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I never saw Sapphire

wear anything like that.

Hmm.

I wonder who she was dancing with.

- Did she play the gramophone often?

- All the time -very softly.

She was a student

at the Royal Academy of Music.

Hmm.

Well, thank you, Mrs. Thompson.

You!ve been most helpful.

Well, evidently there was a side to Sapphire

she didn!t know about.

Yeah.

Maybe young Harris found the same thing

and didn!t like it.

Could be.

Unless the person she was dancing with

found out about young Harris.

jealousy!s very near to hate.

[ Bell Dings ]

Oh, Mrs. Farr.

Mrs. Farr, your brother!s here.

David? What!s the matter?

Milly, I!ve got to speak to you.

The girl!s brother!s here, sir.

Dr. Robbins.

- Right. Send him in.

- Sir.

[ Sergeant ]

Dr. Robbins. sir.

- It!s very good of you to come so quickly, sir.

- How do you do?

- Please sit down.

- Thank you.

I suppose there!s no doubt.

It is Sapphire?

No doubt at all, I!m afraid.

I know this must be painful for you...

but there are some questions

I have to ask you.

Of course. No, thank you.

I understand you expected your sister

for the weekend.

Yes, I did.

Weren!t you worried

when she didn!t turn up on Saturday?

No, no. She rang me, said something

unexpected had stopped her.

With Sapphire, something unexpected

was always happening.

- How did she sound?

- Excited, I thought.

What sort of a girl was your sister?

Happy, lively- exactly as she looked.

No, no.

That!s not quite true, is it?

Are you -

Were you Sapphire!s half-brother?

No.

Our father was a doctor-white...

our mother a singer- black as I am.

You never know which way it!s gonna go.

Since Sapphire came to London,

she learned to pass for white.

Did David Harris know

that your sister was colored?

I don!t know.

I knew little of Sapphire!s life up here.

She seemed happy. I didn!t pry further.

My sister was 21 , you know.

Why did you let her come to London?

She wanted to come.

I didn!t see why she shouldn!t have

the same chance as any other youngster.

I!m a bachelor.

I could afford to stake her.

Did she every talk about anyone else

besides young Harris?

I can!t remember.

I hardly listened,

Sapphire chattered so much.

It!s unbelievable.

I can see her now...

sitting on the table

in my consulting room...

swinging her legs, laughing...

twittering like a bird.

Patients waiting, but on she went.

I could have slapped her sometimes.

Who would do such a thing?

Who would do it?

- I!d like to see my sister.

- I!ll take you.

No, I!d rather go alone.

- The New End Hospital, Hampstead.

- Thank you.

- Bob, that girl who -

- Oh, this is Dr. Robbins.

Detective Inspector Learoyd.

How do you do?

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