00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:03,436 - In truth, 3 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,555 ..the greatness and nobility of His Eminence d'Abbeville, 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,880 ..whose chair I'm honored to occupy from now on, 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,596 ..can be summed up in a just few words: 6 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,510 ..this man of the Church belonged to no chapel. 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:25,354 Yes, this great humanist had... welcomed...all ideas... 8 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,150 By re..fusing... 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,440 that... ah... 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,393 Ah... - OH...! 11 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:40,959 - Call for help! 12 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,477 Call the doctor! 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,355 - Extraordinary, splendid! 14 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,679 - But, sir... Mr. Mortimar is dead! 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,716 - But that's what is exciting, I'll know more soon. 16 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,232 Pardon, Isidore Fandor, "Le Matin" newspaper. 17 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,833 Let me know if you hear something crunchy. 18 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,750 - Crunchy? - What interests the reader. 19 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,077 I smell scandal right there. 20 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,636 I'm counting on you, sir. 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,959 Sir? - Lalouette, Gaspard Lalouette. 22 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:20,190 Merchant and expert in curiosities, 128 rue Mouffetard, Ve, 2e �tage. 23 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,597 I was once consulted by the Academy. 24 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,997 - See you soon, Mr. Lalouette. 25 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,470 - I fear Mortimar's death will disrupt our... 26 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:43,715 Our... 27 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:46,917 The thing that ties us together. 28 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,954 - How will the circle of Pneumatics... 29 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,279 ..be affected by this affair? 30 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,838 - Grand Master, you too, were... 31 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,796 ..candidate for d'Abbeville's chair. - And I still am. 32 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,550 Yes, La Beyssi�re, I'm telling you loud and clear.. 33 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,311 I, Eliphas de St-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox, 34 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,639 ..Grand Master of the circle of Pneumatics, 35 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,880 ..believe that the chair at the French Academy should go to me. 36 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,392 Woe to whoever tries to sit in it before me. 37 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,991 - But, the navy captain, d'Aulnay, 38 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,158 ..is also a candidate. 39 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,477 And he has good chances of winning. 40 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:26,990 - In that case... 41 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,431 42 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,400 - Well, Mr. Fandor? 43 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,958 You don't applaud captain d'Aulnay? 44 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:49,879 - Oh, Lalouette. 45 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,196 Applauding d'Aulnay? 46 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,359 You want me to read his book, too? 47 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,120 - He wrote a book? 48 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,076 - It's what you do if you want to be an academician. 49 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,354 - Please! - An urgent envelope for mr. d'Aulnay! 50 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,074 - What interests me 51 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,751 ...is whether he'll die, like Mortimar. 52 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,315 - Oh, mr. Fandor... 53 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,034 - Mr. D'Aulnay? 54 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,034 - I'm afraid, mr. Permanent Secretary that.. 55 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,351 - Hum, hum... 56 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:31,596 Gentlemen... 57 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:36,759 The words that came out of His Eminence d'Abbeville's mouth... 58 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,077 ..weren't ours. 59 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,636 How so? It's very simple. 60 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,559 They were inspired by the Divine. 61 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,754 And if our eminent prelate's sermons... 62 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,794 ..still ring in our ears, 63 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,232 ..making our miserable bodies tremble, 64 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,799 ..it's because he wasn't afraid to incur the Wrath of men, 65 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,232 ..only that of God. 66 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:07,997 67 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:11,639 - It's not possible. 68 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,957 - What did you say? - Nothing. 69 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:19,190 - What is not possible? - On the contrary, everything is possible. 70 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,517 I beg your leave, sir. 71 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,430 - What did he die of? - Cerebral convulsion... 72 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:26,950 Probably. 73 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,880 - Why not an indigestion?! 74 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,950 My article will be titled "The Curse of The Academy" or... 75 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,198 - "The Haunted Chair". 76 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,951 You don't beat around the bush, do you? 77 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,835 - Two violent deaths during plenary session. 78 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,270 ..that's normal? 79 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,279 For people who are supposed to be immortal, 80 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,199 ..you lot die a lot. 81 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,677 - We don't verify the candidates' state of health. 83 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,717 - State of health! What rubbish! 84 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,879 They all received an envelope before commencing 85 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,594 ..their speeches. 86 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:08,236 Don't tell me you didn't recover those letters, I won't believe you. 90 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:13,996 - To mr. Mortimar. 91 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,233 - "Fragrances are sometimes more tragic than one thinks. 92 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:22,556 "Signed... 93 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,154 E.D.S.E.D.T.D.L.N.". 94 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:28,476 - To mr. d'Aulnay. 95 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,674 - "There are more dangerous voyages... 96 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,670 "..than the ones round one's cabine. 97 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,633 E.D.S.E.D.T.D.L.N." 98 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,233 - Is that crunchy enough for you? 99 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,071 - It's the titles of their work. 100 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:50,716 Mortimar, "Tragic Fragrances". 101 00:05:50,780 --> 00:05:55,039 ..and d'Aulnay, "Voyage round my cabine". Those are threatening letters. 102 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,119 What's the meaning of that signature? 103 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:03,236 - The initials of Eliphas de St-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox. 104 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,640 - Also candidate for d'Abbeville's chair? 105 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,153 - Yes, so-called Grand Master of the circle of Pneumatics. 106 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,671 - Is that a secret society? 107 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,000 - If by that you mean a circle of illuminati, then yes. 108 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,513 Too bad an eminent academician like de La Beyssi�re.. 109 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,030 ..is part of it. 110 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,359 - What do they do at the circle of Pneumatics? 111 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,396 - Pneumatic comes from the ancient greek word "pneuma": breath or soul. 112 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,913 It means they deal with the past, the present, the future 113 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:39,875 ..the hereafter and all the rest of it. 114 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,790 - You don't believe those stories, mr. Patard. 115 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,836 You have both feet on the ground. 116 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:48,760 - Better than in the ground, like those unfortunates. 117 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,273 - Nobody will believe they died from natural causes. 118 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:56,930 Ah, look at this... 119 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,590 The letter to mr. Mortimar was written in green ink. 120 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,510 That's odd. 121 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,316 - I thought it was a tribute to our green friend. 122 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,353 - Funeral tribute. 123 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,677 - Oh, do you realize it? 124 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,272 Two dead, as if... 125 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,600 An invisible hand that governs the universe, 126 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,512 ..has decided to reduce the number of academicians to 39. 