EPISODE 5

Back in New York at the police station, the Police Captain enters Lt. Washington’s office.
Washington is speaking to a newspaper reporter on the telephone.
- ... The investigation is making progress... I can’t answer that question... Yes, we’re working
with Interpol.. Yes... No!... Yes... Goodbye.
Lt. Washington turns to the captain.
- That was the tenth telephone call today.
- Progress on the investigation, I hear.
- Some. We know that Richardson’s killer and The Moon of India are on the ship. We think the
killer wants to sell it when The Princess arrives in Marseille.
- Who is the killer?
- We think we know, but we‘re not sure yet.
- We’d better find out soon. The museum wants the necklace back. And I want to find the killer.
- We’re doing our best, sir. We have one of our best officers on the ship.
Thousands of miles away on the ship, the sun is shining. Agatha, Christina, Frank, and Robert
are sitting around the swimming pool. Christina is reading a newspaper.
- This is very interesting.
- What is, dear?
- The Moon of India is still missing from the City Museum.
- Christina works in the City Museum, Frank.
- Yes. Christina told me yesterday that her specialty is Egyptian art.
- Do you know The Moon of India, Christina?
- Yes, but it wasn’t in my department, so I didn’t see it often... Listen to this: “The famous
necklace disappeared from the City Museum the night of April 16 th. Museum employees
discovered the loss early the next morning.” The Police, it says, are working day and night.
- What does it say about the necklace?
- Let’s see... The Moon of India has 45 perfect diamonds. It was a wedding present for the
Princess of Aipur in 1771.
- Wow!
- The necklace is worth more than 4 million dollars.
- Four million dollars! That’s a lot of money!
- Yes, an incredible amount of money.
Lucy arrives in a swimsuit.
- Let’s go swimming!
(SPLASH)
EPISODE 6
It is the next evening. Agatha and Christina are getting ready for dinner. Christina is looking in
the mirror trying to decide which necklace to wear.
(KNOCK-KNOCK)
- Are you ladies ready for dinner?
- Come in, Frank! We’ll be ready in a minute!
- Take your time! The night is young.
- You’re happy tonight, Frank.
- Yes, I did some good work on my book this afternoon.
- Really? Tell us about it.
- Well, you know that Moon of India story gave me the idea. I’m going to write a story about a
famous necklace that’s stolen from a museum. The thief takes the necklace on a ship and plans
to sell it at one of the ship’s ports... but can’t because... Guess why...
- The police know what’s happening?
- Right. There’s a detective on the ship.
- What happens next?
Frank walks over to a painting on a cabin wall.
- I don’t know yet. A good mystery is like a painting: large parts of it are very dark, but when we
look at the painting a second, a third, a fourth time... we see more. When you read a detective
story, you need to look into the dark. Slowly you begin to see the story.
The dining room is full of people. People are talking and laughing. Waiters are pouring water
and bringing large menus to every table. At table 5, Frank remembers that he left his glasses in
the Jordans’ cabin.
- I’ll go back and get them for you.
- No, please, you stay here. I’ll go and get them.
- OK. Here’s the key to the room.
Frank walks quickly to the Jordans’ cabin, unlocks the door, goes in and gets his glasses. In a
hurry to get back to the dining room, he forgets to close the door when he goes out. A few
minutes later, Robert Grant comes to the door of the Jordans’ cabin. The door is open and he
goes inside. A purser watches him go in.
- Christina? Agatha? Anybody home? Hello?
The purser hears him and enters the room.
- Can I help you, sir?
- The door was open. I thought they were here.
- I think they’re in the dining room, sir.
- Thank you.
- Good evening, sir.
(SLAM)