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{suspenseful music)

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- A gentleman to see you, madame

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- Madame Gallet?
- Yes.

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- Inspector Maigret, criminal justice

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- What, is anything wrong?

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- Your husband is Emile Gallet?

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- Yes.

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- A traveller in silverware

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for Maison Neal company of Paris?

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- Yes.

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- I'm sorry to have to
tell you, but he's dead

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- Dead?

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- He was found shot and
stabbed in a hotel room

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in Sancerre the night before last

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- But that cannct be sol
- I'm afraid it is.

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- Night before last at Sancerre?

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- Yes.

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- Then how did he write
to me yesterday from Rome?

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- Rome? Yesterday?

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May 1?

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(dramatic music)

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{suspenseful music)

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- The shot was fired from a
distance of five metres or so.

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- From the lane.

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- As you saw at the mortuary,

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the bullet struck him above the eye

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It would have killed him.

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- Would have? It did
- No.

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He died from the stab wound here

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within a few moments of being shot.

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- This was found where?

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- When I came in, it was
lying a few centimetres

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from his right hand

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- EG, Emile Gallet, his own

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- What a monster this assassin must be,

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first to shoot and then to stab.

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Certainly a stranger.

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We don't have people
like that in Sancerre.

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- Hmm.

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Have you searched this lane?

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- Myself Nothing, empty

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Mind you, it goes nowhere. Nobody uses it

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- What is over the wall?

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- Monsieur Tiburce de St. Hilaire.

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- A member of one of the
oldest families in France.

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- The lane runs into his park,

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but the gates have been locked for years.

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No entry.

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- All right, it's only me.

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After all it's my hotel
you're having the murder in

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A little refreshment, our local wine

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Light, dry, very good
in this warm weather.

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Madame Gallet wishes to know

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when you are returning to Paris.

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- Did her husband come down here often”?

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- Once or twice a year

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Don't ask me why, he never said

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- Hmm. Who found the body?

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- The maid, when she
came in in the morning.

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- Is your hotel noisy?

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- Ch, extremely quiet

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Very good class clientele

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- Yet nobody heard the shot.

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- Well, there was a fair going
on in the street over there.

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A roundabout.

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- And a shooting gallery

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Ah, the murderer knows this.

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Yes. (mimicking gunfire)

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And then another shot, and nobody notices

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And that's where the assassin
will have come from, too

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Bad types. here today, gone tomorrow

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Shall I find out where they've moved to?

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- Yes.

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- Arrest them all, bring
them back for questioning?

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- No, no, just find out where they are

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Will you ask Madame
Gallet to come in, please?

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- Yes, sir

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- Thank you fer your assistance, doctor

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- Shall I send the report here”?

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- Please.

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- Oh, you better go after your gunman.

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- Gunman?
- Yes.

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- Oh, the shooting gallery

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I shall have them, Inspector. Never fear

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- This way, madam.

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- Ah, Madame Gallet

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You may have a chair

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I want to put a call through to Paris

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Quai des Orfevres, Sergeant Lucas

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I'll take it in here.

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- Yes, sir

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- A glass, Madame?

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- No, thank you

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Is this the room where Emile was found?

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- Yes. Oh, perhaps you'd
rather go to another one

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- No, thank you

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I'd rather you say what you have to say

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so that I can go home.

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There's a lot to be done.

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Why, even my san does not know yet

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- His name?

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- Henri Gallet, he works
in a bank in Paris

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- I see.

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How long had you been married, Madame?

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- 28 years

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- Was your husband always
a commercial traveller?

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- Always. Poor Emile had no ambition.

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My family offered him better jobs,

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but he wouldn't take them.

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No, whatever anyone said,

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he still went trailing round Normandy

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with his wedding present samples

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- Around Normandy, yes.

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Now, have you any idea why
he should be down here,

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200 kilometres south of Paris?

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- None whatsoever.

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- Had he any relations here”?

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- He had no relations. All dead.

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- Any money of his own?

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- Not a sou.

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Mind you, he had once
when we were married.

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30,000 francs

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It all went into my father's paper.

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- He owned a paper?

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- "Le Soleil." It supported
the Royalist cause.

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It lost money.

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{phone ringing)
- Hm. Pardon, Madame

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Yes, Maigret.

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Ah, Lucas?

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Any reports yet from Rouen

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or from Maison Neal, the silversmiths?

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Mm-hm.

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Hm?

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Ah.

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Oh, I see

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No, I should be coming
back to Paris this evening.

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And I want you out here
tomorrow with some equipment

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Yeah. Au revoir.

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Madame.

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The receptionist at the
Hotel le Repast in Rome

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has said that your husband
used to call on her

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once a quarter with a pile of
postcards addressed to you

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These she would forward at
stated intervals for a small fee.

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- But why? I mean, Normandy was his area

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He was there for his firm
three weeks in every month

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- Maison Neal have said that your husband

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left their employment 15 years ago

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- He wouldn't.

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- So you see, there's a lot
to be found out about him.

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- Lapointe? I'm off to
Sancerre with a patrol

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You better come in and take over.

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A holiday? (chuckling)

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As special guest to the public prosecutor

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No, it's not a holiday

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It's a murder.

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He hasn't told me another thing about it

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- I don't know another thing about it

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- Ah, Patron. Right, Lapointe.

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- You ready to leave?

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- Right away.

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- Good.

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It's the Hotel Lanoire.

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The room is sealed.

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There's a lot of burnt
papers in the grate,

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see what you can get out of them.

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- I better take a screen. You coming”?

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- No, I'm going aleng to the
Villa Marguerite again first

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There must be something
there that will tell us

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what he was up to

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- Shall I send the car back?

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- No, come on by train later

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- Who are the local police”

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- There's an inspector.
He's away on holiday

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But there's a Sergeant Bretelle in charge.

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Ooh, very keen.

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Given him a nice, long job to do.

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Oh, and I've offered 15 francs to anyone

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who saw Monsieur Gallet
the day before he died

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- [Lucas] You may have to
pay the whole of Sancerre.

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- I'l be glad if I have to pay anyone

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As far as I can see, Monsieur
Gallet was invisible.

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{sombre music)

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(tyres squealing)

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- Is that the undertakers?

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- No, a police car.

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- They ought to wait.

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- I'l tell them.

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- No, no.

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All right, Henri. Come in, Inspector

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- Madame, may I go through
your husband's papers?

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- What?

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- Your husband's papers

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- Henri.

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- This way, Inspector

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- You are the son of Monsieur Gallet?

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- Yes. This is not a suitable
time to call, Inspector

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- I will bother you as little as possible

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This was his desk?

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- Yes.

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And as for that absurd suggestion

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that he wasn't working for Maison Neal,

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really, I can't imagine
how it came to be made.

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- It was made by them

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- But can they deny their own letters,

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their order books, their samples?

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- Mm-hm.

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- Written last month, you see

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- Was this his typewriter?

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- Yes. Why?

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- An expert will be able to
tell us if it typed these

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Hm, what's all this?

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- My grandfather's newspaper

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- Oh yes, "Les Soleil".

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Yes.

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"Dedicated to the restoration
of the Royal House of Bourbon

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to the throne of France."

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- I am a Republican

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- Me too.

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- What sort of a man was your father?

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I mean, besides his politics.

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He got any hobbies?

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Fishing. I see

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- Yes.

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Of course, he was only here
for one week of the month.