127 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,440 - Oh, now you're talking rubbish. 128 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,952 - Anyway, you won't convince me that 129 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,279 ..they are not ready to find the 40th. 130 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,429 - Are you telling me you won't present yourself as a candidate? 131 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,157 - Present myself, present myself... That's just what you want. 132 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,877 - Because your place is at the Academy, my Gaspard. 133 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,392 - To replace the chair with a coffin? 134 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,879 - So you didn't tell them about the two books you published? 135 00:07:58,240 --> 00:07:59,196 - No. 136 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,720 - Nobody wears academician clothes better than you. 137 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,556 Green was always the color that suited you best. 138 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,718 - All this is beside the point, 139 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,233 ..there were 3 candidates for d'Abbeville's chair. 140 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,150 - I know there was a 3rd candidate, a musicologist, 141 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,115 ..Martin Latouche, is it? 142 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,440 - Grand Master, the letters for Mortimar and d'Aulnay.. 143 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,360 ..were signed with your initials. 144 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,760 I can't believe that you, dear Eliphas, have... 145 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,273 - It matters not, my good La Beyssi�re, for I'm already elsewhere. 146 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:39,756 - What are you doing? 147 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:41,679 - Elsewhere is calling for me. 148 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,590 But don't forget that we share secrets 149 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:46,916 ..my friend. 150 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:48,600 Do not forget. 151 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,559 - Damn and blast it! What are they doing? 152 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:00,479 - Who's that? - Who's that!? 153 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,275 Your colleagues, evidently. 154 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,190 Well, let's get to the heart of the matter. 155 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:10,837 Mr. Mortimar and mr. d'Aulnay... 156 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,554 - Who are well and truly dead. 157 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,071 - I beg your pardon? 158 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,320 We must seriously consider a new candidate... 159 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:27,037 ..to succeed His Eminence d'Abbeville, 160 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,119 ..and our dear departed. 161 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,870 In short, this chair can't... 162 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:33,674 ..remain unocuppied. 163 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:38,000 - We could consider mr. Eliphas. 164 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,556 - Surely, you jest?! 165 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,073 He only published one grotesque book: "Surgery of The Soul". 166 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,559 He also wrote the letters our lamented colleagues received. 167 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,115 - They are fakes. 168 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,599 The Grand Master of Pneumatics is incapable of such despicable act. 169 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,155 - On that subject, 170 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,034 ..why is it that.. 171 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,235 ..a great man like you is in their company? 172 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,557 - You know it very well. 173 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,480 I have dedicated my life to pyramids of Egypt. 174 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,514 I've discovered astonishing things. 175 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,679 The Pneumatics welcomed me.. 176 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,112 ..when others mocked my works. 177 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,996 Even here I've been mocked and jeered at. 178 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,920 - Anyway, we have Martin Latouche. 179 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,237 - If he is still a candidate. 180 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,035 - Why wouldn't he be? 181 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,872 - Because the Academy's ceremonies have become funeral services. 182 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,078 - What think you, 183 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,557 ..Loustalot dear? - Hear, hear. 184 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,310 - Surely you have an opinion. 185 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:44,431 - I like.. 186 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:45,517 ..onion. 187 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:46,836 - Dear friend. 188 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,511 Everybody knows you are one of the most esteemed people. 189 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,759 Don't they call you "The Great Loustalot"? 190 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:55,315 Everybody admires you. 191 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:58,673 Your fertile brain has produced more ingenious inventions 192 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:00,838 ..than any of us could count. 193 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,429 But the situation is critical. 194 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,440 What think you of Martin Latouche.. 195 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,474 ..as a successor to... you know whom? 196 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,997 - Richelieu is not looking good, I'm worried for him. 197 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,154 - Professor Th�ophile Sardent, chancellor of the Institute. 198 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,479 ..Mr. Aristide Beaubois de Montsabl�. 199 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,194 - My apologies, dear colleagues, 200 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:36,712 ..but one can no longer find a carriage in Paris. 201 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:38,833 - Especially one that will go here. 202 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,635 - A driver even asked us.. 203 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,676 ..if it wasn't preferable to go directly to the cemetery. 204 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,190 - What insolence! 205 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:51,679 - Everybody is talking about this haunted chair. - Gentlemen, not you, too! 206 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,272 This chair is not haunted, it's unoccupied, that's all. 207 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,599 - In that case, mr. Permanent Secretary, 208 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,429 ..please make yourself comfortable in it. 209 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:02,756 - What for? 210 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,079 - To prove that you are not superstitious. 211 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,000 - But...I can't sit in it. 212 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,920 Even you, dear, wouldn't dare. 213 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,830 - An Egyptologist who has visited the tombs of the pharaohs... 214 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,556 ..has nothing to fear from a chair. 215 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:20,070 - In that case, the honor is yours. 216 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,797 - Our Permanent Secretary before everyone else. 217 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,036 You mock d'Eliphas, 218 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,551 ..yet you knock on wood. 219 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,992 - I am not knocking on wood, I am leaning on it. 220 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:42,519 It was your idea, you go first. 221 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,680 - What, did you feel something? Hear voices? 222 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:08,874 - Let's talk about... 223 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,072 ..Latouche. 224 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,239 - We are listening to you, dear Great Loustalot. 225 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,514 - Oh you know, one more, one less dead body... 226 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,554 - Do you think it's a malediction? 227 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:23,354 - Masculinization. 228 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,719 - Don't you think, my dear Patard, 229 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,152 ..that a little visit to Latouche is in order? 230 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,273 - Who will go? 231 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,031 - The Permanent Secretary, of course! 232 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:44,040 - Well, gentlemen, if we need a volunteer, 233 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,519 ..I'll try to convince mr. Latouche to join us. 234 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,951 - And what will you tell him? 235 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:52,470 - I will... 236 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:57,039 tell him: "Courage, my friend". 237 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,360 238 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:11,719 239 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,310 240 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:34,796 - Who is it? 241 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:39,313 - Mr. Patard, Permanent Secretary of the French Academy. 242 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,037 - What do you want? - To see mr. Latouche. 