The Limehouse Golem Page #3

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And yet he continued to pass

each day in the reading room

at the British museum,

reading and writing.

A change in mood and a change in

habit are two different things.

Greatorex:

On the day of his death,

the librarian described

your husband

as being in good spirits.

My husband was adept

at presenting

a false face to the world, sir.

And that is something

you would understand,

is it not, Mrs. cree?

Playing...

A role?

I used to be

a music hall performer,

if that's what you mean.

Greatorex:

And what of the role you play

today before this court?

That of a respectable,

educated lady.

You were born out of wedlock,

were you not?

- Yes, sir.

As a child,

you stitched sailcloth

and passed much time with men.

I can assure you I was

a god-fearing child.

An innocent.

I was tasked by my mother to

deliver our sails to the docks.

Encountering men was not

something I could hope to avoid.

Here you go, good as new.

Carry that all the way?

Look at your poor hands, Lizzie.

Me ma says I'm made for

the bloodtubs with these hands.

Don't you dare run off

and join the theater.

These sails ain't

gonna mend themselves.

I like the comics.

Charlie's gonna take me

to see Dan leno one day.

Aren't you, Charlie,

when I'm older?

Fisherman:

Dan leno was never that blue.

Did Charlie teach you that?

Just don't let your ma hear it.

She'll kill ya.

What's it mean?

If you want, I'll show you.

Me mum will be wanting me home,

if you'll give me our pay.

Money's in my hut.

Mother:
What took you so long?

Has a man laid hands on you?

You liar.

I fell.

Come here.

What did I do wrong?

Mother, no, please.

Did I not teach you well enough?

No, I beg you!

Mother:
Come here.

You want me to go

to heaven, don't you?

That place will keep you

from heaven, Lizzie.

That is enough, Mrs. cree!

Court is adjourned for lunch!

Anyone come by

from the era newspaper?

I'm expecting a package.

No package.

Just this.

Flood:
John cree.

No luck getting a sample

of cree's handwriting

from his old employers,

I'm afraid, sir.

They don't keep

reporters' submissions.

Had a more recent

portrait, though.

And I've asked archives for all

the files on gissing and Marx.

Kildare:
Very good. See if

they have anything on leno.

Kildare and John cree:

September

the 5th, 1880.

It was a fine bright evening...

John cree:
...And I could feel

a murder coming on.

Since it was to be

my first show,

I decided by way of inspiration

to pay a visit to the site

of the immortal

ratcliffe highway murders.

More than half a century ago

on this sacred spot,

an entire family was

dispatched into eternity

by a man named John Williams,

a man Thomas de quincey

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