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He had a boat down at the river.

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Used spend all this time down there

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when he wasn't in here doing
accounts or mending clocks

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- Hmm. Did he ever do this for a living?

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- No, I don't think so

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I mean, well, he wasn't a clockmaker

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- What was he?

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- Well, a commercial traveller

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- And in his youth?

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- Well, he hardly ever spoke of it.

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He had an unhappy childhood, I believe

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He was born in Nantes and
spent some years in Indochina

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- The men are here.

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- Now you must excuse us, Inspector

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- Yes, of course

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You wouldn't mind if
I attend the ceremony?

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- That will hardly be necessary.

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- No, it is a kind thought.

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There will not be many people there

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We keep ourselves very much to ourselves

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There is no one of any
breeding in the district

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Henri, see they don't
damage the furniture

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One thing, Inspector

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- Yeah?

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- I returned from Sancerre by train.

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Will my fare be refunded?

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{quirky music)

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(mellow music)

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- Ah, Patron

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- Any luck”?

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Odd words.

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A little offering on this
one, by the lock of him

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- Little offering?
- Yeah.

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His clothes are on the bed.

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- Sure.

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Hm, well, whatever he did,
it didn't make him rich

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{someone knocking)
Come in

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- Inspector, there's a woman to see you

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- Name?

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- Madame Canut.

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Her husband works next
door for Monsieur Tiburce.

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It's about the reward you offered

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- Ch yes. Well, show her in

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And I'll have a beer.

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- [Lucas] Make it two

270
00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,477
- This way, Madame.

271
00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:00,550
- Ah, Madame.

272
00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:05,000
That will be all, Monsieur

273
00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,793
- 15 francs, they said,
for anyone who saw him

274
00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:11,631
- Yes.

275
00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,438
- And if they saw him
twice, would that be 30?

276
00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:15,914
- It might be

277
00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:17,991
- I wouldn't want my husband
to know I'd been to see you

278
00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,399
- Oh, I'm unlikely to tell him

279
00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,630
- You see, it would look
as if I had been spying

280
00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,871
on Mr. Tiburce, but I couldn't
help seeing them together

281
00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:25,915
- Monsieur Tiburce and Monsieur Gallet?

282
00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,355
- Of course. In the afternocn, it was

283
00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,033
That afternoon there was a reward for.

284
00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:30,871
- Saturday

285
00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,190
- Yes. I was looking for Baptiste

286
00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,998
- Baptiste?
- My husband

287
00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,116
He goes down to the
potting shed and sleeps

288
00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,114
And I saw Monsieur Tiburce
and Monsieur Gallet

289
00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:42,997
- How did you know it was Monsieur Gallet?

290
00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:43,956
- I went to see the body

291
00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,758
- Ah. Why?

292
00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,037
- It's interesting, a body
in a small place like this.

293
00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,475
I saw them talking together in the salon

294
00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,040
It was an argument, almost a quarrel.

295
00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,792
- Bid you hear anything they said?

296
00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,156
- No, I was too far away, but I saw

297
00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:01,309
- Ch yes, yes

298
00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,070
10, five, 15 francs. Thank you, Madame

299
00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,479
- Merci. And the other time?

300
00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,318
- [Maigret] Tell me

301
00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,596
- Well, it was in the morning

302
00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,954
I was on my way to the butcher's

303
00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,554
and I saw him coming across
the bridge from the station

304
00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:19,595
- Was he alone?

305
00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,353
- He met somebody he knew. A stranger

306
00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,510
They both looked surprised.
Then they talked

307
00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,319
- Hm. What was he like, this stranger?

308
00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,833
- Like him, but young

309
00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,354
And wearing horn-rimmed spectacles

310
00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:32,634
- You sure?
- Certain

311
00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,150
- Thank you, Madame

312
00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,310
- As a matter of fact, I
did see him a third time,

313
00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,960
but I don't know whether that would count.

314
00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,109
- When was it?

315
00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,157
- It was when I was coming
out of the butcher's.

316
00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,470
He was just going into the hotel.

317
00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,040
- No, Madame, that doesn't count

318
00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:49,871
- Merci.

319
00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:53,958
{Lucas laughing)

320
00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:54,916
All right, all right.

321
00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:55,910
I got my money's worth.

322
00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,479
- Do you think you knows
who the young man is?

323
00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:58,834
- I think so.

324
00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,513
Well now. I must go and
see the aristocracy

325
00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,430
- And me, Patron?

326
00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,351
- You? Plenty of work for you.

327
00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,033
- Thank you, Patron.

328
00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,957
Shut the door.

329
00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:16,791
Ah.

330
00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,590
- Monsieur, there's one
of the inspector, too

331
00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,716
- Oh, well, we won't
let it go to waste, eh?

332
00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:26,551
Good luck.

333
00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:33,594
- How long are you gonna stay here?

334
00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,830
Well, you know how it
is In the summer season.

335
00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:36,910
The hotel is full.

336
00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,831
To tell the truth, I wasn't even able to

337
00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,990
give Monsieur Gallet the
room that he asked for.

338
00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,070
- You mean he didn't want this one?

339
00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:43,718
- Well, he wanted one looking over

340
00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,552
the courtyard right over the well.

341
00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,119
But this was the only one that was free.

342
00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,191
Anyway, it's a much better room, and, um

343
00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:50,956
Oh no.

344
00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,191
Do you think if he had taken that room,

345
00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,599
he wouldn't have been shot?

346
00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,274
- Possible.
{phone ringing)

347
00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,351
Hello? No, he's out. Lucas here

348
00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,000
How do you do, Lapointe” Hold on

349
00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,150
No waste where there's pigs

350
00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:12,719
- A very pleasant, dry muscat, Inspector,

351
00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,315
bottled on the estate from my own vines

352
00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,550
I'm sure you will appreciate that.

353
00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:19,834
- Thank you, Monsieur.

354
00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:21,319
- It's about this murdered man, isn't it?

355
00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,277
What's his name? Grillet, Gallet?

356
00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,317
- Gallet. You knew him, I believe.

357
00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,914
- Well, not to say to you I'd
put it as strongly as that

358
00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,389
I don't deny that I've
met him, of course I have

359
00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,471
He came here some long time ago

360
00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:33,311
Oh, this does suit you, I mean,

361
00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,799
there is a demisec if you prefer it

362
00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,234
- This is excellent.

363
00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:37,389
- I knew your tastes
will be the same as mine

364
00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:38,799
the moment I saw you on.

365
00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,714
One can always tell a fellow
connoisseur. (chuckling)

366
00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,074
Now where were we?

367
00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,195
- You were going to tell me why

368
00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,873
Monsieur Gallet came to visit you

369
00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,520
- Yes, yes. Indeed yes

370
00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,312
Well, you see, the St. Hilaire

371
00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,038
are one of the old families of France.

372
00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,553
It means nothing, but there it is

373
00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,995
One can't escape one's destiny

374
00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,150
As a matter of fact, I'm
the last of the line.

375
00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,390
Perhaps it's just as well.

376
00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,515
After all, these things,

377
00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,352
there's no place for
them in the modern world.

