Marple (TV Series)

The Murder at the Vicarage (2004)

Janet McTeer: Anne Protheroe

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• [In Miss Marple's home, Mrs. Protheroe is attempting unsuccessfully to convince Inspector Slack that she killed her husband, when the phone rings, and Slack answers it] 

  DI Slack : St. Mary Mead, two - yes, speaking. Is that definite? Right.

  [hangs up] 

  DI Slack : I don't like my time wasted, Mrs. Protheroe. The bullet that killed your husband was fired from Mr. Redding's gun.

  Anne Protheroe : But... he did it for me!

  DI Slack : He didn't do it for anyone! I released him half an hour ago. Just happened to be carrying his gun, which I don't believe. And more important,

  [to Miss Marple] 

  DI Slack : and something you didn't think of: if the Colonel was shot at a quarter to seven, why did he stop the note like that at 6:20?

  Miss Jane Marple : [feigning surprise]  Oh, yes.

• Miss Jane Marple : You are quite sure?

  Mrs. Price-Ridley : I always put a pound note into the box on the anniversary of poor Bruce's passing.

  Miss Jane Marple : I know, but perhaps this time...

  Colonel Protheroe : Oh, come on, Miss Marple! If Marjorie said she put a pound in, then she did! So where's it gone? Well, I thought you'd be straining at the leash to sniff out the culprit. You do have a reputation to maintain.

  Miss Jane Marple : My reputation, Colonel Protheroe, if I have one, and how very kind of you to suggest I do, is neither here nor there. I merely wonder if it's a little early to talk of culprits.

  Colonel Protheroe : Nonsense!

  Anne Protheroe : [touches his shoulder in an effort to calm him]  Lucius...

  Colonel Protheroe : Anne, don't paw me! Now, look, I'm a churchwarden, and I was in intelligence. I know when something smells fishy! This could be just the tip of the iceberg! Eh... Vicar!

  [marches off to confront the vicar]