243 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,359 - He is not home, but please come in. 244 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,754 - Mr. Latouche is absent, you said? 245 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:55,273 - You wanted to ask him to present himself at the Academy? 246 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:56,596 - Yes. 247 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,032 - If I had my way, he wouldn't. 248 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,472 - What are you afraid of? - You will kill him. 249 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,117 - Madame! Madame...? - People call me Babette. 250 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,439 - Two academicians are dead, that's true, 251 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,395 ..but they died of natural causes. 252 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,958 - Tatatata... A man called Fandor came here, 253 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,199 ..he told me the truth. - What truth? 254 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,759 - That it was a sorcerer, Eliphas, who poisoned them. 255 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,919 - Eliphas does not exist, Fandor invented him. 256 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,909 - And the letters, he invented them, too?! 258 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,079 - Bad taste pranks. 259 00:15:35,940 --> 00:15:36,510 Besides, 260 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:38,394 ..Eliphas has disappeared. 261 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,752 - So he exists. 262 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,433 - Well, yes. 263 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,635 - You shouldn't take la Babette for a fool! 264 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,916 - With all those rumors, the police came looking for him.. 265 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,317 ..nobody, no furniture. 266 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,000 Not even a speck of dust. 267 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,671 - But Fandor showed me his newspaper, "Le Matin", 268 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,794 ..I saw the photos of the two dead people. 269 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,516 - Mr. Mortimar and Mr. d'Aulnay? 270 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,475 - Yes, I recognized them. 271 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,072 They came here on numerous occasions to see my master. 272 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,911 - Mr. Latouche received Mr. Mortimar and Mr. d'Aulnay? 273 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:19,236 - Yes. - Here? 274 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:20,750 - In his cabinet. 275 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,591 I never go in there, because of the musical instruments. 276 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,838 I don't like music. 277 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,671 Oh, but I heard things. - What things? 278 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,238 - I heard my master tell those men... 279 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,150 ..that there would be no greater crime in the whole world. 280 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:40,477 - No greater crime in the world? 281 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,514 - I heard him as surely as I'm seeing you right now! 282 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,200 283 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:46,710 That's him! 284 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,279 That's him. - Who? 285 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,871 - Eliphas. Come look. 286 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,393 For the last 3 days he's been coming here and played his music of death. 287 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,356 - 3 days? Indeed, it's been 3 days since Eliphas disappeared. 288 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,598 - I know this music. 289 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,231 In Rodez, we lived on the same street where... 290 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,195 ..a poor man got his throat slitted and then bled to death like a pig. 291 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,517 - The famous crime of Rodez. 292 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:16,397 The organ of Barbarie drowned out the cries of the person being killed. 293 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,958 - It was this music, the music of death! 294 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,119 They will kill my master! Eliphas is back! 295 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,474 - But he doesn't look like Eliphas at all. 296 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,516 Anyway, Eliphas is a charlatan, Babette. 297 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,839 298 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,156 - He is leaving. 299 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:37,874 But he'll come back. 300 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,519 My master got it into his head to buy that satanic instrument... 301 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,315 ..for his collection, he said. 302 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,275 - Mr. Latouche takes no heed of superstition. 303 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,759 - If only he had listened to me, but no, he only thinks of the Academy. 304 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:55,874 - Nothing will happen to him. 305 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,200 I trust he is in good health? - Oh, yes, he is. 306 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:04,600 I take good care of him, I make him great tripous the way they make them in Rodez. 307 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,032 Would you like some tripous, Mr.Permanent? 308 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,756 - Another time I would be delighted. 309 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:14,919 Congratulate him for me, his election is assured. 310 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,079 - I don't like music. 311 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,400 312 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:34,759 313 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,079 - What is taking him so long? 314 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,035 - It's curious that an academician... 315 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,472 ..should be late the day of his admission. 316 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,594 - It's not curious, it's strange. 317 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,520 - Mr. Latouche is not in sight? - I see nobody coming. 318 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:00,394 - Oh...! 319 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,720 He is dead! He is dead! My master is dead! 320 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,039 It's that damned music of death!! 321 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,357 The music that kills! 322 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,431 The series continues. 323 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:21,634 Hello, Lalouette. 324 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,957 - Ah, Isidore! 325 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,791 Always on the go? - Now more than ever, my friend. 326 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:29,310 Here, read this. 327 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:31,270 - Yes. 328 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:32,835 Yes, yes, yes. 329 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:37,831 - Mr. Fandor? You can't live without my Gaspard, eh? 330 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:39,876 Let me see. 331 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,319 "Who's next?" 332 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,273 That is not encouraging. 333 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,997 - Exit the haunted chair, enter the deadly chair. 334 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:51,876 Did you hear what Latouche's maid said? 335 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,074 - She said the music of the organ of Barbarie killed her master. 336 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,990 - What you don't know is that the man who played under Latouche's windows... 337 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:00,316 ..has now vanished. 338 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:01,716 Like Eliphas. 339 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,393 - Eliphas and the organ player would be the same person? 340 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,754 - Some think it to themselves, others voice aloud their doubts, 341 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:12,076 ..it has everyone talking. 342 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,671 I interviewed la Babette. 343 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:15,757 - La Babette? 344 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:17,156 - Babette. 345 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,831 Latouche's maid. - Ah, la Babette, yes. 346 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,160 - She went shopping, for Latouche's reception. 347 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,116 When she came back, she found him dead behind his window. 348 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,951 Blood came out of his ears. - How dreadful! 349 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,789 - The organ of Barbarie is suspected, 350 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,631 ..but the police refuses to say what happened to it. 351 00:20:38,634 --> 00:20:41,957 - I can tell you. They gave it to me. - What? 352 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,835 - They wanted me to look at it. 353 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,236 - What? 354 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,877 - In recognition of my husband's talent. 355 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:54,075 - Yes, they gave it to me for assessment. There it is. 356 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,511 There it is. 357 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,190 One of the most beautiful organs ever made. 358 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,995 It must have been made in Italy. 359 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:06,158 - And...it's ordinary? 360 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,957 - Well, yes, I think. 361 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,920 - Lalouette, let's be serious, 362 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,715 ..this instrument, could it have.. 363 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,232 ..played the music that killed? - That, I do not know. 364 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,796 - Wonderful, I'll write.. 