378
00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:09,555
- You were going to tell me why

379
00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:10,880
Monsieur Gallet came to visit you

380
00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:11,756
- Ah, yes

381
00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,114
He came for a subscription

382
00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,191
A little offering, as he called it

383
00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,912
You see, my father was
well-known as a Royalist

384
00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,479
Mind you, that's 40 years ago or more

385
00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,756
I have no time for such rubbish,

386
00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,239
but Gallet had got hold of my neighbours,

387
00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,992
some list or other, and tried to touch me

388
00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,560
for a few thousand francs for propaganda

389
00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:29,436
I wouldn't pay, of course

390
00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:30,919
So he lowered his sights and asked

391
00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,560
for 100 for some destitute old family

392
00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,074
In the end, I gave him
50 to get rid of him

393
00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:39,876
- Why did he come and
visit you on Saturday?

394
00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,991
- You have had your ear to
the ground, I can see that

395
00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,752
Yes, he had the nerve to try again

396
00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:50,830
- (indistinct)
- Oh, yes

397
00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:52,877
At least I suppose so. I sent him packing

398
00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:57,158
I didn't even let him in
the house. (chuckling)

399
00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:57,991
- Oh, no thank you

400
00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,310
I'm surprised you didn't
mention this before.

401
00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,640
- Oh, weell, you know how it is

402
00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,439
A name like mine, one wants
to keep out of the papers

403
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,398
The poor wretch had shot
himself, and that was that.

404
00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,119
- He was shot from a
distance of five metres.

405
00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:12,511
- Was he?

406
00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,750
Was he, well well

407
00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,429
Some tramp, I should think, wouldn't you?

408
00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,953
- Did you hear a shot?

409
00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,598
- No, I heard nothing

410
00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,750
We go to bed early in these parts

411
00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:27,716
But look here, you mustn't go

412
00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,313
Let's finish the bottle.

413
00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:30,674
Oh, let's have another one.

414
00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,433
- Thank you, no. I have
to return to Paris.

415
00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:35,396
- What, you're leaving?

416
00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:36,799
- Oh, I shall be back

417
00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,672
- Show the inspector out, Baptiste

418
00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,834
{ominous music)

419
00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:03,510
- I have an idea.

420
00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:04,351
- So have I.

421
00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:05,839
- As to the identity of the murderer

422
00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:06,989
- Ah?

423
00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,833
- Among the fairground people
I questioned was an acrobat

424
00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:10,671
- Yes?

425
00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,991
- Well, he could creep along
the lane, fire the shot,

426
00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:14,831
and hop over the wall and away.

427
00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,478
- And the knife wound?

428
00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,232
- Well, perhaps he's a
knife-thrower as well.

429
00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:19,071
- Did you ask him~

430
00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,036
- No.

431
00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:21,269
- You should.

432
00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,750
- He's moved on to Bourges.
That's 35 kilometres away

433
00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,229
- By tomorrow, he'll probably
be 75 kilometres away

434
00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,753
Look, shut the door!

435
00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,512
Oh, Patron

436
00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,716
Well, how was the aristocracy?

437
00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:33,551
- Telling lies.

438
00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,836
- But Monsieur de St. Hilaire
is a respected citizen

439
00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:36,989
- But he tells lies.

440
00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,434
- I found out what these letters are.

441
00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,033
- Begging letters?

442
00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:41,269
- (chuckling) What's the use?

443
00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,317
I might as well chase acrobats with him.

444
00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:44,196
- Acrobats?

445
00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,669
- Well, it's only a theory,
Inspector, you see--

446
00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:47,909
- Sergeant, let me tell you something

447
00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:49,752
Theories should always be kept in here

448
00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,910
Never show them until
you have absolute proof

449
00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,151
This way, you get a
reputation for brilliance

450
00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,992
Now, I'm sure you've have lots to do

451
00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:00,190
So have we.

452
00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,190
- Inspector.

453
00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,669
- (chuckling) A shame. He
thinks this is his big chance

454
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,990
- He talks too much, and he
respects Monsieur Tiburce

455
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,673
- Who lied about what?

456
00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,354
- Why, about meeting with Monsieur Gallet

457
00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,512
That woman, Madame Canut,
saw them there together

458
00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,272
He said he never went in.

459
00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,112
Oh, anyway, I think we knows

460
00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:21,554
what Monsieur Gallet's little racket was.

461
00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,675
- Oh, these?

462
00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,750
- Hm, what do they say”

463
00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,229
- I've got one here that's
nearly complete. I'll read it.

464
00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:27,753
"On behalf of the Legitamist Party,

465
00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,671
I have the temerity to
beg a little offering

466
00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,637
to assist the ancient and noble family

467
00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,599
of Bolivar Saint-Durmond to
live in dignity worthy of"

468
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:36,795
and there it stops.

469
00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,599
- Yeah, well, it seems
quite a good little racket

470
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,160
You see, he had a complete
list of the subscribers

471
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,595
to his father-in-law's Royalist paper.

472
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,309
So we knew they'd fall for
this sort of thing, eh?

473
00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,118
Anyway, much more fun than
being a commercial traveller

474
00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:52,918
- More profitable, too. Oh, Lapointe rang

475
00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,355
Gallet's life was insured
for 100,000 francs.

476
00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,634
- By himself?

477
00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:57,471
- 10 years ago

478
00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,473
- The premiums must've been enormous

479
00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:01,629
- Especially since he wasn't fit

480
00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:02,960
Here's the medical report.

481
00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,598
He had a chronic liver complaint.

482
00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,511
- Expectation of life three years

483
00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,477
- See about the bruises
on the back of his hand?

484
00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,470
- Hmm. Oh yes.

485
00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:13,596
Very interesting

486
00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:15,391
However, now at the moment,

487
00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,550
I'm going back to Paris
ta see the family again

488
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:18,550
- And me, Patron?

489
00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:19,391
- You?

490
00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,110
{Lucas chuckling)

491
00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:30,115
- 100,000 francs. 100,000, Henri?

492
00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,952
- I think it's disgusting
- Henri!

493
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,837
- All those years in which
there was never enough money,

494
00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,194
thinking that we were poor

495
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,599
I could have read law as I wanted.

496
00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,511
- Well, you've done very well at the bank

497
00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:39,510
- And what are they going to say

498
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,511
when they learn that
my father was a crook?

499
00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,955
- I forbid you to say that. He's dead

500
00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:44,950
He was a good man

501
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,110
He gave thought to my future.

502
00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:49,077
Besides, there's no reason
why anyone should know

503
00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,753
- Inspector Maigret.

504
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,273
- Oh, Inspector. Is there any news?

505
00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:53,429
- Have you found the man?

506
00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:54,714
- Not yet.
- Really?

507
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:55,869
One would think that in a
small town like Sancerre

508
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,109
it would be easy.

509
00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:59,760
- Where every movement
is observed. Yes, indeed.

510
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,592
Madame, I should like to go to
your husband's papers again.

511
00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,034
I don't wish to distress you.

512
00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,475
I'm sure Monsieur Henri can tell me

513
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,118
all I want to know about them.

514
00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:08,951
Shall we?

515
00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:16,918
- Really, Inspector, you do
come at the most awkward times.

516
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,593
It's very nearly lunchtime

517
00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:19,431
- Won't be long.

518
00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,317
Now, what were you doing
in Sancerre on Saturday?

519
00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:25,959
- On Saturday”?

520
00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,270
- Yes. On Saturday

521
00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,669
It was the day before your father died.

522
00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,990
You saw him there and you spoke to him.

523
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,230
- Well, I didn't goto
Sancerre to see him.

524
00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:36,753
We met by accident

525
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,751
- Why did you go to Sancerre?

