrayed me like this. The bastard. Miss Fischer, I've come a long way to finish our conversation.
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Well, I certainly hope my repartee is worth the journey. Tomorrow morning at 10:00, you will appear before me at Scotland Yard to explain why you shouldn't be charged with the crime of releasing Shiran Abbas from His Majesty's prison in Jerusalem.
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10:00 a.m. sharp. Good night, Miss Fcher. Excuse me, sir. Your brother thought you might like coffee served in the drawing room.
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Tell Jonathan I'm wretched enough where I am. Thank you, Crippins. dinner and you outdone yourself.
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It's not over yet. Miss Fisher, quickly. Shal, [panting and sighs] I can't see him. Get back.
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Shake a little. Too late. No, no, no. Stay back. Stay back. Oh my [laughter] gosh.
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Come outside. Jack Jack. clear line of sight to the shakes's room. Wherever you go, Miss Fischer, trouble follows.
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I prefer to think of it as the other way around. Good evening, superintendent. Sir, German manufactured but Turkish issue. 1896 97.
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You seem to be missing a button from your waist coat, Lord Loft House. And it seems at least a hundred people witnessed a heated argument between yourself and the deceased.
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Well, it was a business meeting. What do you expect? Where did you go when you left the ballroom tonight?
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I went outside for some air. That's right. He was with me. And when you heard the gunshot, was he with you then?
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Uh, yes. Excuse me, sir. I think you were in the kitchen at the time.
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asking Cook to hurry along the coffee. Yes, that's right. Yes. When I looked through the keyhole, there was no key in the lock. But why wouldn't there be if the shake had simply locked the door? But if someone had locked the
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door from the outside and posted the key, the shake was shot in the heart, but the blood stain is much nearer to where his feet were when we found him.
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As if the body had been spun around by someone inside the room. Threw the gun out of the window.
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Lock the door. post the key and descend via the circuit desk. I didn't notice that before.
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Some religions associate the eye of the peacock feather with the eyes of the stars or the guardians of royalty.
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You all seeing eye of God. Jack, there's an inscription. Take it away. I'm just an innocent archaeologist. I'm not a detective. I've been kicked out of Palestine. I've been set a light. And now this. No.
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I'm sorry about the fire, professor, but Shim's uncle has been murdered. I can't help you if you shoot me dead.
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No. But you don't need your left foot. If this treasure is removed from its sacred place, may the desert sands rise and engulf the land.
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And may all the people of the inhabited world perish in tmbed when day turns to night seven times.
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We also have this professor astrolab. Take a look at this. The star of argedi symbol of the argad dynasty of Macedon. the royal lineage of Alexander the Great.
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This must point the way. Well, to the oasis, at least. You must hurry back to the [ __ ] End this curse.
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End the curse. That's what you do with curses, Jack. Too many people have died already. We have to return the emerald to the crypt before day turns to night and Alexander's curse becomes unstoppable.
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Day turns to night. Tonight, day turns to night seven times. It has to be a solar eclipse.
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How long do we have to find the crypt, Professor? How many solar eclipses have there been since 1918?
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Eclipses 2 46. Oh dear. I wouldn't d if I were you. Thank you, professor. You know I wouldn't really shoot you.
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With you, I can never be sure. Eleanor, what happened to Scotland Yard? Well, they left, but they refused to listen to reason. Jonathan, how's Lofty?
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Not good now that he's sobered up. I haven't charged him yet, but the police are convinced that he's guilty.
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Don't worry, they'll come to their senses. Shrimp, we leave in half an hour. Pack light and wrap up warm.
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You're not going to Palestine without me. Not after all this. What if you don't come back?
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I only have a two-seater plane. Well, there's always Lofty's Tiger Moth. I haven't flown for a while, but I could do with the change of scenery. We could fly in tandem.
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Perfect. I just hope she doesn't fly like she drives. I heard that. Come in.
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Urgent delivery, sir. If that woman doesn't show, we'll have a diplomatic disaster on our hands. With my reputation on the line, I'm not sure what I can do about that.
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The railway deal is ruined. Point the finger at someone. You said you had the evidence. Charge Lord Loft House and be done with it.
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Lord Loftous's waste coat button was already missing before the shake was murdered. He was framed.
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That damned woman. [music] [music] She's very well behaved. Of course, she's the woman. She cannot resist me.
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[laughter] hunting. [laughter] Did either of you gentlemen happen to pay our camel in British pounds?
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No. Why would we? The job's not done. Jack. There should be enough. [snorts] Games up, Abdul. Throw down your sword.
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Who gave you this? Please spare my life. I have children. Wife. Repeat the question, Jack.
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An English man. He said money, but we never met. He told me to delay you until he came.
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Sounds like your friend, Monty. Please keep some money. You'll never see me. I gave my word.
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No, you can keep the money. Take your camel and go quickly. You could have told me that you plan to get rid of our only guide.
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I didn't see the need. So, I should have blind faith. Whatever you do, marrying Maharajas, meeting military deserters in the middle of the night.
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I invited you to that. Seducing chamiliers. I didn't plan to seduce Abdullah. You're missing the point. If you let me know what's going on, then maybe I could help.
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Or maybe I'll be absolutely fine without having to explain myself to you or any other man. And if I need your help, I'll ask for it.
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I won't hold my breath. Jack, don't worry about it. I need your help. It's quicksand.