365 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,313 ..that the greatest expert in Paris has doubts. 366 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,356 It will double the print run, like with the Secret of Toth. 367 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,918 - The Secret of Toth? - My article published the day before yesterday. 368 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,956 You didn't read it? - I did, I just don't remember the details. 369 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,677 - The Permanent Secretary said something strange... 370 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,316 ..after Latouche's death. 371 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,514 He said to la Beyssi�re, the egyptologist: 372 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,999 .."For heaven's sake, don't bring out Eliphas and the secret of Toth again." 373 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:56,512 I cited the secret of Toth in my article, 374 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,679 ..nobody knows what it means. 375 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,351 - And the Permanent Secretary didn't want to say anything? 376 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:04,870 - Not a word. 377 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,790 So I asked our great scholar, Loustalot. 378 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,313 When I posed the question to him, he looked at me strangely. 379 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,037 I insisted "What is this secret?" No answer. 380 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,472 I said: "You mock me", He replied: "Acme". 381 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,877 - Acme? - Acme? 382 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,715 - So I reminded him that I was a journalist. 383 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,759 ..and so he said: "You said it, Henri". But my name is Isidore. 384 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:35,357 - Unbelievable, The Great Loustalot. - Those scholars are children. 385 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:40,351 - Then, I told him: "Your duty is to talk to the press". 386 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,919 He said: "You're right, L�on". But my name is Isidore. 387 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:49,991 - The Secret of Toth, the music that kills... 388 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,431 Tragic fragrances... 389 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,109 My God... 394 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:40,549 - Ajax! Achille! 395 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:42,876 Down, boys! 396 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:45,555 Yes? 397 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,756 - I'd like to see mr. Loustalot. 398 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:53,476 I am mr. Gaspard Lalouette. 399 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,400 Merchant and expert in curiosities. 400 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,834 ..128 rue Mouffetard, 5th arrondissement, 2nd floor. 401 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,793 - What is this about? 402 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:04,514 403 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,111 - It's...about... 404 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,439 The French Academy. 405 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:13,509 - Wait here. 406 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:14,870 Stay there! 410 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,559 - Come in. 411 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,514 Have a seat. 412 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:00,999 What brings you here? 413 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:06,310 - I wouldn't have dared bother you, the Great Loustalot... 414 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,149 - That's right, I have... 415 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,159 ..no time to waste. 416 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:12,476 - Ah... 417 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,071 They look sweet. 418 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:16,635 - Like lambs. 419 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,236 I'm listening. - Well... 420 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,752 They asked me to assess the organ of Barbarie. 421 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:25,349 The one that... 422 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,714 - Yes, and you made your doubts known, I read the newspaper. 423 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,551 - I wanted to ask you, the greatest of all scholars, 424 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,550 ..if the music.. 425 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,673 ..that comes out of that organ, 426 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,394 ..the music that kills, 427 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,717 ..could have something to do with, 428 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,436 ..a certain secret, 429 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,917 ..the Secret of Toth, 430 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,000 ..of which I know nothing. 431 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:57,834 432 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,239 - My dear... 433 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,356 Hum...very dear... 434 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,953 Very, very, very dear... 435 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,880 What is your name, already? 436 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,030 - Lalouette. 437 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,394 - Silhouette. 438 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:21,710 - Yes, certainly, yes. Certainly, yes. 439 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,073 But, hmm...The Secret of Toth... 440 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,074 - It's an inscription discovered by that idiot La Beyssi�re, 441 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,400 ..during one of his useless expeditions in Egypt. 442 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,355 He was incapable of deciphering it, 443 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,679 ..so he appealed to the circle of Pneumatics. 444 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,716 If only he had consulted me... 445 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,355 - You would have decoded it. 446 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,680 - Obviously, The Great Loustalot deciphers everything. 447 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:55,353 - Yes...yes, yes, certainly. 448 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,359 And then? 449 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,679 - Well, La Beyssi�re spoke to.. 450 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,192 ..Eliphas something or other.. 451 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,155 ..whatchamacallit. 452 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,034 I don't know him.. 453 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,313 ..but I have good reasons to think that.. 454 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,149 ..he is highly educated. 455 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:16,590 He deciphered everything. 456 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,474 - And then? 457 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:26,190 - "You shall die by mouth, nose and ears, 458 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,998 ..for I am the master of air, light and sound". 459 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,750 - And that's the secret of Toth? 460 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,511 - Discovered in a tomb full of snakes. 461 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:42,836 - Snakes? 462 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,236 - There were rattlesnakes, too. 463 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,357 It was a good one, yes? 464 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,030 - Ah yes, yes, a good joke. 465 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,995 Yes, but... it's very funny. 466 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:58,477 - It's all nonsense. 467 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,992 Utter garbage. 468 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:03,316 - Of course. 469 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,230 But please allow me to ask you another question. 472 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,080 Did you hear that? - What? 473 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,875 - A cry. - What cry? 474 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,517 - A scream, I don't know where it comes from. 475 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,360 - From somewhere. Everything comes from somewhere. 476 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,077 Screams, shouts, rattles... it doesn't stop there. 477 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,229 Poachers, gamekeepers, ghosts. 478 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:37,750 - Ghosts? 479 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:42,274 - Any house worthy of its name must have a ghost. 480 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,791 So, then, your question? 481 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,595 - I wanted to ask... 482 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,112 ..if Mortimar, d'Aulnay, and Latouche, 483 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:57,396 ..were assassinated in unknown ways, 484 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:03,231 that only the Secret of Toth can explain. 485 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,072 - You are the expert. 486 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,080 You examined the organ of Barbarie. 487 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,238 It's you and the press.. 488 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,160 ..who talk about the music that kills. 489 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,796 I'll tell you what I think. 490 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,595 It's rubbish.. 491 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,920 ..spread by idiots. - I thought so, too. 492 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,354 Science cannot give credence to such charlatanism. 493 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:29,949 - Satanism. 