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Next morning, at the hospital, Edith asks a doctor about the condition of Elsie Jenkins, explaining that she's a friend. The doctor tells her that she is very ill and he can't be sure what is wrong with her, as he's never seen anything like it before. Edith goes immediately to Elsie's bedside. Her friend is very weak and has difficulty breathing. She asks about Martin Ashford, but Edith tells her not worry about him. Elsie is very frightened and asks Edith what's wrong with her. The nurse replies that it's just 'flu. As she speaks, she notices black sores on Elsie's arm.
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Sam hasn't reported for work, so it is Sergeant Brooke who drives Foyle to see vet Ted Cartwright. He's happy to be driving as it gets him out of the station desk and he tells Foyle that the area is a bit too quiet for him.
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In Cartwright's house, Foyle shows the vet the murder weapon and asks if he recognises it. Cartwright says it's a trocar and identifies it as his own, which he had lost it some weeks before, and he's shocked when Foyle tells him that it was used to kill Jenkins. Cartwright says he noticed that it wasn't in his bag a few days after he'd paid a visit to Foxhall Farm.
Leonard comes into the room and his father explains that Foyle is a police officer asking about Jenkins. Foyle asks if Leonard got his facial scar when serving on the Navarino. When Leonard queries how he knows that he was on that ship, Foyle counters by asking what caused the scar and Leonard says hesitantly that he thinks it was a piece of shrapnel. He gives a halting account of the incident.
The Navarino had left Iceland and was heading north on DEMS duty, assigned to protect merchant vessels. The thirty ships in Convoy PQ17 were heading for Murmansk when they were attacked. When the Navarino was hit, Leonard managed to get onto the deck. Jenkins had been on the bridge. Leonard ended up in the ice-cold water and would have frozen to death within thirty minutes if Jenkins hadn't pulled him onto a raft.
Leonard says that, while they all want to know who killed Jenkins, he's sure it can't have been Ashford, because that wouldn't make any sense.
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Mark Wilcox arrives at the hospital to see Elsie Jenkins. The doctor tells him that she is too ill and he refuses to give permission to visit her.
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Foyle and Milner call at Styles's house in Hastings. When, on the doorstep, Foyle says he's from the police, Styles slams the door in his face. Brooke charges down a side alley to get to the back of the house. Styles suddenly appears from a doorway and Brooke grabs him, but the man delivers him two heavy blows and he collapses into the shrubbery. Styles runs off. As the sergeant gets to his feet, Foyle asks him if he's hurt and he replies, breathlessly, "Just my pride, sir. Sorry, I'm a bit off my patch." Foyle rejoins, "Hm, yes. It's a bit quiet here, isn't it."
Foyle and Milner enter the house by the back door. The DCS examines a notebook lying beside a typewriter and says Styles could be a journalist. Milner looks at a number of books and takes a closer look at two - "Science and War" and "Science and World Order". He suggests that Styles could be a scientist.
Foyle finds a printed leaflet about the Quakers and observes that it's from the same meeting house that Ashford attends. He looks closely at papers containing German text and says, "We should find this man."
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While Edith is beside Elsie's hospital bed, her friend's condition suddenly worsens. As Elsie struggles to breathe, she tries to speak and manages to say "dead in the road" and "sheep". She begins to convulse and Edith runs to fetch the doctor.
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In the Hastings police station, Foyle is worried about Sam and tells Milner to send someone to her lodgings to find out if she's all right.
Brooke hands Foyle an envelope addressed to him that had been slipped under the station door. Detecting an odour, Foyle sniffs at the envelope. He reads the anonymous letter and hands it to Milner, asking what he makes of it. Milner reads it out: "I saw Tom Jenkins die. It was a tall man on the beach. Blond hair. He had a knife."
Foyle comments that it's not a description of Ashford. Milner says the paper smells of a chemical, perhaps ether. He suggests that it could be from a hospital. Foyle recalls that Edith is a nurse.
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Milner calls on Edith at the hospital and shows her the letter. She denies sending it and asks what reason she would have. Milner says that the description is such a total opposite of Ashford's that it looks as though someone was deliberately trying to throw the police off track. He also mentions the possibility of the paper having come into contact with ether. Edith says it's not only hospitals that use ether.
Milner asks why Edith hasn't told him the truth. She protests that she has, but Milner says that she told him Ashford wasn't involved with anyone. Edith asks if he is calling her a liar. He replies reluctantly that he is. He says that she came to him for help, that she knew how he felt about her and so she used him. He asks her if Elsie was having an affair with Ashford. Edith doesn't answer. He continues, saying that the argument between Jenkins and Ashford sprang out of nowhere, so there had to be some previous animosity between them. Edith admits that her brother and Elsie had been having an affair and that it began while Jenkins was away. She says that she didn't tell him in case he took it as a motive for murder. She continues to deny having written the letter.