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Keep still. Grab my hand. No. Stay back your sinky. Okay. I'm not losing you like this. Not after all the other stupid ways I nearly lost you.
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What stupid ways? Grab this. Hold on. [sighs and gasps] [panting] [gasps] [sighs] The reason that I married the Maharasha of Alva was because his true love is the prince of Patner. And if his bachelor had been confirmed by his enemies, then
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not only would he have lost his throne, but he would have been stoned to death.
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You saved his life. [sighs] Well [panting] I'm not sure how I could have helped with that one, but thank you for the explanation.
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Heat. Heat. [music] What is it? See something? No, it's nothing. Just the heat playing tricks.
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We have to get there before the eclipse. [music] Heat. Heat. Are you keep [music] [music] to all of that up. [music] [music] No, this well was once overflowing.
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Used to play here in the shade. That was the marker that points to the goat star, the brightest star in the night sky.
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Look Jack. My ancient Greeks not a patch on the professors, but even I recognize this word. Dios as Zeus, god of thunder.
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Sharen, your tattoo, it's a map. Look here at the tip of the triangle towards the star is the lightning bolt of Zeus marking the obelisk. And here this mark is the water of the well.
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Then this third mark like teardrops it must be the crypt of tears. It's a perfect triangle.
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So we need to find the third point in the triangle between the well and the obelisk.
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Here. It's a rock. We don't have long. [music] Heat. Heat. Alexander the Great secret desert bride.
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It looks like honey. to preserve her body. There's someone else. What is it? A knife with the loft house crest and initials.
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Your initials, Jonathan. I just want to put things right. You were here with Templeton and Wilson.
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We knew about the jewels. Where are the jewels? I'll shoot all of you one by one.
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Tempamilton stood guard and she led us here to the crypt and the war. It's taken its toll on all of us. But the Templetons, we should never have left him alone on them.
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It's an accident. I'm for your army. From that moment on, we were all cursed.
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You planted that emerald. You wanted me to find it. I thought if anyone could help me get back here and find this base, it would be you. So I could put the emerald back and end the curse.
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But Wilson didn't die because he was cursed. Jonathan, someone murdered him and then they murdered the shake.
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Someone who didn't want your crime to be revealed and who wanted to ruin Lofty for your sake.
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Someone very close to you, who was always there, who saw everything. Your father. Your real father.
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That's enough, Miss Fisher. Dropped the weapon. It was you. You killed him. They were going to dig up the past. How to stop them.
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You murdered them. You framed Lofty. Lofty is a drunkard, determined to fritter away your mother's estate. She wanted you to have your share. The emerald is all you have. Give it to me.
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This isn't right. I have to pay for what I've done. How will that help?
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We'll destroy you. We have to put the emerald back. We have to end the curse.
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Move. Ry, get out now. You don't have to do this. I do. I'm cursed. I've been cursed since the day I was born.
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Get out. All of you. Come on. Put it back. You know I can't. Heat. Heat.
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[music] [music] [music] It stopped, Jonathan. Heat. Heat. [music] [music] [music] I passed on your request to the high commissioner, but unfortunately it's impossible to retrieve your brother's body.
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How did you know, Friday? About Crippins? I'd wondered before about the small things. The way Jonathan always looked out for Crippins and the way Crippins hated you whenever you taunted Jonathan.
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I thought he was playing favorites. He was, but it was when he spoke up for Jonathan against you to protect Jonathan from the suspicion over the Shakes's murder.
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Of course, that's when I knew he hid the truth from you, Lofty. But he was still my brother.
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He was, "This land will always be full of ghosts, Miss Fisher. But thanks to you, it may live again." Mr. Salin sal, there was an enormous Mr. Tarantula, you uh you shot a spider.
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No, I missed it. Went that way. [clears throat] Got it. [sighs] It's my only fear, Jack. [panting] Apart from spending a long distance flight with our prudence.
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I don't think that's true. No. What else am I afraid of? Me. You're afraid if you fall in love with me, I'll turn you into a policeman's wife and try to stop you from saving the world.
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Well, that can't happen. I'm already a married woman and I don't need to marry you.
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I just need your heart. because God knows you've got mine. Jack, I gave you that a long time ago.
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For a detective, you don't notice much. By the way, there wasn't really a tarantula.
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Good. I didn't really shoot one. [music] Miss Fisher. Mr. Randy Fisher. Yes. This is for you.
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Jack, it's from my mother-in-law. The Maharaja of Alva has been murdered. You gave me a glimpse of your love before. A few months later, a little bit more. So now [music and singing] I want all of you on the table, on the floor, up against
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the wall, in the kitchen by the door, halfway down the hall. Right now I want all [music] of you [music] Woohoo!
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Woohoo! You gave me a [music] taste down in Singapore. There was a love at all.
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In London, it looked like our last, but the desert [singing and music] was our promiser. I want to fall back into your arms and then fall right back into them again. Right now, I want all of you in the kitchen by the door, halfway down
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the hall, on the [singing] table, on the floor, up against all right now. I want all of you.
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Heat. Heat. [music] Hey, hey hey. Heat. Heat. Something on the table, on the floor, up against the wall, in the [music] kitchen by the door, halfway down the hall. Right now, I want all of you to gave me a taste down at [singing]
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all. In Singapore, there was a love at all. So now I want all of you right now.
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I want all of you. I want all. [singing and music] I want all of [music] [music]
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