494 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:31,276 - Ah! 495 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,637 Well, you said it, Bibi! 498 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:52,120 - Listen to this: "You do me great honour, gentlemen, 499 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,314 "..by inviting me to become part.. 500 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,036 "..of your illustrious circle, 501 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:02,952 ..but I prefer waiting for my death than actively looking for it". 502 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,993 What impudence! 503 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:06,316 - And this. 504 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,640 "Since I refuse to take a dome as a mausoleum, 505 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,119 "..I will ask you to please strike my name from your list... 506 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,836 ..of potential cadavers". 507 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,159 What are we going to do, my dear chancellor? 508 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,989 - Oh, listen to this: 509 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,512 "Mr. Permanent Secretary, Mr. Chancellor, 510 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,394 "..It is my great hornor to... 511 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:34,118 "..apply for.. 512 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,040 "..His Eminence d'Abbeville's chair, 513 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,312 "..which also belongs to... 514 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,036 ..those gentlemen: Mortimar, d'Aulnay, and Latouche." 515 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,314 And it's signed: "Gaspard Jules.. 516 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,876 "..Louis Marie Lalouette. 517 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,790 "Merchant and expert in curiosities, 518 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,120 "..128 rue Mouffetard, 5th arrondissement, 2nd floor. 519 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:58,800 "Post-scriptum: 520 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:03,518 ..I had the honor of being consulted by the Academy." 521 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:04,916 - Let me see. 522 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,671 Lalouette? You know him? 523 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,829 - Yes, it seems that not long ago he appraised a painting... 524 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:14,316 ..that the Academy.. 525 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,433 ..inherited. 526 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,520 - Perfect, he will be the 40th. 527 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,837 - There are other candidates. 528 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:23,839 - I doubt that. 529 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,873 - We must meet him. 530 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,160 - Let us go. 531 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,000 Forward. 532 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:39,670 - Gentlemen? 533 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,590 - Allow me to present my esteemed colleague 534 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,317 ..professor Sardent, chancellor of the Institute. 535 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,640 - And this is our venerated Hyppolite Patard, 536 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,960 ..Permanent Secretary of the French Academy. 537 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,516 - Gaspard! 538 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:06,950 - Remarkable. 539 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,590 - Mr. Lalouette, congratulations on your books... 540 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,350 ..the perusal of which.. 541 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,677 ..looks fascinating. 542 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,270 - Well, say something. 543 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,712 - My wife says..err..I mean to say 544 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,914 ..my works are not widespread. 545 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,954 They are known only by those.. 546 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,631 ..who frequent the auction house. 547 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,400 - My husband is modest. 548 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:38,800 I have here a letter from someone who recognizes mr. Lalouette's true value. 549 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,560 See for yourself. 550 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:52,150 - A letter from the Prince of Cond�? 551 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,557 - I always have it on me. 552 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,195 After mr. Lalouette, 553 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,837 ..it is my most precious possession. 554 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,752 - Soon, we will be able to call you "my dear colleague". 555 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,237 - My God! 556 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,552 - Your candidacy, mr. Lalouette, does the Academy honour. 557 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,560 I was certain we'd find... 558 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:16,876 ..in France, 559 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,438 ..a citizen of courage and honour 560 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,271 ..to put others to shame. - Really? 561 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,597 - Will you visit the house with me? 562 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:31,113 - Your abode overflows with treasures, of which you are the most valuable. 563 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,631 564 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,631 - But it's the Louvre. 565 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,354 - I was going to say that. 566 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,236 - One must makes a living. 567 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:51,954 - If only you knew.. 568 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,631 ..how happy we are to have met you. 569 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,832 This 40th chair has been 570 00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,634 ..worrying me. 571 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,959 So much it gave me those "abajoues" (jowls). 572 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,791 - We say "bajoues", mr. Permanent Secretary. 573 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,516 "Abajoue" is not French. 574 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,076 - I beg your pardon, 575 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,875 ..but we say "abajoues". 576 00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:17,596 - Bajoues. - Abajoues! 577 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,474 - If you will allow me, 578 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,799 .."abajoues", alteration of the word "bajoue", 579 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:24,560 ..feminine noun, 580 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,879 ..refers to the cheek pouches.. 581 00:34:28,240 --> 00:34:30,277 ..that some monkeys have, 582 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,836 ..inside their mouth. 583 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:37,956 They serve as reservoir for food not immediately consumed. 584 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,597 As for bats, those "abajoues" serve to facilitate their flight, 585 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,156 ..by introducing air... 586 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,592 ..into their subcutaneous tissue. 587 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,510 By extension, it also refers to drooping cheeks. 588 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,840 "Abajoues", "bajoues", refer also to the side parts... 589 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,715 ..of pig snouts and veal heads. 590 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,797 - Would you like to continue.. 591 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,116 ...the visit? 592 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,834 - But certainly. 593 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,719 - Oh, what is that? 594 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,756 - Mon abacus puzzles you, mr. Chancellor? 595 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,079 - "Une" abacus, what does it do? 596 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,114 - We say "un" abacus, from the greek word "abax". 597 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,437 Bar, buffet... 598 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,760 For the Greeks, it's a table, put in a sanctuary... 599 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,476 ..to receive offerings. 600 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:37,790 For the Romans, a kitchen cabinet containing tableware. 601 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:42,871 In mathematics, it's a calculation table of Greek origin. 602 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:50,000 In architecture, flat slab forming the top member of the capital of a column. 604 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:54,279 - His Eminence d'Abbeville's chair will have a worthy occupant, I see. 605 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,316 - Dear colleague, the time has come to take our leave. 606 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:03,197 We are henceforth looking forward to receving you under our dome. 607 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:07,156 - Have some plum brandy before you leave. 608 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:09,876 My sister sent it all the way from Alsace. 609 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:12,516 - I'd love to partake, 610 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,078 ..but they're waiting for me in Sorbonne. - That's too bad. 611 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,592 But our Permanent Secretary shall be glad 612 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:21,713 ..to have a taste of it. 613 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,036 I'm sure. 614 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,558 - Hum, what marvelous odor! 615 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,439 - You can leave us, 616 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,359 ..Juju, please? 617 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,554 - My husband likes to call me that. 618 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,116 My first name is Julie. 