526
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:39,795
- To see my mistress.

527
00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,274
- You keep her at a distance?

528
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,351
- She's on holiday. She lives in Paris

529
00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:45,270
- Her name?

530
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:46,111
- Eleanore Boursin.

531
00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:47,190
- Mm-hm, her address in Sancerre?

532
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:48,520
- The Panssion Amin.

533
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,591
In Paris she has an apartment
at 27 Rue de Turenne.

534
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,954
- Where you live together?

535
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:54,429
- Please, Inspector

536
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,750
My mother doesn't know of our friendship.

537
00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,592
- Hmm. Did your father knows?

538
00:21:58,600 --> 00:21:59,635
- He suspected

539
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:00,994
- And disapproved?

540
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:01,796
- Yes.

541
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,912
- Did you know your
father was in Sancerre?

542
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,831
- I'd have kept out of his way if I had

543
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,114
- What did you talk about?

544
00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:10,555
- Well, I accused him of spying on me

545
00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,153
He said that I was not to talk like that,

546
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,276
that I was lacking in respect

547
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:15,350
And so I walked on to the station

548
00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:16,953
and left him standing there.

549
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,270
(Maigret tutting)

550
00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,190
- Sad, sad

551
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:21,759
- What?

552
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,637
- That your last words
would have been an anger.

553
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:24,994
- Yes. Pity.

554
00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,519
- Where's the typewriter gone”?

555
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,114
- 1 took it into town to have it cleaned.

556
00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,509
- Be careful with it. We might need it.

557
00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:33,316
That's all.

558
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,757
Oh, except that I should like a copy

559
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,433
of your father's photograph.

560
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:39,874
- That is the only one

561
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,314
- May I take it?

562
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:42,913
- Well, it seems hardly right.

563
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,752
- It'll help me greatly

564
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,876
- Very well, but take good care of it

565
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,759
Henri, get some tissue
paper to wrap it in

566
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:50,795
The frame is silver.

567
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,634
(mellow music)

568
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,473
(engine starting)

569
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,239
- Anything for Monsieur Gallet?

570
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,991
- Nothing for Gallet

571
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,752
- Uh, has there ever been?

572
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,558
- Yes.
- When?

573
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,233
- Every few months

574
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,196
- What?

575
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:44,599
- A letter.

576
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,113
- Hm. The address of sender?

577
00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:47,633
- No.

578
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:48,914
- Anything on the back?

579
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,877
- A name
- What name?

580
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,029
- Monsieur Jacob.

581
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:54,870
- Thank you, Madame

582
00:23:58,080 --> 00:23:59,514
{Lucas sighing)

583
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:00,351
- Sorry

584
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,237
- I suppose you've got to breathe

585
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,071
- Still at it.

586
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:06,275
- Yes, still at it

587
00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:08,269
- Thundery weather

588
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,793
- Yeah.

589
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:10,676
- I found that acrobat.

590
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:11,511
- You didn't arrest him?

591
00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,989
- No, he can't throw knives

592
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:14,831
- Oh.

593
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,152
- Well, anything new?

594
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,673
- There's a bit here from
a different kind of letter

595
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:28,750
Monday at 200

596
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:29,989
There might be more

597
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,037
The paper is different from the others.

598
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,439
- Wonderful.

599
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,271
- What?

600
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:35,996
- Science.

601
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,274
- Sergeant, will you do something for me?

602
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,032
When the Paris evening train comes in,

603
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,077
get me a Paris evening paper.

604
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:43,070
- Inspector.

605
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,554
- You should carry a copy of this

606
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:48,391
- Yes.

607
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,559
Ah, there is a bit more of that letter

608
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:06,471
- Chalk.

609
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,239
- Shall I climb it for you, Patron?

610
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,196
- I'm not that old.

611
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:22,791
- Alley-oop

612
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:33,319
- You know, he climbed up here.

613
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:34,515
- And aver?

614
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,397
- Perhaps. I'm not sure

615
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,835
{thunder rumbling)

616
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:39,989
We're in for a storm.

617
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:40,831
- We are.

618
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:49,555
Do you want a clothesbrush™

619
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:50,470
- No, a bottle of wine

620
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:51,550
- Good.

621
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,359
Monsieur Tardivot? A bottle
of white in a hurry, please

622
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:57,709
- You know, there's a stream over

623
00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,155
the other side of the wall, and some mud,

624
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,958
but there's no mud on these, though.

625
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:06,870
Or in his socks.

626
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,230
So he must've only gone
up to the top of the wall

627
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,356
He didn't go over it,

628
00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:17,239
but there is a mud on the
other side of the wall.

629
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,719
That means that somebody climbed up there.

630
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,155
- You think they met at
the top like two cats?

631
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,559
- I don't know what they did

632
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,239
{Maigret sighing)

633
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,479
And I don't know who you are

634
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,118
- [Lucas] Git-le-Couer

635
00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:34,076
- Rue Git-le-Couer?

636
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,036
- It looks like it.

637
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,510
- Monsieur, I withdrew the cork.

638
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:41,999
- Oh, goed

639
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,718
- Will that be all?

640
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:44,551
- Yes. Thank you

641
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,077
- Emile Gallet.

642
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,072
School at Nantes, some time in Indochina

643
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,310
You married above your station,

644
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,152
vou lived in a Paris suburb

645
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,798
You gave up your job 15 years ago

646
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,473
in favour of confidence trickery.

647
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,400
But you went on persuading your family

648
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,516
that you were still a
commercial traveller.

649
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,036
Trouble with your hands, fond of fishing,

650
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,429
an unhappy childhood, and
a son who doesn't love you

651
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:24,669
- And very old

652
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,671
- Yes, not very long to live

653
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:33,151
Now.

654
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,990
On Saturday, he comes down here,

655
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,037
where he's a regular visitor.

656
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,475
- Asks for a room
overlooking the courtyard

657
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,311
- Does he?

658
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,470
- Monsieur Tardivot said
the one by the vrell

659
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,039
- Oh, I see

660
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,758
Then he sees his son, whose
mistress is staying down here

661
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,193
Then he visits the local squire.

662
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,395
And he comes back here.

663
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,954
Later that night, he's standing here

664
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,276
He's shot from outside, here

665
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,954
But he doesn't die at once, he lives

666
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,918
To be stabbed with his own knife.

667
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,319
- After a struggle.
- Why?

668
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,197
- The bruises on the back of his hand.

669
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:24,760
- Oh, yes. Anything else?

670
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,671
- He burned all his letters.

671
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:27,556
- Or someone did.

672
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:37,879
Ah. we're not there yet

673
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,359
- Where does insurance fit in?

674
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,872
- Don't go, Madame Boursin.

675
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,439
You saved me a visit.

676
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,317
- How did you know my name?

677
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:49,958
- No one else has come down here.

678
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,439
- It's not private.

679
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,078
- No, but it doesn't go anywhere.

680
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,559
- You spoke to Henri?

681
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,518
- Yes. Come in, through the window

682
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,271
How long have you known Henri?

683
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:13,714
- Three years

684
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:14,551
- Will you marry?

685
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,349
- Ch yes, when we can afford
to, but it's a little delicate

686
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:19,191
- Oh.

687
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,555
- You see, my husband vas
a textile engineer at Lille

688
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,153
and he was killed in an accident.

689
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,117
His firm denied liability

690
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,191
and I had to sue them for compensation

691
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,918
It took two years.