As Milner turns to leave, Edith asks him where he will go next and he replies that he must see Elsie. Edith informs him that Elsie had been admitted to the hospital with some sort of pneumonia and had died.
Milner speaks to the doctor and is told that Edith died from an unidentified respiratory illness and had blisters on the skin that weren't recognised. The doctor says there will have to be a full inquest and that he is relieved that there have been no other cases.
Milner asks if Elsie said anything that might indicate how she contracted the illness. All the doctor can think of is that right at the end she said something about a sheep, which made him think her illness may have been woolsorters' disease. He says he believes her father has a farm. When Milner asks if he knows exactly what she said, he replies that there was nothing exact about it. "She mentioned a sheep in the road. She said she tried to lift it, I think."
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In Hythe police station, Foyle breaks the news of Elsie's death to Martin Ashford. The man is stunned. Gently, Foyle asks when the affair with Elsie began and explains that Edith told them about it. Ashford says it was a year ago and tells Foyle that Jenkins was a drinker and a bully who beat his wife even when she was expecting a child. He confirms that Jenkins was the baby's father.
Ashford can't believe Elsie is dead and says Foyle is trying to trick him. The young man is obviously distressed and the DCS says they needn't talk about it now, he can come back. Ashford says he's been in that room long enough and that he'll tell him.
Elsie had tried to persuade him not to fight Jenkins because she knew what her husband was like and was afraid that he (Ashford) would be killed. He had gone back to Foxhall Farm for a torch and got to the beach at about 11.20. He had heard someone running and then had found Jenkins writhing on the ground, with the attacker's weapon still in him. The man spoke only one word before he died: Elsie. Thinking Elsie had killed her husband, Ashford had taken the weapon in order to protect her, and that was how he had got blood on his clothes.
Foyle asks him where he hid the weapon and Ashford replies that it was Foxhall Farm. Asked if he knows Leonard Cartwright, he says that they attended the same Quaker meeting house, but the man had left and enlisted. They were still friends. Asked about Henry Styles, he says that he remembers seeing him but they never spoke.
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Henry Styles's car is stopped by Home Guards at a road block. When he fails to produce his identity papers, he's asked to get out of the vehicle. He attempts to drive off, but rifles are immediately pointed at him, so he stops.
***
Sam walks with difficulty into the hospital and is met by Edith. She collapses to the floor. Edith immediately notices black sores on the back of Sam's right hand.
***
Brooke drives Foyle to the hospital at speed. The doctor informs the DCS that Sam is very seriously ill and tells him that another young woman has died from seemingly the same condition. Foyle goes to the ward and is distressed to see the way Sam looks. She says she thinks she has 'flu but she wonders about the sores on her hand and the festering wound on her wrist. Foyle asks about the wound and learns that it was caused by barbed wire at Foxhall Farm. Sam asks if he thinks she's got an infection. He looks thoughtful and tells her just to rest.
In the hospital corridor, he meets an anxious Joe Farnetti, who says he's just got word about Sam. Foyle is now in a hurry and tells him Sam is very ill and he should speak to the doctor. When Farnetti asks what's wrong with her, Foyle tells him that they don't seem to know. Farnetti asks, "Mr Foyle, am I going to lose her?" Foyle replies, "Speak to the doctor."
***
At the door of the hospital, Foyle is met by Milner, who has come to tell him that Styles has been picked up.
***
In the Hastings station, Foyle tells Styles that he needs his help. Styles says he's not going to say anything. Foyle's manner is urgent as he explains the situation regarding Sam, telling of the wound she got at Foxhall Farm, and of Elsie, who had the same symptoms, having died.
Styles thinks it's a ploy to get him to talk. He says that he knows who Foyle is, that Foyle wants him to disappear and that he knows why he came to his house. Foyle explains that they went to Styles's house because a murder had been committed it was believed that he knew the man who'd been arrested. Foyle speaks urgently as he says that whether he did or he didn't, it is irrelevant and that the only reason he is in the station now is because they need his help.
Styles asks Foyle if the sick woman has black sores on her face or arms. Foyle replies that she does. Styles says that it's anthrax, a living bacterium that can be cultivated and used, and it kills, which is why they want it. Foyle asks who. Styles says only that they'd wanted him to work for them but he'd refused, and tells Foyle that they are incompetent and can't control the infection. Foyle asks, "Where do I find them?"