619 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:45,709 Have some more. 620 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,559 - I'm glad to be with you, 621 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,357 ..I have something important to confess. 622 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:57,074 - Important? 623 00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:58,999 - Very. 624 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:00,919 - Then proceed. 625 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,752 626 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:13,076 - But it's not possible! 627 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,193 Come now, Mr. Lalouette! 628 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,358 Ah, I give up. 629 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:19,677 ..surely this is a gag. 630 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,316 Ah, you like to have a laugh, you. 631 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,160 But me, too, 632 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:25,874 ..you know. 633 00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:30,278 - It's not a joke. 634 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,997 I can't read. 635 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:39,914 - Another. 636 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,031 I can't believe it. 637 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,153 What about your books? 638 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:58,355 - I dictated them to my wife. - And your knowledge? 639 00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:02,316 In art, in bajoues... - Illustrations of texts. 640 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:07,357 As for the rest, my wife makes me learn the dictionary. 641 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:10,792 I am currently at A: abajoue, abaque, abraque... 642 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,914 - How awkward! Indeed... 643 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,114 Very, truly awkward. 644 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,752 - It's the speech, you know, I won't be able to read it. 645 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,796 - You can't be an academician without making a speech. 646 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,710 You need to deliver a eulogy for His Eminence d'Abbeville. 647 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,993 Say a few words about Mortimar, d'Aulnay, Latouche. 648 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:34,919 - It makes for a rather long speech. 649 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,956 - Well, a speech at the Academy is always long. 650 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:44,222 If only you were at the letter U in the dictionary... 651 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:45,356 But A... 652 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:48,679 Oh no, this really is awkward. 653 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:54,475 - Another glass, mr. Perm...Permanent Secretary? 654 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,277 - Mister de Richelieu, 655 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,996 ..you founded this house, 656 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:23,159 ..built it so that it survived... 657 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:27,150 ..the Monarchy, the Republic, the Empire, 658 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,831 ..it even held out against scholars who know nothing. 659 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,476 Your genius anticipated everything. 660 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,399 Everything, except... 661 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,719 Except an academician who can't read. 662 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,314 I am telling you, mr. Cardinal, 663 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:50,469 ..it's very, very, very awkward. 664 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,039 - You told him everything? 665 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,871 - Everything. - What did he say? 666 00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,835 - That it was awkward. - That's all? 667 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,750 - No. While leaving, he said "My dear colleague". 668 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:08,272 - Well then everything is alright. It's marvelous! 669 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:12,111 You are in the Academy now, Gaspard! 670 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:13,994 Yes, you are! 671 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:15,316 672 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,116 - Look who I found! 673 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,112 I present to you Eliphas de St-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox. 674 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,437 - Oh... 675 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,269 Don't believe what you hear, 676 00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:35,510 ..I am not a candidate for the Academy, not at all. 677 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:37,792 At all, no, no. 678 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:42,234 No, no, the chair is all yours. 679 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,796 - There's no cause for alarm. 680 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:46,674 - M. Eliphas couldn't care less.. 681 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,271 ..about the Academy. 682 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,838 - There is no more d'Eliphas, no more Pneumatics. 683 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:57,035 I went back to my real name, Octave Malinchar. 684 00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:58,993 - And at least you have found... 685 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,158 ..your niche in life. 686 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:05,309 - I've had enough of Paris, it's overrun by charlatans. 687 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,912 I have settled in this land of Provence, 688 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,555 ..where olive trees grow. 689 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,992 From now on, I am exporter of olive oil. 690 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,273 I have clients all the way to Russia. 691 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,518 - Admit it, Lalouette, 692 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:21,234 ..it leaves you speechless. 693 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,479 - So, my husband can join the Academy? 694 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:26,069 It doesn't bother you? 695 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,831 - Are you sure you don't want to be part of it any more? 696 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:31,600 - Sure, 697 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,917 ..because you will be. 698 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,159 - I must admit...I was afraid. 699 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:40,115 - I didn't leave Paris in order to flee. 700 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,676 I am not responsible.. 701 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,191 ..for the deaths at the Academy. 702 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:48,359 Otherwise, I wouldn't come here with mr. Fandor, 703 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:51,394 ..who so cleverly found my trace. 704 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,320 - As a result, the mystery remains. 705 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,956 This is crunchy material! 706 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,677 - But, tell me, Mr. Minchar... Mar... 707 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,794 Was it you who elucidated... 708 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,994 ..the secret of Toth? 709 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,831 - Champollion was my great-uncle, sir. 710 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,350 - Champollion... 711 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,349 Champollion of the hieroglyphics? 712 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:18,636 - Himself. 713 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:19,990 Unfortunately, 714 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,319 ..my friend La Beyssi�re didn't retain everything he learned. 715 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,310 Going to Egypt is just not enough to become an Egyptologist. 716 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:31,469 - But do you believe that all those deaths at the Academy 717 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,354 ..were natural? 718 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:36,360 - Just because I am not the murderer, 719 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,439 ..doesn't mean there is not an assassin. 720 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,757 - Something bothers me. 721 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,680 Babette, Latouche's maid, 722 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,670 ..told me her master entertained Mortimar and d'Aulnay. 723 00:42:47,740 --> 00:42:49,191 So, they knew each other. 724 00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:52,772 - So? - So, mr. Lalouette, you didn't know them. 725 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,638 - So you are safe. 726 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,750 - I'm a bit lost. - Let's see, it's very simple. 727 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:04,592 The cause of their death must come from the fact that they knew each other. 728 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,874 - And that they shared some awful secret. 729 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:13,996 - Perhaps the Permanent Secretary could enlighten us on that subject. 730 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,220 - Or the Great Loustalot. - You know him? 731 00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:19,950 - Sure. - The Great Loustalot told me he didn't know you. 732 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:21,879 - He lied. 733 00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:25,790 Before I revealed the Secret of Toth to La Beyssi�re 734 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:30,518 ..the Great Loustalot sent his right-hand man, Igor, 735 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:34,840 ..to steal that secret. 736 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,556 - And did he? - H�las. 737 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:41,675 Anyway, you must go to Loustalot's. 738 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,716 As a candidate for the Academy it's your duty to pay visits. 739 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,675 - I will dig into all this, my friends! 