"19643." "Costaud." "I told you we couldn't get away, Costaud." "I've got to." "Come on." "There!" "Right ahead!" "Costaud, I'm done!" "No!" "Bring that light this way." "Where did they get you?" "I'll carry you." "No, you've got a chance." "You go on." "We'll beat them." "We'll swim into the river and when we..." " Number?" " 22354." " Dead." " Dead." "Shot." " Body recovered?" " Yes, coming up." "Convict 19643." "Dead." " Dead." " Drowned." " Body?" " No, sir." "Lost in the deep part of the swamp." "We couldn't find it." "That's all." "Which was 19643?" "Costaud." "You remember, doctor." "The strong one." "Yes, I know." "Just had a letter from his wife who is dying." "About a child he hasn't seen for years." "Strange fellow, Costaud." "He killed a man in a brawl in Paris 15 years ago." "Sentence commuted to life imprisonment because of his war record." "He'd won the Croix de Guerre with three Palms." "And now he lies in the deep part of the swamp." "That isn't sad, my friend." "It's always a blessing when a man who is dead mentally, dies physically." "Madame Gaspard!" "There's a man in my room!" "I told you I'd rent your room if you didn't pay up." "But... but my things!" "You'll get them." "When you pay what you owe." "But madame, I've looked all day for work." "I promise to pay you..." "Yes, my husband promised to be faithful too when he married me." "But where might I go?" "What might I do?" "If I had a face and a figure like yours, I wouldn't ask silly questions." "Drunk all day, while I have to slave." "A fine kind of a husband I picked out!" " Good evening, Monsieur Julot!" " Good evening, madame!" "What the...?" " What are you doing in there?" " Well, I..." " You're a thief, eh?" " I'm not a thief." "I came back for this." " Give it to me!" "It's not yours!" " Not so fast." " Do you know what's inside?" " Of course I do." " Well?" " A Croix de Guerre, with three Palms." " Your father?" " Yes." "Give it to me, please." "You're the girl that couldn't pay her rent." "Please, give me my things and let me go." "Go where?" "Got a place to sleep?" "You can sleep here tonight if you want to." "It's alright." "I won't be here, I work all night." " Here's your stuff." " Thank you." "You better stay." "There's some food if you're hungry." " Good evening, sir." " Good evening." "Monsieur?" "I'm looking for her." "She's the little one." " She lives here?" " Not any more." " Where is she?" " Well, how should I know?" "If she hadn't squandered so much money on her mother's funeral, she'd have been able to pay her rent." "Pardon, monsieur." "I want my baskets." "A hard face that." " He seemed to recognize you." " Face of a man who has done time." "You can't mistake them." "I have a feeling that he and I are old acquaintances." "Come on, quick!" " Aren't you going after him?" " Why?" "Paris is a net for wanted man." "He's as good as caught now." "Pardon, I didn't mean..." "I meant to be gone before you came." "That's alright." " You're out of work, huh?" " Yes." "I know a job, that is if you want it." "They need a cashier at the bal musette down the street." "Do you think...?" "You come there tonight and I'll see that you get the job." "Thank you, monsieur." "Wait, got any money?" "Here, take this." "It's an advance, on your pay." "Go and get some coffee." "See you tonight." "Madame Gaspard, be sure you keep my things." "I should be able to pay you soon." "And I thought you were an innocent!" "There, that's more like it." " Now you look better." " Very nice, very nice!" "Now, don't forget." "You must change to your own dress before you go home." "And remember what I told you." "Let them dance around once and then you collect." "I'll show you." "Come here, my Coco." "Why don't you collect?" "Why don't you collect?" " He works here?" " Yes, if you call that work." "Come here." "You show her how to collect." "Yes, you better get out there and get busy." "No, no, monsieur." " I paid you." " No, you didn't." "Come on, pay." "Yes, the little one who has promised." "Well, if you have any ideas about her, you'd better watch that young musician." "Oh, don't be so silly." "Roca wants you." "Cognac, madame." "Hello, Kapas." "Well, how was the trip?" " Mouche is in there?" " Yes." "Why?" "What's he done?" "Police spy." "Bring him to the cellar." "Pour me another drink, will you?" "Not me!" "Things are going to be different." "See this, and this, and this." "I tell you, I found out how to get the money." "Who did you kill?" "Doing all right for