Diane :Roger！It' s Mother！I brought a cup of coffee for her and I found her dead. She's dead…dead in her bed
Roger: She's dead,
Roger: Mother is dead！
Diane: I'm going to phone the doctor
Diane: Dr Pratt，this is Diane Clarkson.
Diane: It's my mother—she's dead.
Please come quickly!
Don't cry, Diane. Let's go upstairs and tell Uncle Albert and Jackie.
Dr. Pratt: This is going to be very difficult. I'm going to phone the police, Roger.
Roger: Police! Why? What's wrong?
Dr. Pratt: I don't know. Your mother wasn't ill. I saw her on Thursday and she was very well.
Dr. Pratt: Why did she die? I don' t understand. I want to find out. Did you know your mother took sleeping tablets
Roger: No, I didn't know.
Dr. Pratt: but I can't find it here in her room.
Very well, I will phone the police．
Good morning. I am Detective Walsh.
Last night someone put sleeping tablets in Mrs Clarkson's hot milk．
We are going to question everybody, and I need a room, please.
I'm Roger Clarkson.
I'm going to ask some questions
Tell me about last night
You were angry with Mrs Clarkson.
Yes，I was. Everyone was angry.
Roger was angry.
Diane wanted money to go to America．
Molly was a rich woman. I need money because my wife
Her sister is very ill．
What happened next?
Well，Molly was angry with everyone and went upstairs．
Jackie wanted everyone to go up and say good night to her.
Jackie lives here with Molly so she wanted Molly to be happy．
And did you see Molly in her room?
Yes. I was tired and I went upstairs first．
Did you hear noises?
I think...Later, I heard someone…He or she went downstairs．
That was about midnight.
you can go now
Tell me, did your mother get her tablets from the shop in the village?
Yes. My mother usually took a sleeping tablet every night so she needed a lot of tablets.
Sometimes she got them from the shop，sometimes I did．
On Thursday，I asked Peter Hobbs to get them．
He lives in the house across the road, and he often goes to the village on his bicycle.
Did you need your mother's money?
No, Inspector. Money is not important to me. There are more important things.
your uncle Albert wanted money. Tom Briggs wanted the money for the garden.
But, you wanted NOTHING?
Don't forget Peter Hobbs. He lost his job because of my mother. He wanted to kill her, you know.
And what about Diane? You found the empty bottle in her bag.
We're going to question everyone, Miss Clarkson.
Now, Mr Clarkson. Why was your mother angry with you last night?
This house is very big. It was a lot of work for Mother.
I wanted her to move. But no, she loved this house and garden. She didn't want to move.
Tell me about your job, Mr Clarkson. Your mother is dead and now you're rich.
Do you need money?
What are you saying? I didn't kill my mother. A friend and I want to build ten houses here, in this garden.
Tell me, what happened upstairs? You went to your mother's room?
Yes, I did. I wanted to say goodnight to my mother.
Did you talk about the house again?
Yes, I did. Again. She loved the house and didn't want to sell it.
I see. We found the empty bottle of sleeping tablets, Mr Clarkson, in Diane's room.
Oh? Someone put them there. Diane did not kill my mother, I know that. She found the body.
Oh,I can talk about last night.
Mother went to bed early and I made hot milk for her.
When did you take the milk upstairs?
I went up after Roger. I didn't like my mother, Inspector, She killed my father.
I see. So you wanted to kill your mother?
I wanted to kill her, but I didn't. Everyone wanted Mother to die.
And then my brother. He needs a lot of money.
We found the empty bottle of sleeping tablets in your room
What？I didn't put it there！I'm not going to listen to this！
Jackie, how do you know that we found the bottle in Diane's bag?
You did…before…you told me before!
No．We said we found the empty bottle in Diane's room. But we didn't tell you we found it in her bag.
We found your picture-an old one-in Mr Briggs'house
You were younger then, and I know you loved each other.
You don't understand!
Mother gave me nothing…all those years. I wanted to be happy…to be with Tom. That's all.
Tom loves me, and I loves him too.
But Mother said no. Always no!!!!!