740 00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,555 - Don't blow it all out of proportion. 741 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,880 - You're wrong. The golden rule is: "The bigger it is, the better it sells". 742 00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:58,436 - Some plum brandy? - No, thank you. 743 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,473 This is the only thing I drink nowadays. 744 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:02,714 My olive oil. 745 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:09,918 - Why do you insist I go with you to Loustalot's? 746 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,034 You could ask the chancellor. 747 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,552 - He had class at Sorbonne. - Really. 748 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,913 - Besides, you know my secret. 749 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,749 - Don't think I can forget it! 750 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,954 - But there are things you don't know. 751 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,994 Isidore Fandor taught me things. 752 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,956 - It doesn't justify traveling in that uncomfortable train. 753 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:42,050 - Fandor leaned that Mortimar, d'Aulnay and Latouche took this very train to La Varenne, 755 00:44:42,060 --> 00:44:44,919 ..to see the Great Loustalot. 756 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:46,839 - All three? 757 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:48,998 - All three. 758 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:51,795 You are fraid of dogs? - Yes. 759 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:58,958 - Ajax and Achille are very impressive. They are Loustalot's dogs. 762 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,960 Go on, ring. - Do it yourself. 764 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:15,716 - Curious. 765 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,230 They are not barking. 767 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,312 - We made the trip for nothing. Let's go back. 768 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,640 When you have something in mind, you... 769 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,232 (Someone screams) 770 00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:38,919 What is it? 771 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,478 - Loustalot says it comes from the woods.. 772 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,991 ..a poacher, certainly. 773 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,716 - It's the cry of a beast. 774 00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:51,872 No, not a beast's, it's a monster's cry. 775 00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:53,196 - A monster? 776 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:57,110 - A creature born from a union between... 777 00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,233 I don't want to imagine. 778 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,753 Mr. Lalouette,I'm leaving. - Patard, you can't! 779 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:06,470 Mister Patard, 780 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,799 ..you represent the Academy. 781 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:13,312 You faced three unexplained murders, 782 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:17,037 ..you're not going to flee before a...monster. 783 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:21,360 - In that case, go ahead, there may be danger. 784 00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:38,873 - Loustalot must have forgotten to close the door while leaving. 786 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,071 - Where did that come from?! 787 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,717 - When one is outside, one thinks it's inside, 788 00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:51,835 ..and when one is inside, one thinks it's outside. 789 00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:57,397 - I never would have thought Loustalot so poor. 790 00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:01,231 - I'm more intrigued by what's not there. 791 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:05,560 I see no place where Loustalot could work. 792 00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:09,072 A scholar like him must have a study. 793 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,194 ..a place to carry out experiments. 794 00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:15,394 - That's right. 796 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:18,834 It comes from there. 797 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,960 Oh...if this is modern art... 799 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:32,959 Well, go ahead. 801 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:56,400 - Ah! - Ah! 802 00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:58,558 - Well, mister... 803 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:01,480 - Me, D�d�, they will kill you! 804 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:03,797 They killed them all! 805 00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:08,518 Great Loustalot discovered secret! Quick, quick! 806 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:20,360 - Again you forgot to close the pannel and the grill. 807 00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:22,677 It will bring bad luck. 808 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:27,193 - It's your fault the dogs escaped again. 809 00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:29,517 - What's more, D�d� must have screamed. 810 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:31,075 - D�d�, you screamed? 812 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,157 The dogs are nervous, they sense something. 813 00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:39,274 Did you tie them up? - Yes, but they are hungry. 814 00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:42,917 - Me hungry too, eat. - Ah but, for that, 815 00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:44,509 ..you have to work. 816 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,109 Let's see 817 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,312 ..what you found. 818 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:50,637 So... 819 00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:56,591 Oh...incredible! I can't believe it! 820 00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:59,111 You did it, D�d�? 821 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,676 It's the complete formula? 822 00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,157 Tell me, is it? 823 00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:05,840 - Formula, yes. 824 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:08,637 - Oh, you're a real genius. 825 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:10,673 I mean, I am a genius. 826 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:14,511 My next lecture at the Academy... 827 00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:17,475 ..will enable science to make a great leap forward. 828 00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,752 D�d�, you've earned your lunch. 829 00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:22,919 What do you want? - Jam, white wine. 830 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:25,431 - Very well, Igor will get them for you. 831 00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:30,192 I am delighted, filled with wonder, with joy. 832 00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:32,635 - Assassin! Assassin! - Oh, stop it. 833 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:36,232 - God will punish you, crimes avenged, punishment, punishment! 834 00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:40,150 - It's too much! Go feed them! 835 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:42,036 - Yes. 837 00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,236 - You waste your time, D�d�. 838 00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:55,560 And you're making me waste mine, which is infinitely more precious. 839 00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,480 Don't think you'll ever get out of here. 840 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:02,800 Don't think that someone will come to your rescue, either. 841 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,117 Do you know what happened to those who tried? 842 00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:29,550 - This is horrible!! 843 00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:35,073 - Who were the people who tried to set you free? 844 00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,399 - Three men, Academy, candidates. 845 00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:40,991 Eminence's chair. 846 00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:44,637 - Three candidates? His Eminence d'Abbeville's chair? 847 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:49,631 - Mortimar, d'Aulnay, and Latouche. 848 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,913 - They came so Loustalot not vote... 849 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:54,953 ..for Eliphas. 850 00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:58,791 House empty, dogs escaped, door opened. 851 00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:03,120 Loustalot and Igor came back, made men swear silence. 852 00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,120 Igor said: "Must eliminate the three, 853 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,314 ..because men discovered secret prisoner". 854 00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:14,357 D�d� made up everything, not Loustalot, D�d�! 855 00:51:14,720 --> 00:51:16,677 - The murders at the Academy, 856 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:19,999 ..it's impossible! How did he do that?! 857 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,152 - Secret of Toth, deaths by secret of Toth. 858 00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,115 - Euh... I don't get it. 859 00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:29,630 - D�d� found.. 860 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,959 ..secret to make special ink, 861 00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:36,392 ..ink giving off delicious perfume, but deadly. 862 00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:40,071 One folds paper on which one wrote, 863 00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:44,400 ..in darkness of the envelope, particular fermentation. 864 00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:48,993 Person who unfolds paper breathes in wonderful odour. 865 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,556 ..odour kills within minute. 866 00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:53,070 Greened ink. 867 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:56,114 I don't know why. Must check formula again. 