692
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,390
Well, if I'd married, it
might've affected the amount

693
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:33,470
- Have you received it yet?

694
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,471
- Yes. And we will marry

695
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:36,595
But really, there's not much point

696
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,830
until we've made enough to be independent.

697
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,274
- Not many people manage that.

698
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,270
- We shall.

699
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,272
You see, Henri's bank does a
lot of business on the Bourse.

700
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,352
So naturally he knows quite a
bit about stocks and shares.

701
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:48,839
He invests for both of us.

702
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,035
- On the same account?

703
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,031
- Oh no, that wouldn't be wise

704
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,395
No. My money is in my own name.

705
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:55,629
- May I ask what it amounts to?

706
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,951
- About 15,000 at
yesterday's share prices

707
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,713
Industrials may have moved
up a point or two today

708
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:02,630
- And your lover?

709
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,119
- About 30,000

710
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,031
He takes bigger risks and quicker profits

711
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:06,871
with his own money.

712
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,917
Well, that's only right.

713
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,149
When we top 200,000,

714
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,039
we shall marry and move down to Provence

715
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,713
Henri is not very strong, you know

716
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,279
- Like his father.

717
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:17,190
- I never knew him.

718
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:19,954
- Hmm.

719
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,678
Where were you on Saturday night?

720
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:22,511
- Here.

721
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,991
In Sancerre, at the Panssion. Asleep

722
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:27,956
- And Henri?

723
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,951
- With his mother, I suppose

724
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,110
He had come to see me earlier in the day.

725
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,236
Of course, you know that

726
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,517
He wanted my signature
on a deed of transfer.

727
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:38,840
- Thank you, Madame

728
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,593
- Is it true that Monsieur Gallet carried

729
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,637
100,000 francs' worth of insurance?

730
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:48,835
- Yes.

731
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,911
- What a stupid way to tie up one's money.

732
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,594
- YWhy doesn't he save up
and buy a cash register?

733
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,034
- Jacob
{thunder rumbling)

734
00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:58,871
- Jacob?

735
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,073
- Yes, the name Jacob, Rue Git-le-Couer

736
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,390
- Git-le-Couer, Jacob

737
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,799
Anything else”

738
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,871
- The words, as before, the figure is 200.

739
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,518
Might be 2000.

740
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,034
(thunder crashing)

741
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,189
Here it comes.

742
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,838
- A name and a street.

743
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,152
That's going to mean some
walking for Lapointe

744
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,120
- Well, this will cool things down a bit.

745
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,878
- Hello, hello

746
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:30,995
Yes, I want to make another call to Paris

747
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,991
Same number. No, I'll hold on here

748
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:35,390
Jacob, Jacob

749
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:37,560
Well, that's a Jewish name,

750
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,517
should narrow it down to a few hundred.

751
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,913
(thunder crashing)

752
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,114
Lucas, get down!

753
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:48,599
- I've been shot!

754
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,319
(glass breaking)

755
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,912
{suspenseful music)

756
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,636
- The rain will have done good

757
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,995
- If there was no hail. Check.

758
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,954
He threatens the lives.

759
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,349
- {clearing throat) The policeman.

760
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,397
- Inspector, Baptiste.

761
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:26,674
My dear sir.

762
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:27,909
- How long have you been here?

763
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,752
- How long? All day

764
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:30,591
- When did you come, doctor?

765
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:31,431
- Four o'clock.

766
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:32,350
- You've been here all the time since?

767
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:33,191
- Every minute

768
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,793
- Three games of chess,
the last one nearly over

769
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,598
- Well, that is and matter of opinion

770
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:37,999
- Your help is needed, doctor

771
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,115
My assistant's been wounded.

772
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:39,951
- Shot?
- Yes.

773
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,759
From the top of your vrall

774
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:43,750
- My wall?
- Yes.

775
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,433
I've been up there, you
can smell the powder

776
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,192
- Then the assassin may
still be in the grounds

777
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:48,031
- Possibly.

778
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:48,996
Come, please, doctor

779
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,354
- Has the bullet remained in the victim?

780
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,192
- Just nicked his ear. but
he's losing a lot of blood

781
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,111
- Oh, I'm afraid this
is the end of our game

782
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,077
- Never mind. It looked like checkmate.

783
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,752
{ominous music)

784
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,673
{typewriter clacking)

785
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:06,750
- Good.

786
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,593
- And now please will you tell
me why I've been arrested?

787
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:12,716
All right, all right.

788
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,074
Don't tell me why I've been arrested.

789
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,832
Just tell me, is this a free country?

790
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:16,716
- You haven't been arrested.

791
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,439
- No, oh, no arrest, no

792
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,034
Only picked up by a
police van from the corner

793
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:23,872
I've sold papers on for 25 years

794
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,917
Only brought to police headquarters,

795
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:27,672
only told nothing but wait, wait, wait

796
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,432
But what am I waiting for?

797
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:30,669
May I ask that?

798
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:31,829
- Chief Inspector Maigret

799
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,319
- What does he want?

800
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,197
A nice magazine, perhaps?

801
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,270
All right

802
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,191
You give him this, and let me go

803
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,190
- Shopping, Lucas?

804
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,235
- Ah, Patron. Monsieur Jacob

805
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,753
Lapointe found him.

806
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,034
- Ah.

807
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:44,075
- And here's all about him.

808
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,434
- Except why I'm here

809
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,914
(Maigret whistling)

810
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,957
- Who sent you letters?

811
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:55,791
- Oh, that?

812
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,031
You might suppose I too wonder about that,

813
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,270
but after all, it is no business of mine

814
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,191
- It will be to the prosecutor

815
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,840
- To receive letters sent to
me and pass them on unopened?

816
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:06,671
- For meney

817
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,671
- For meney, of course

818
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:09,909
- Well, who'd you pass them on to?

819
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,035
- A woman.

820
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,110
- Describe her.

821
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,431
- Tall, well-dressed, blonde. All right.

822
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:18,915
Mean, though

823
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,115
There was money in those letters

824
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:21,952
and she would only give me a franc a time.

825
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:22,791
- [Maigret] How do you
know there was money?

826
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:23,710
- I could tell.

827
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:24,755
- [Maigret] Was it always the same woman”

828
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,239
- Who took the letters? Yes.

829
00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:28,514
There was a man who came.

830
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,511
I think he was the sender.

831
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,477
- Lucas, you got that paper?
The one we got in Sancerre?

832
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:33,311
- Ah.

833
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:36,400
- There, is that him?

834
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:37,231
- Yes, that's him.

835
00:34:37,240 --> 00:34:39,595
- That was yesterday's
paper. Didn't you see it?

836
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,796
- I don't read papers, only sell them

837
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,438
Besides, I haven't seen
him for a long time

838
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:44,396
Two years.

839
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,516
- Is that when the letters began?

840
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:47,999
- Yes.

841
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,355
First the woman comes
and asks me will I do it.

842
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,395
I know that if I don't,

843
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,233
the Algerian who sells
peanuts will get the job,

844
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:55,719
so I say yes

845
00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:59,111
Then comes the first letter,
and after that, the man

846
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,634
He asks me about the woman.

847
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:05,474
What do I know that I haven't
already told you? Nothing

848
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:10,031
So he hides behind a tree
and waits, follows her

849
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,030
But she goes into half
a dozen metro trains

850
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,395
and finally loses him by going into

851
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,152
a block of flats with two ways out

852
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,116
- [Maigret] How do you know?