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Next morning, at the hospital, Edith asks a doctor about the condition of Elsie Jenkins, explaining that she's a friend. The doctor tells her that she is very ill and he can't be sure what is wrong with her, as he's never seen anything like it before. Edith goes immediately to Elsie's bedside. Her friend is very weak and has difficulty breathing. She asks about Martin Ashford, but Edith tells her not worry about him. Elsie is very frightened and asks Edith what's wrong with her. The nurse replies that it's just 'flu. As she speaks, she notices black sores on Elsie's arm.
***
Sam hasn't reported for work, so it is Sergeant Brooke who drives Foyle to see vet Ted Cartwright. He's happy to be driving as it gets him out of the station desk and he tells Foyle that the area is a bit too quiet for him.
***
In Cartwright's house, Foyle shows the vet the murder weapon and asks if he recognises it. Cartwright says it's a trocar and identifies it as his own, which he had lost it some weeks before, and he's shocked when Foyle tells him that it was used to kill Jenkins. Cartwright says he noticed that it wasn't in his bag a few days after he'd paid a visit to Foxhall Farm.
Leonard comes into the room and his father explains that Foyle is a police officer asking about Jenkins. Foyle asks if Leonard got his facial scar when serving on the Navarino. When Leonard queries how he knows that he was on that ship, Foyle counters by asking what caused the scar and Leonard says hesitantly that he thinks it was a piece of shrapnel. He gives a halting account of the incident.
The Navarino had left Iceland and was heading north on DEMS duty, assigned to protect merchant vessels. The thirty ships in Convoy PQ17 were heading for Murmansk when they were attacked. When the Navarino was hit, Leonard managed to get onto the deck. Jenkins had been on the bridge. Leonard ended up in the ice-cold water and would have frozen to death within thirty minutes if Jenkins hadn't pulled him onto a raft.
Leonard says that, while they all want to know who killed Jenkins, he's sure it can't have been Ashford, because that wouldn't make any sense.
***
Mark Wilcox arrives at the hospital to see Elsie Jenkins. The doctor tells him that she is too ill and he refuses to give permission to visit her.
***
Foyle and Milner call at Styles's house in Hastings. When, on the doorstep, Foyle says he's from the police, Styles slams the door in his face. Brooke charges down a side alley to get to the back of the house. Styles suddenly appears from a doorway and Brooke grabs him, but the man delivers him two heavy blows and he collapses into the shrubbery. Styles runs off. As the sergeant gets to his feet, Foyle asks him if he's hurt and he replies, breathlessly, "Just my pride, sir. Sorry, I'm a bit off my patch." Foyle rejoins, "Hm, yes. It's a bit quiet here, isn't it."
Foyle and Milner enter the house by the back door. The DCS examines a notebook lying beside a typewriter and says Styles could be a journalist. Milner looks at a number of books and takes a closer look at two - "Science and War" and "Science and World Order". He suggests that Styles could be a scientist.
Foyle finds a printed leaflet about the Quakers and observes that it's from the same meeting house that Ashford attends. He looks closely at papers containing German text and says, "We should find this man."
***
While Edith is beside Elsie's hospital bed, her friend's condition suddenly worsens. As Elsie struggles to breathe, she tries to speak and manages to say "dead in the road" and "sheep". She begins to convulse and Edith runs to fetch the doctor.
***
In the Hastings police station, Foyle is worried about Sam and tells Milner to send someone to her lodgings to find out if she's all right.
Brooke hands Foyle an envelope addressed to him that had been slipped under the station door. Detecting an odour, Foyle sniffs at the envelope. He reads the anonymous letter and hands it to Milner, asking what he makes of it. Milner reads it out: "I saw Tom Jenkins die. It was a tall man on the beach. Blond hair. He had a knife."
Foyle comments that it's not a description of Ashford. Milner says the paper smells of a chemical, perhaps ether. He suggests that it could be from a hospital. Foyle recalls that Edith is a nurse.
***
Milner calls on Edith at the hospital and shows her the letter. She denies sending it and asks what reason she would have. Milner says that the description is such a total opposite of Ashford's that it looks as though someone was deliberately trying to throw the police off track. He also mentions the possibility of the paper having come into contact with ether. Edith says it's not only hospitals that use ether.
Milner asks why Edith hasn't told him the truth. She protests that she has, but Milner says that she told him Ashford wasn't involved with anyone. Edith asks if he is calling her a liar. He replies reluctantly that he is. He says that she came to him for help, that she knew how he felt about her and so she used him. He asks her if Elsie was having an affair with Ashford. Edith doesn't answer. He continues, saying that the argument between Jenkins and Ashford sprang out of nowhere, so there had to be some previous animosity between them. Edith admits that her brother and Elsie had been having an affair and that it began while Jenkins was away. She says that she didn't tell him in case he took it as a motive for murder. She continues to deny having written the letter.
