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Dewar is found dead. Foyle's investigations reveal how Talbot's secret crush on Andrew led to Dewar's accidental death; that she was pregnant when she died; that the baby's father was the local nightclub managerâa racketeer tied to the fuel thefts and attempted bombing of the depot; and that Pamela
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214:, who are secretly looting bombed-out houses. Meanwhile, Hans Maier, a "Dutch refugee", is found, but when he turns out to be a German spy he faces execution. Surprisingly his cousin, the wife of the local doctor, lives nearby and seems complicit in his arrival. In the end, Foyle's investigations reveal Paige's complicity in stealing Hunter's
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labourers. She is surprised to learn that one of the young men in Dewar's group is Andrew Foyle. His best friendâ-and Dewar's beauâ-is another RAF pilot named Rex Talbot. Soon
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in the Markham case six months earlier. Throughout the episode, Foyle is confronted with moral dilemmas and legal compromises made for the sake of the war. And it marks the first appearance of Hilda Pierce, played by
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