853
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,793
- He tells me so when he comes again

854
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,269
Again he tries, but I
suppose he does not succeed,

855
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:23,714
for I don't see him no more.

856
00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:25,996
But the letters still keep
coming every two months

857
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:26,990
- [Maigret] And still a woman

858
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,991
- Yeah. And now may I go”

859
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:29,796
- Yes.

860
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,235
Lucas, ring down and tell
them to run him back.

861
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:35,153
- That will put the Algerian in his place!

862
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,116
- Transfer.

863
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,509
- And If he sells any of my
dailies, I'll put him in the car

864
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:39,954
and send him straight back to you

865
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,759
- Let's have a car for Rue
Git-le-Couer right away

866
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,274
- Here, to cheer up the invalid.

867
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,351
- I got something better than
that here if you'd like it

868
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,749
- The vice squad's down
the passage on the left

869
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:54,591
Well, what do you think?

870
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,034
What does it look like to you?

871
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:57,599
- Oh, I've seen better in Marseilles

872
00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,352
- Not that. His information.

873
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,634
- Oh, blackmail

874
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:01,869
- Yes.

875
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,713
Monsieur Gallet was being
blackmailed by his son's mistress

876
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:06,199
- At the son's instigation

877
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,316
- Yes, yes.

878
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,995
I think that Monsieur Gallet, junior,

879
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,436
must have found out about
his father's little racket.

880
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,080
He didn't say anything. He just squeezed

881
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:19,070
And every squeeze brings

882
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,991
that villa in Provence a step nearer

883
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,911
Charming way for a son to behave.

884
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:24,513
- But they wouldn't have wanted him dead.

885
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:25,351
- [Maigret] No

886
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:26,236
- Unless he was going to expose them

887
00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:27,913
- Hows could he? They hadn't
even committed a crime.

888
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:28,751
- Blackmail?

889
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,671
- Now, you know as well as
I do that under our code,

890
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,832
it's impossible for son
to blackmail his father.

891
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,639
The law hasn't envisaged
a family like this

892
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,199
(phone ringing)

893
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,191
- Inspector Maigret's office, Lucas

894
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,555
Ah, Madame! How are you?

895
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,073
No, I'm fine now, thanks. Just a scratch

896
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:44,911
My left ear.

897
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,877
Mimi never liked that ear anyway

898
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,473
Yes, he's here. Hold on

899
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:50,754
Madame.

900
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,036
- Hello? Yes, it's me

901
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,156
No, I'm unharmed. It's Lucas who got shot.

902
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,758
Yes, he's sitting here now
with a turban on his head

903
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,831
locking like a pasha surveying his harem

904
00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:02,916
- There's a man here wants to see you.

905
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,070
I think he's mad.

906
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,753
He says he daren't come
to see you at your office

907
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,751
in case someone's following him

908
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,593
He's the assistant tax collector for Senatoise

909
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,035
- Senatoise? That's not even my district.

910
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,714
Oh, well, what's he want?

911
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:18,040
Yeah.

912
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:18,871
What?

913
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:21,674
All right, I'll come at once.

914
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:23,631
There's @ man at my home who says

915
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,711
he knows who killed Monsieur Gallet.

916
00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,712
{suspenseful music)

917
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,397
- Have you ever been in
the colonies, Madame?

918
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,515
- I've never been out of France.

919
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,591
- Ah, then you cannot
understand how things are

920
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:38,510
No, no

921
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,797
It is only us old colonial hands who know

922
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,110
Someone's coming. I can
hear them on the stairs.

923
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:45,349
- It's my husband

924
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:46,634
- Are you sure it is not an imposter?

925
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:47,471
Speak to him through the door

926
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,677
- I think I know my husband's
footsteps after 25 years

927
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,109
Hello, darling.

928
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:03,791
That's him.

929
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,193
- Inspector.

930
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,111
My name is Patin, Louis Potin

931
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:11,440
I know you will excuse me for coming here,

932
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,351
but they're so devilish cunning,

933
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,920
I wouldn't put it past
them to watch your office.

934
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:16,830
- They?

935
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:17,796
- The Tonkinese.

936
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,757
They are the murderers of poor Emile

937
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:20,556
- Oh.

938
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:24,394
- Yes, for revenge. The
knife, you see. It's typical

939
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,153
Of course, you don't know them, but I do

940
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:30,710
I've lived in Indochina
for many years, in Hanoi

941
00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:32,438
A bad climate for Europeans

942
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,432
And very few wines will
stand up to it at all

943
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,432
However, where duty calls, there
one must go, isn't that so”?

944
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:39,953
- Yes, no doubt

945
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:41,758
When did you first meet Monsieur Gallet?

946
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,751
- Oh, when I was there

947
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:47,355
I suppose the last time I saw
him was about 25 years ago

948
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:51,479
He was a lawyer's clerk.
(chuckling) What times we had

949
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:52,311
- Oh, did you?

950
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,950
- Yes, things were always
lively when Emile was around

951
00:38:55,960 --> 00:39:00,636
Drink, girls. (chuckling)
And all manner of jokes

952
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,075
Well, he played one tco many

953
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,151
- What was that?

954
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,913
- He arranged a mock manage
with a Tonkinese girl

955
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,839
I was the best man, and the
chap from the trading company

956
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,592
played the priest with
a couple of acolytes

957
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,477
from the Port Authority.

958
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,034
You couldn't help laughing

959
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,030
Well, I mean to say,

960
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,793
Emile had made up a
long rigmarcle in verse

961
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,271
Oh, not for Madame's ears, of course

962
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,635
Even if I could remember
it, which I can't.

963
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,273
Not right, really, of course.

964
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:32,873
Wouldn't do it now.

965
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,315
When he went away, he left her

966
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,152
Well, that's what I mean about revenge.

967
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,356
The girl's family, knives

968
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,113
Poor Emile. He was a card, though.

969
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,634
- Was he? Why did he leave?

970
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,438
- He said he'd found out
a way to make a fortune

971
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,831
- Ah. He was a card, was he?

972
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:53,037
Are you sure you recognise
his picture from the paper?

973
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,236
- How could I, after 25 years”?

974
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,636
Time marks us all, and he'd grown a beard

975
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,836
Oh no, it was the name that caught my eye

976
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,150
And the fact that he'd been in Indochina.

977
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,231
I suppose the life he'd led told on him,

978
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:07,878
though he kept himself fit.

979
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:09,109
- It doesn't sound like it.

980
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,157
- He was a great footballer

981
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,073
Played outside left,
very fast and accurate

982
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,070
Left-footed, you see

983
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,275
- Was he left-handed, too?

984
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:17,111
- Oh yes

985
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,429
We missed him when he went
away, I can tell you that

986
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,751
I played centre forward, you know

987
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,831
- Have you any photos
of your football team?

988
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:27,717
- Oh, yes indeed. One taken every season.

989
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:29,472
- Perhaps I'l be able to
come and see them sometime.

990
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:31,471
Thank you very much for your information

991
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:33,351
- My card

992
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:35,555
- Thank you

993
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,916
- I think we should leave
the building separately

994
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:39,751
-Oh, sodo I

995
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,674
- Beware, Inspector. Your
life may be in danger too

996
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,193
Au revoir, Madame

997
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,634
- Au revoir, Monsieur

998
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:48,994
- And to you, Inspector

999
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:49,876
- Allow me.