868 00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,837 - Letter to Mortimar written in green ink. 869 00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,590 - "You shall die by eyes, 870 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,759 ..for I am the master of light." 871 00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:07,793 So sayeth Toth. 872 00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:11,551 - And d'Aulnay, deadly ink again? 873 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:16,233 - No, Loustalot also stole the secret of the parchment that kills, 874 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,479 ..a mystery that the egyptologists never solved. 875 00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:21,320 Parchment captures heat. 876 00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:25,196 Great intensity of light liberates heat. 877 00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:27,392 Ray burns eyes and brain. 878 00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:32,551 - I read that letter, I held the parchment in my hands. 879 00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,515 - Great brightness under dome of Academy. 880 00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,952 Such intensity that deadly ray triggered, 881 00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:40,754 ..ray kills. 882 00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,510 - "You shall die by eyes... 883 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,918 ..for I am the master of light." 884 00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:50,034 So sayeth Toth. 885 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:52,551 - And the music that kills? 886 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:57,039 Mr. Lalouette examined the organ of Barbarie and found nothing strange. 887 00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,393 - Organ, organ, inside! 888 00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:03,717 Hum, hum, hum! 889 00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:06,076 Hum, hum! 890 00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:09,399 Invented by D�d�, make deadly vibrations.. 891 00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:11,399 ..come out of organ. 892 00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:13,717 Skin bursts, haemorrhage. 893 00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:19,876 - It's the organ player's beard. 895 00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,116 - Organ player, Igor. 896 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:28,076 - Babette said when she came back, 897 00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:32,036 ..she found her master dead behind the window, 898 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:34,960 ..blood coming out of his ears. 899 00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:39,997 - While she was out, Igor must have played the deadly serenade. 900 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:43,114 - "You shall die by ears, 901 00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:46,234 "..for I am the master of sound. 902 00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:47,636 Toth." 903 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,390 - My fault, D�d� miserable! 904 00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:51,637 - We'll save you. 905 00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:53,229 - Chimney, behind. 906 00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,195 Leave. - We're bringing you with us. 907 00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:57,311 - Leave. 908 00:53:57,680 --> 00:53:58,431 - With you. 909 00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:02,589 - No, no, Great Loustalot, father. 910 00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:04,792 Loustalot, father. 911 00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:07,116 Quick! 912 00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:10,040 - We'll send the police. 913 00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:13,154 - No, or else Igor kills D�d�. 914 00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:14,556 No! 915 00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:17,879 - I'm keeping you from your expeditions. 916 00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:21,392 - Yes, but so many things were cleared up. 917 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:27,320 When Babette said she heard Latouche say: 919 00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,912 .."It would be the greatest crime in the world". 920 00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:34,239 Latouche was talking about what we have seen. 921 00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:38,753 The greatest crime in the world was failing to denounce Loustalot. 922 00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:42,397 - Forget all that, don't you have better things to do? 923 00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:45,320 - Learning to read? - For one. 924 00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:48,639 - Not in time for my speech, though. 925 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,471 - I will write it for you, then you learn it by heart. 926 00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:56,959 Mme Lalouette will make you repeat it, just like with the dictionary. 927 00:54:57,320 --> 00:55:00,791 - Our colleagues will be surprised that I can't read. 928 00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:05,154 - On the contrary, without paper and notes, it's even more grandiose. 929 00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:08,877 But don't think you will get away with it so easily. 930 00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:11,880 After the speech, first lesson. 931 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:20,669 - D�d�? 932 00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:23,876 D�d�? 933 00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:26,036 D�d�! 934 00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:28,916 D�d�! 935 00:55:32,680 --> 00:55:34,637 He poisoned himself! 936 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:36,798 Poisoned, D�d�! 937 00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:38,310 My little boy. 938 00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:40,034 My little boy. 941 00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:16,079 "I am without a doubt the greatest criminal ever... 942 00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,194 "But my crimes are nothing... 943 00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:23,520 "..compared to the one I inadvertently committed. 944 00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:27,951 The death of my beloved son, my only child..." 945 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:32,872 - "commands me to renounce everything, first and foremost, my life. 946 00:56:33,240 --> 00:56:34,799 "Farewell. 947 00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:40,360 Signed: the one they will never again call The Great Loustalot". 948 00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:46,438 It'd be better if everyone remembers him as a great man, 949 00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:48,200 ..don't you think? 950 00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,712 - I was going to say that, mr. Permanent Secretary. 951 00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:54,515 - Well, are you ready? - Ready. 952 00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:55,836 - The speech? 953 00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:57,873 - I know it like the back of my hand. 954 00:56:58,240 --> 00:57:02,200 - Perfect. But watch out, when it's finished, it begins. 955 00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:05,029 Rendez-vous at nightfall. 958 00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:12,153 - You will see, old friend, 959 00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:16,480 ..I've got something for Lalouette, we'll have a good laugh. 960 00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:36,239 - An envelope for you, 961 00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:37,829 ..Mr. Lalouette. 962 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:41,034 - No, thanks, my friend, 963 00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:43,790 ..I can't read. 966 00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:07,317 - Don't be like that. 967 00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:11,230 Lalouette outsmarted you, that's all. 968 00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:12,920 - Mr. Fandor? 969 00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:15,431 An urgent message for you. 970 00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:17,757 - For me? - Yes, sir. 971 00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:27,595 How about that!! 972 00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,555 Ch�ri-Bibi escaped, I have to go! 973 00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:33,594 That, my boy, is what I call crunchy. 974 00:58:37,600 --> 00:58:39,557 - B-A, BA. 975 00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:41,354 B-E, BE. 976 00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:43,518 B-I, BI. 977 00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:45,917 B-O... 978 00:58:46,280 --> 00:58:48,033 You follow? - Hum, hum. 979 00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:51,359 - B-O, BO, B-U, BU. 980 00:58:53,120 --> 00:58:54,076 Let's start again. 981 00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:59,070 - B-A? - BA. 982 00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:00,556 - B-E? 983 00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:02,556 - BE. 984 00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:04,513 - B-I? 985 00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:06,956 - BI. 986 00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:08,356 - B-O? 987 00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:10,876 - BO. 988 00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:12,754 - B-U? 989 00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:18,156 - BU. 990 00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:23,992 - More difficult. C-A? 991 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:26,475 - "KA". 992 00:59:26,840 --> 00:59:27,796 - Very good. 993 00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:29,150 - C-E? 994 00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:33,959 - "KE". - No, "SE". 995 00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:36,277 Yes, that's it. 996 00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:38,479 C-I? 997 00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:40,399 - "SI". 998 00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:42,920 - C-O? 999 00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:45,316 - "SO". 1000 00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:47,239 - "KO". 1001 00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:50,754 C-U? 1002 00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:56,113 - "SU"! 00:59:56,114 --> 00:59:57,813 Translated by Croaker