As Milner turns to leave, Edith asks him where he will go next and he replies that he must see Elsie. Edith informs him that Elsie had been admitted to the hospital with some sort of pneumonia and had died.
Milner speaks to the doctor and is told that Edith died from an unidentified respiratory illness and had blisters on the skin that weren't recognised. The doctor says there will have to be a full inquest and that he is relieved that there have been no other cases.
Milner asks if Elsie said anything that might indicate how she contracted the illness. All the doctor can think of is that right at the end she said something about a sheep, which made him think her illness may have been woolsorters' disease. He says he believes her father has a farm. When Milner asks if he knows exactly what she said, he replies that there was nothing exact about it. "She mentioned a sheep in the road. She said she tried to lift it, I think."
***
In Hythe police station, Foyle breaks the news of Elsie's death to Martin Ashford. The man is stunned. Gently, Foyle asks when the affair with Elsie began and explains that Edith told them about it. Ashford says it was a year ago and tells Foyle that Jenkins was a drinker and a bully who beat his wife even when she was expecting a child. He confirms that Jenkins was the baby's father.
Ashford can't believe Elsie is dead and says Foyle is trying to trick him. The young man is obviously distressed and the DCS says they needn't talk about it now, he can come back. Ashford says he's been in that room long enough and that he'll tell him.
Elsie had tried to persuade him not to fight Jenkins because she knew what her husband was like and was afraid that he (Ashford) would be killed. He had gone back to Foxhall Farm for a torch and got to the beach at about 11.20. He had heard someone running and then had found Jenkins writhing on the ground, with the attacker's weapon still in him. The man spoke only one word before he died: Elsie. Thinking Elsie had killed her husband, Ashford had taken the weapon in order to protect her, and that was how he had got blood on his clothes.
Foyle asks him where he hid the weapon and Ashford replies that it was Foxhall Farm. Asked if he knows Leonard Cartwright, he says that they attended the same Quaker meeting house, but the man had left and enlisted. They were still friends. Asked about Henry Styles, he says that he remembers seeing him but they never spoke.
***
Henry Styles's car is stopped by Home Guards at a road block. When he fails to produce his identity papers, he's asked to get out of the vehicle. He attempts to drive off, but rifles are immediately pointed at him, so he stops.
***
Sam walks with difficulty into the hospital and is met by Edith. She collapses to the floor. Edith immediately notices black sores on the back of Sam's right hand.
***
Brooke drives Foyle to the hospital at speed. The doctor informs the DCS that Sam is very seriously ill and tells him that another young woman has died from seemingly the same condition. Foyle goes to the ward and is distressed to see the way Sam looks. She says she thinks she has 'flu but she wonders about the sores on her hand and the festering wound on her wrist. Foyle asks about the wound and learns that it was caused by barbed wire at Foxhall Farm. Sam asks if he thinks she's got an infection. He looks thoughtful and tells her just to rest.
In the hospital corridor, he meets an anxious Joe Farnetti, who says he's just got word about Sam. Foyle is now in a hurry and tells him Sam is very ill and he should speak to the doctor. When Farnetti asks what's wrong with her, Foyle tells him that they don't seem to know. Farnetti asks, "Mr Foyle, am I going to lose her?" Foyle replies, "Speak to the doctor."
***
At the door of the hospital, Foyle is met by Milner, who has come to tell him that Styles has been picked up.
***
In the Hastings station, Foyle tells Styles that he needs his help. Styles says he's not going to say anything. Foyle's manner is urgent as he explains the situation regarding Sam, telling of the wound she got at Foxhall Farm, and of Elsie, who had the same symptoms, having died.
Styles thinks it's a ploy to get him to talk. He says that he knows who Foyle is, that Foyle wants him to disappear and that he knows why he came to his house. Foyle explains that they went to Styles's house because a murder had been committed it was believed that he knew the man who'd been arrested. Foyle speaks urgently as he says that whether he did or he didn't, it is irrelevant and that the only reason he is in the station now is because they need his help.
Styles asks Foyle if the sick woman has black sores on her face or arms. Foyle replies that she does. Styles says that it's anthrax, a living bacterium that can be cultivated and used, and it kills, which is why they want it. Foyle asks who. Styles says only that they'd wanted him to work for them but he'd refused, and tells Foyle that they are incompetent and can't control the infection. Foyle asks, "Where do I find them?"
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