1000
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,119
I suppose it's the sun
that makes them like that.

1001
00:40:59,120 --> 00:40:59,951
- And the rum.

1002
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,512
Look at that. Would you
say that fellow was a card”?

1003
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,431
A lively fellow, a footballer?

1004
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,193
No, he looks melancholy and

1005
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:10,315
- Yeah, what?

1006
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:11,594
- Well, distinguished

1007
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:12,510
- Yes, he does, doesn't he?

1008
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:14,754
- Well, of course, people change

1009
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:15,795
- Net in some things

1010
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,750
Saint-Fargeau, five seven four six.

1011
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,592
- What time would you want your dinner?

1012
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,989
- If Madame Gallet says
he was left-handed too,

1013
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:30,796
I'll have it at eight.

1014
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:31,676
- And if not?

1015
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,115
- Still at eight, only tomorrow night.

1016
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,192
{suspenseful music)

1017
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,196
- was, um, just
reconstructing the crime

1018
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,032
- That's as far as you need go

1019
00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:02,439
Now, I want to talk to Monsieur
Tiburce de St. Hilaire.

1020
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:03,475
- Oh, I think he's at home.

1021
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:04,754
- Well then, fetch him.

1022
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:05,636
- He's to come here?

1023
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,109
- Yes, at once, in the name of the law

1024
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:31,959
- Inspector, will you be dining?

1025
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,236
- No, not now. Later. Bottle of wine now

1026
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:36,749
How deep's your well?

1027
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:39,030
- 30 metres.

1028
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,633
- Good, good

1029
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,790
- We've never been short of
water since I've been here.

1030
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,711
- Uh-huh. Did Monsieur Gallet ever fish?

1031
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:45,835
- No.

1032
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:46,671
- Good.

1033
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:51,394
- I'l chill the wine.

1034
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,954
- I can't think what the
inspector wants ta see me for

1035
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:11,758
at this time of the
night, it's most annoying

1036
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:12,591
Oh, good evening, Inspector

1037
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,240
This is a curious spot for a rendezvous

1038
00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:16,514
- Yes, isn't it?

1039
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:17,351
Come inside.

1040
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,954
- Well, I said, did you want
him here, being out here

1041
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:21,473
And you said yes, and--

1042
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:22,879
- Yes, quite, Sergeant.
Thank you very much

1043
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:24,871
Come in, Monsieur Tiburce,
through the window

1044
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:26,757
You know it's quite easy.

1045
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:27,795
-Dol?

1046
00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:30,799
- Hm. Have you got a match?

1047
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,120
- I have a lighter.

1048
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,111
- I see you're left-handed

1049
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,316
- Well, it just happened
to be in that pocket

1050
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:37,640
Monsieur Gallet was right-handed

1051
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:38,710
I asked his wife.

1052
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:41,598
- Are you reconstructing the crime?

1053
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:42,556
- Perhaps.

1054
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:43,391
(thunder crashing)

1055
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:44,549
No, stay there. Don't move

1056
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:50,396
I don't expect there'll be
anybody up on the wall, do you?

1057
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:51,959
- I think you forget who I am.

1058
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,280
- Tell me.

1059
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:54,714
- Very funny

1060
00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:56,279
- I want to know all about you

1061
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:58,754
{thunder rumbling)

1062
00:43:58,760 --> 00:43:59,909
No. don't move, stay there

1063
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,278
Now, tell me

1064
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:06,592
When did your father die?

1065
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:07,590
- When I was 12.

1066
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:08,670
- Your mother?

1067
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:09,590
- Soon after I was born.

1068
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:10,829
- You were brought up by relations?

1069
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,275
- No, I had none. I was the
last of the St. Hilaire.

1070
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,317
There was just enough money
left after my father died

1071
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,675
to let me go to boarding
school at Bourges

1072
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,478
I stayed there on the holidays as well.

1073
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:20,311
- For how long?

1074
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,674
- Until [ was 19.

1075
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:22,636
- And then?

1076
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,234
- Then I almost starved
until I got my legacy at 28

1077
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:27,191
- I see.

1078
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,430
From a relative in Indochina, wasn't it?

1079
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:32,273
- Yes, a cousin. I never knew him

1080
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:33,236
- Very sad story.

1081
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:38,075
Exactly like his, only
he never had the legacy

1082
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,712
He had to go on being
a commercial traveller

1083
00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:42,358
until he took to his little crime.

1084
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:45,113
And even then he was
so afraid of his family

1085
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,191
that he had to pretend to
go on selling silverware

1086
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,111
He was a sick man.

1087
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,873
He was being blackmailed,
and he came down here to die.

1088
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,759
He asked for a room overlooking the well

1089
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,034
You see what he could do?

1090
00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:58,553
He could lower this stone down the well,

1091
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,039
tie the other end to the gun.

1092
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,600
He fires a shot, his hand unclenches

1093
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,990
Down goes the stone and the
gun, never to be recovered

1094
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:10,837
It's a suicide that looks like murder,

1095
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:12,319
and the insurance company pay up.

1096
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,834
- Clever.
- Very clever

1097
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,717
But he couldn't get the room he wanted,

1098
00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:18,631
so he had to think of something else

1099
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,233
Now, go and get me his revolver

1100
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:37,230
Let me see it.

1101
00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:39,151
- Wedged between the
stones, under the creeper

1102
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:39,991
- Come on in.

1103
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:44,991
Very clever.

1104
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,832
A clockwork attachment
like photographers use

1105
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,514
when they want to include
themselves in the picture

1106
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,352
You wind it up, and it gives you time

1107
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:53,430
ta step ‘round in front of it

1108
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,034
before the spring works the shutter,

1109
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,919
or in this case, the trigger.

1110
00:45:58,920 --> 00:45:59,990
-5,0007

1111
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,514
- Made from an old alarm
clock, I should say

1112
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:03,316
-6,0007

1113
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:07,399
Not there's anything you can do, you know

1114
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,994
There's a limit to the time in
which you can bring a charge

1115
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,593
I looked it up

1116
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:13,750
- There are various charges
which might be brought

1117
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:15,034
- Yes, but not murder

1118
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:17,600
You know that I didn't kill him.

1119
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,796
- Sit down, Monsieur Gallet

1120
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:20,995
Tell me what you did do.

1121
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:23,792
- I have no need to say anything

1122
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,552
- No, but you can come with me and meet

1123
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:27,437
Monsieur Louis Potin, hm?

1124
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,829
And perhaps look at some photos
of your old football team

1125
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:33,549
in which you, Emile Gallet,
played outside left

1126
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:37,599
- (laughing) Potin,
our mad centre forward.

1127
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,153
All right, where shall I start?

1128
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:42,514
- In Indochina.

1129
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:44,158
When a man came into
your solicitor's office

1130
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,071
in Hanoi to make a will.

1131
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:47,434
- Yes, he looked like an old trapper,

1132
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,000
been living in the jungle
and the fever was on him.

1133
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,195
He said he hadn't got long to live,

1134
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:54,397
that he wanted to leave all his
money to his cousin Tiburce

1135
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:55,515
who was the only other person

1136
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:57,830
bearing the name of St. Hilaire

1137
00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,831
- Hm, how much?

1138
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:02,514
- 1200 thousand francs.

