Inspector Morse (TV Series)
The Day of the Devil (1993)
Harriet Walter: Dr. Esther Martin
Quotes
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[Morse wonders whether Dr Martin would have killed Barrie if the police hadn't intervened. She holds up a ring which belonged to one of his other rape victims]
Dr. Esther Martin : When you find the owner of this ring, tell her what I did. You'll find the answer to your question there.
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Dr. Esther Martin : I really did try to understand Barrie. But... being so near him in the hospital, all that time... I thought I'd go mad. Perhaps I did. Because at some point, I'd decided to kill him.
Chief Inspector Morse : And Barrie himself provided the method, with his obsession about betrayal?
Dr. Esther Martin : Yes. When I told him about the dreams, he said if I was really Ashtoreth's medium, I could tell him who betrayed him. So, I described my own ordeal, and I told him he'd been betrayed by the other man. Then he said if I was Ashtoreth's medium, I could get him out of the hospital. So, I began to see a way that I could pay them both back. It was as thought we were locked together in some absurd game, each driven by our own hatred. The rest you know, Chief Inspector.
