Taggart, Series 1

Mrs. Robertson:
Sit down. [Taggart and Livingstone do.]

Taggart:
This is Detective Sergeant Livingstone, by the way.

Livingstone:
Hello.

Mrs. Robertson:
What did you come for again?

Livingstone:
We found your daughter, Mrs. Robertson.

Mrs. Robertson:
[Taking in the news, she sits down too.] It was only a matter of time.

Taggart:
Her body wasn't where we expected, where we thought it might be.

Mrs. Robertson:
[Confused] I don't...

Taggart:
We found her body in Glasgow, in a house in Maryhill.

Mrs. Robertson:
A house?

Livingstone:
On the night your daughter was killed, she was driving down to see you, is that right?

Mrs. Robertson:
Yes.

Livingstone:
Well, we now think it's possible she... she was abducted from her car after all.

Mrs. Robertson:
[Shaking her head] I don't understand.

Taggart:
It, erm... it seems likely your son-in-law David wasn't responsible for Margaret's murder.

Mrs. Robertson:
Are you sure it's my Margaret?

Taggart:
Quite sure. We found that by the body. [He produces the bagged-up handbag and places it on the table in front of Mrs. Robertson.] It had her thumbprint inside.

Mrs. Robertson:
[Takes a moment to look at the handbag.] ...It's hers. I bought it for her. I'd like to see her.

Livingstone:
She... er... that wouldn't be a very good idea...

Taggart:
See, what he means, Mrs. Robertson... she's been dead a long time. [Mrs. Robertson looks visibly upset] There will be a press announcement this afternoon, but we wanted you to know first. Have you any neighbours we could ask to come in.

Mrs. Robertson:
[Shakes her head] No neighbours.

Livingstone:
A friend?

Mrs. Robertson:
No-one comes to see me anymore. I prefer it that way.

Taggart:
[Taking back the handbag] Why did you leave Largs?

Mrs. Robertson:
Too many people wanted to speak about me and not to me. Does it mean that David'll come out of prison?

Taggart:
A report has to go to the Procurator Fiscal, then to the Crown Office, then all the way to the Home Secretary. But, yes, that's what it means.