1139
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,990
- So you saw the opportunity
to make a fortune

1140
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:06,831
- Well, as a matter of fact,

1141
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:08,239
I was coming back to France anyway

1142
00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:11,119
Things had gotten a bit
too hot out there for me.

1143
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,873
But I had an awful job to find Tiburce

1144
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:15,279
In the end, I ran him
to earth at Le Havre

1145
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,352
but he was down to his last few centime.

1146
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:20,271
- [Maigret] Which made it easy for you

1147
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,954
- Yes, I told him that I
was going to the States,

1148
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,839
that I wanted an impressive
name to bluff them with.

1149
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:28,912
I said I knew his from someone at Bourges.

1150
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:29,876
That's where he went to school.

1151
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:30,711
- I know.

1152
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:32,199
And how much did you offer him

1153
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,510
for the name Tiburce de St. Hilaire?

1154
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:37,831
- 10,000. About 2,500 new francs

1155
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:38,989
- And he jumped at it

1156
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:39,876
- Oh, yes

1157
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:40,711
He said he'd never had any good with it

1158
00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:41,949
and I was welcome to it.

1159
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,078
We were about the same
age, he had no friends

1160
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:49,358
All mine were in Indochina
So we simply exchanged papers

1161
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:54,159
Mind you, I very nearly starved.

1162
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:57,118
And then I saw a report that
the old St. Hilaire had died,

1163
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,509
and I was on the lawyer's
doorstep the next morning

1164
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:01,670
- And how long before the
real Tiburce de St. Hilaire

1165
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:02,750
was on yours?

1166
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:04,080
- Oh, he took a little time to find me,

1167
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:05,036
but he did in the end.

1168
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:06,439
- And claimed his inheritance?

1169
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:09,432
- Went down on his knees for
it, but he wouldn't go to law.

1170
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,956
In the end, I gave him a
few francs and he went away

1171
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:14,075
- But he came back.

1172
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:15,912
- Oh yes, every few months

1173
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:17,877
And generally I used to give him

1174
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:19,075
the few odd notes in my pocket

1175
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:20,275
and he'd go away quite happy,

1176
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,237
but on Saturday it was different

1177
00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:24,993
Saturday he wanted 5,000 or nothing

1178
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,957
Well, of course it was nothing

1179
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:27,791
He made a bit of a row

1180
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,997
but I was firm and he
eventually went away

1181
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:31,831
- Yeah.

1182
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:34,831
And then?

1183
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,317
- Later that evening I was strolling along

1184
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:42,993
the other side of that wall.

1185
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,116
And I saw him sitting on top of it

1186
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:47,833
I didn't say anything, I
just waited under the tree

1187
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:50,878
I thought he was coming over,
but he climbed back this side.

1188
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:51,711
When he was out of the way,

1189
00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:54,109
I climbed over the wall to have a look.

1190
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:55,713
And there he was, standing here

1191
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:57,830
And as I looked, there
was a shot from the wall

1192
00:48:57,840 --> 00:48:59,877
and the side of his face went red,

1193
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:03,475
but he just stood here without
moving, seemed to be waiting

1194
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:04,800
He was waiting for the other two bullets.

1195
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,679
The explosion of the first
one jammed the mechanism

1196
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:10,798
Waiting for his own death

1197
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:12,438
When it didn't come, what did he do?

1198
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,078
- He took out his knife.

1199
00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:17,753
He didn't seem to dare at first.

1200
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:21,390
And then he made up his mind
and plunged it into his heart

1201
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,630
- And you, what did you do?

1202
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,473
- 1, oh, well, I did what I thought best.

1203
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,393
I mean, after all, he was
dead. Nobody could help him

1204
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:32,913
I had a look at the gun
I didn't like to touch it

1205
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:34,672
I came in here to see
if he'd left any papers,

1206
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,035
but he'd burnt everything

1207
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:39,111
- After which you said
no more and went home.

1208
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:41,873
- Well, I couldn't without
giving the whole story away

1209
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:43,909
- So you left the weapon in place,

1210
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:45,274
still loaded and ready to fire?

1211
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:46,509
- Yes, but how could it?

1212
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,989
The spring was jammed,
you said so yourself.

1213
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,913
- When the rain cooled it
down, the spring contracted

1214
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:53,479
and it fired again, twice

1215
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,676
- Well, how was I to
know that would happen?

1216
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:56,875
- You knew there was a risk,

1217
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:58,996
and you knew which way the gun pointed

1218
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,469
Did you, by any chance
hope that I would be next?

1219
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:04,591
- Why, no, I never thought of that

1220
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:08,514
- No, nor of anything else
but Tiburce de St. Hilaire.

1221
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:09,669
- There's nothing you could do.

1222
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:11,432
It's over 20 years since
I've had the money.

1223
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:13,238
The act of limitation is quite definite

1224
00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:14,071
- Quite.

1225
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:17,873
- I'm sorry to be so long, Inspector

1226
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:19,314
I've chilled the wine.

1227
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:22,471
- Never mind, Monsieur Tardivot

1228
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:24,278
My friend Emile here will drink it.

1229
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,596
Goodbye, Monsieur Gallet

1230
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:30,356
There's nothing to stop you

1231
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:32,112
captaining the football team now

1232
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:33,918
- Gallet, Gallet?

1233
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:35,319
- Oh, yes, you must ask him about it

1234
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:37,357
He used to play outside left

1235
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:39,715
Goodbye

1236
00:50:40,720 --> 00:50:41,710
- What does he mean?

1237
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:44,273
- Have a drink, Tardivot

1238
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,237
- Is your name Gallet? Is it really?

1239
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:48,151
He called you that. What does he mean?

1240
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,234
{sombre music)

1241
00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,711
- Aristocrat.

1242
00:50:59,720 --> 00:51:00,551
Oh, Emile.

1243
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:04,837
I can't wait to tell the family.

1244
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:08,240
- Surely all the evidence
points to suicide

1245
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:10,390
- Who would choose such a bizarre method

1246
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,755
of committing suicide without
an overwhelming motive?

1247
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:13,830
- Well, the insurance company will-

1248
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,639
- No, their capital is 95 million

1249
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:19,439
Your father had been paying
very heavy premiums for 10 years

1250
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,590
and they'd have had to
pay out soon anyway

1251
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:23,034
No, I think they'll
fall in with the theory

1252
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,350
that he was conducting
a very rash experiment

1253
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:27,879
Unless, of course,

1254
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:30,918
they learned that his
son was blackmailing him

1255
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,149
- If you think that,

1256
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,515
why don't you make your accusation openly?

1257
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:37,638
- Because legally I can
take no action against you

1258
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:39,074
And also because I think your poor father

1259
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:41,071
had enough disappointments in his life.

1260
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:42,639
I'd like to spare him one more.

1261
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,471
He stood and waited for
death in that manner

1262
00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:47,630
so that we should think it was murder

1263
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:49,677
and your mother should get the insurance

1264
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:51,829
I suppose he loved her.

1265
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:54,035
Perhaps he even loved you

1266
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:57,158
- That is surely a family matter
which need not concern you

1267
00:51:57,160 --> 00:51:58,434
- Not in the slightest.

1268
00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:05,798
I suppose you will be
marrying Madame Boursin soon

1269
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:07,711
- Probably
- Hmm.

1270
00:52:07,720 --> 00:52:10,189
Well, you're very well
suited to each other.

1271
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:11,395
I wish you joy