[last lines]
Detective:
All right, come on, come on, what's going on? Come on, what is it? Come on!
Clergyman:
Please, sir, I beg of you, there's a dead man here.
Detective:
All right, no one move!
[long pause while he realizes it's a church burial]
Detective:
Finsbury?
Michael Finsbury, Julia Finsbury, Masterman Finsbury, Joseph Finsbury, Morris, John Finsbury:
Yes?
Detective:
MORRIS Finsbury!
John Finsbury:
[turning Morris around and pointing at him]
Yes.
Detective:
Morris Finsbury, I arrest you for stealing £100,000.
Lawyer Patience:
But the money has been returned, sir.
Detective:
Who are you, sir? Some sort of accomplice?
Lawyer Patience:
Certainly not: I am his solicitor.
Detective:
Oh, you've brought your solicitor with you, have you? Yes, I've met your type before.
Lawyer Patience:
No, no, no. I mean, I, I, I'm the administrator of the tontine.
Detective:
Tontine?
Joseph Finsbury:
Named after Lorenzo Tonti, a Neapolitan banker.
Detective:
And who are you, sir?
Joseph Finsbury:
I...
Masterman Finsbury:
[interrupting]
He's nobody. He's my young brother.
Detective:
And who are you, sir?
Masterman Finsbury:
None of your business, sir!
Detective:
I shall have you arrested for indecent exposure!
Julia Finsbury:
Oh!
Michael Finsbury:
My grandfather was recently buried, sir.
Detective:
And who are you, sir?
Julia Finsbury:
He is Michael Finsbury.
Detective:
And who are YOU, madam?
Michael Finsbury:
She is Julia Finsbury, shortly to become... Julia Finsbury!
Detective:
Young man, did you know there was a body in the piano?
Peacock:
I did it.
Detective:
Who is he?
Michael Finsbury:
He is the butler, sir.
Detective:
The butler did it?
Michael Finsbury:
No, sir. I put the body there.
Detective:
Is this true?
Michael Finsbury:
Yes sir.
Detective:
In that case, you are entitled to a reward of £1,000. You are responsible for bringing the Bournemouth Strangler to his just end.
Michael Finsbury:
A, a thousand pounds? Oh, but I-I-I don't, I don't deserve it. The body just arrived in a barrel.
John Finsbury:
I sent it.
Detective:
And who are you, sir?
Morris Finsbury:
He is of diminished responsibility, officer. It was all my doing. If there's any justice in this naughty world, the reward is mine.
Detective:
And WHO are YOU?
[falls into open grave]
Morris Finsbury:
You remember me - Morris Finsbury. I was falsely accused of stealing a hundred thousand pounds, whereas in fact it was me, and me alone, who was responsible for bringing the Bournemouth Strangler to his just desserts.
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