摩斯探@]长第十一季

剧情简介

Mors'`<>e is ta[_ken ser)iously ill at a"# museum reception an>d is hospitalize ,!d. In t.he hospital+, Supt. Strange, \!vis+
/its Mo"rse to ##push him #%to take _early retire>#men._t, while Dr. Milli* ] c=?en>@t 'Milli e'.* Va<)
n Bur.?&en gives him ^#her b ook [.on a 14^@0 year-old :?@cour@t c\ase '<>known@ as th-@#e Oxford^!_ C+@ana l Murder$s. T=_he case involved the
$&, murder an*-+d =@rape of a young wom#\*an,[) Mrs Jo &anna  Franks-
@$(, traveling by c+ ana ?l boat &(from Coventry to London. The ca-/ se re[(:sul.ted (in three boatmen being senten.ced to-./\ d'eat#h and two '?* &of them$(= hanged. Morse/^@ starts to read Millie's book and dreams /[about+ i=<!t. ^ ,^He$@* soon% h*as a num`(-ber :`>`of p^roblems w_&ith=' th
[+e c^as/(*e%.　　Why '`[`were-?/n't t@he t- hree men "(!als o char[ged >w_^i t-]+h theft Why did Mr-s+\\ @/Fran,<ks tak>"_e a _'boat  instead of a train th>at was mu;#ch" faster a_nd;. comfo<r&-:tabl*:\e and only s)_lightly%  more e))xp
[&@?ensive Why didn't%: she ab,&andon the boat,?, after she/*`$ co<mplai
<ned
 #about lewd behav< ^ior of [the crew at the shippin;
_g office )@,+in B'anbury :Why@+ did)]' she th+ (e'n drink and 'socialise' wit!&h .+the crew What+ `+$h
a)(p) pened to h[:er 'carpet bag' with which she arri<ved on th/' e) boat but which was not mentioned" in the co ::urt cas;,e, nor was i.[t stored in^@ th&e/$\ ar/chives!] with'` h[;er)"@*,_*+ almost empty, -%t runk The trunk ?@wa.s mar*#ked with 'initial.;&s_ <of%[% \ 
her first [h =&usban ? d w;=-%h')"o[ = had d:+ ie
>`d. How _$<did it /+!happen th+a@t h<er shoes=' wer]=e fo??und on the boat but nob[<ody saw h@"er^^ return to the boat( from the forest'.　　PC Adri#/#an Kers$=[haw does s
"ome 
@brill`-=i)a'/n;&t_ leg work f,=or Morse. He [' st(udied+ hist .o[. [r+*y and h]>: as+@' in\''valuable backg`-ro@und knowledge. For ?[ ^i .]nstance,') he mentions that the? b<.=oatmen+ h(;\ ad '%+bad reputation because they worked +#=on Sund&ays], `and" did %)not'> attend church. Late
`r_ >' a c^!%hapel )\;@was built for )t!#hem >\in Oxford.　　"/:The d=&:ead wom_+*an's +clothes and; the sho.es ^+fo>/+und o@n the boat are submit*&ted to modern for?).e`n:$sic !+investigatio)=.n. ^(T<.he r*^,es/^>ult is that** th%e s(?hoes^? did ^not= belong to* t`.
;he %"< dead woman f/+[ound in the >%wate
r because she was& %much taller.The s hoes wer ]&e ne ]/\ver u[se"#d &;i )n the fores-.@t.< 　　Only Mrs <_Fra,\,nks' husband, Charles F,ranks, :,*was$+% called &to iden",t*):&ify> th*
+>e body of+ the d$\^/e/&ad ]woman. He >*claimed that, while her face,>\ was dark^
"ened='
 a @nd \#disfigured,)> he found a :birt h mar#k behin([d her ear.- Th.''e prosec[utor we'">lc[omed that info
rmation th>$at on+ly a['/ husband or a lo&?;v`$er wou>>^ld +_know. The '"ac+_! cused wer#?e not shown the body. T=@h)"e defense a:\:-ttorney _(>merely claim$,(ed th&at *the guilt of< t;\ he &
+ three m=_!en was* not proved. All three accused cl ai`,med&^ to .the e
nd that >they were[# innoc` ent. One of / - them(' w=^``as@-" ]not executed because he embraced C^\+hri ;[$st'iani@`:ty  in pr@ison.　　Morse ins ('tructs K&ershaw to inve>s^tigat e i <f[ Charles [-`Franks bene#fited !#from hi$,<s wife's =death `%and<:, indeed, he pocketed 3]' 00>= pounds insurance mon:ey. Ca &se closed Charles F ;$ran!=%ks mu`rd" e_red a ":=tall wo&men an)>d dropped her in t<]he canal a;%-fter me .e)ting Jo_`=#anna in the forest. I,#_
f J'&
oann(@a +,/Franks jumped o*
 ff the boa%,*t at-( the same <t:ime as the dead body hit >.>t(he/ water, s>h`> (e_<! s'
wam to the [(bank an^<" d j) oin.?<@ed her &husband-[. The _ cou ."p -l#$e changed&# t![h(eir nam_es, in >'the/? ',=
case of 'Ch`-(a$= ]rles Fr?@-<anks' a sec$: ond ti"me after h?e 'died' a
+@/s J$?oanna's first husband.% The`;  fourth boatman, a you_:ngster who wa]$%s not charged, w=as -"p:_.robabl="y paid &.]`by Joanna to gi `ve f)alse testim@$ony..>　　M
=?[ors [_e t( ^ravels to Ireland and has  a grav<[e of Joanna'@:s fir/s!`t husb%.and exhumed# . Th[)e coffin contains bags of sand an^d some+% stones.