yourself, eh, Mouche?" "Well?" "What's it all about?" "Roca wants to talk to you." " What does he want?" " Who knows what Roca wants?" "To the left." "Fool!" "Do you want to blow us all to pieces?" "You know what we do to police spies, eh?" "No, no, it's a lie!" "I've never spoken to the police!" "Please, no, let me go!" "I tell you they lie!" "They've got nothing on me!" "Please, no, no!" "I want you to take that one home with you tonight." "Come along!" "Sit down." "This is Fifi." "She'll look after you until you can find a room." " I don't like to trouble you." " That's alright." "I'll be here to take you home when they close up." "Thank you." "Fifi's very kind." "She said she'll take me home with her tonight." "She was here?" "Sure?" "Oh you would, would you?" "A cognac." "Police, police!" "Get up, dance!" "Everyone up!" "Good evening, gentlemen." "I'm so glad to have you called." "Always the law is welcome." "Won't you have some wine?" "Can I offer you some refreshments?" "Wouldn't you like to dance?" "Good evening, gentlemen." "Call again, you're always welcome." "You must be careful with that temper of yours!" "Just think how you might have messed my place up, eh?" "Dance?" "What a strange man!" "And what a fighter!" "I would have attended to that fellow if my foot hadn't slipped." "Of course, you were wonderful!" "You think I should thank him?" "Thank him for what?" "He probably wants you for himself." "You can't do any good there, my friend." "What?" "Oh..." "Why not?" "Because someone else is interested there, that's why." "You mean the... musician?" "Him?" "A fool with no brains." "He'd better be careful or Julot will attend to him." "Julot?" "Who's he?" "That's Julot." "You said you had something of interest for me." "Yes." "Manon!" " How are you getting along?" " Very well, thank you." "Just look at this." "You haven't missed anyone, have you?" "That's fine!" "Interested?" "It's daylight!" "Yes, we work while Paris sleeps." "Come on." "Where are you going?" "I'll be up in a few minutes." "There's something I must do first." "Alright, my apartment is the door on the right." "Second floor." "What, two this morning?" "Yes, one for my mother." "And one for my father." "Young girl..." "Young girl..." " Young girl..." " You make a mistake, monsieur." "You must go away." "It's you!" "I see you found your way alright." "That man, that terrible man, the one who fought last night." " He followed me." " Followed you, eh?" "Perhaps he was looking for me." "I'll take care of him." "I'm gonna get some things for breakfast." "There's hot water if you want to bathe." "And..." "Julot brought your valise." " He is kind!" " Kind?" "He's the soul of kindness!" "Fifi!" "Fifi, could you hand me my nightgown, please?" " Why?" " I saw the way you were looking at her!" "She's young and pretty!" "You're tired of me!" "She means nothing to me." "It's business for me." "Liar!" "I know what you're up to and I warn you!" " Warn me!" "You warn me!" " I warn you!" " What's all the noise about?" " It's Julot, he's after me." " Fifi is down there, isn't she?" " Yes." "Then Julot won't bother you any." "Why are you scared of him?" "Come on down." "I was only teasing." "Were you only teasing her too?" "That's love, my chick." "So that is love?" "When you get a man, you'll understand." "Come down and get your breakfast before you sleep." " What are you going to do later?" " Nothing." "Then, let's do it together." "It's my birthday and I wanna celebrate." "Alright." "Many happy returns." " Happy?" " Very." "Madame!" "Go on, take one." " Why did you pick that one?" " Because it reminds me of you." "What?" "He's so sweet." " You shouldn't spend all your money on me." " That's alright." "We've seen so much!" "You know Paris awfully well, don't you?" "A man must know the world if he means to get any place." "It's all so lovely!" "I wonder if any city in the world is as beautiful as Paris." "You should see Bordeaux." "Why are you laughing?" "Some of the greatest men of France have come from Bordeaux." " Look, see that old palace?" " That one?" "Right over there, behind those very walls," "D'Artagnan fought for the honor of his Queen." "D'Artagnan was a Gascon, like me." "Did he play an accordion too?" "Of course not." "He was only a swordsman." "It's been the most wonderful day of my life." "Well..." "I'll have to hurry now." "Why?" "The ball won't open for two hours yet." "I promised Julot I meet him at 6." "Well..." "Goodbye." "Manon." " This is Monsieur Kapas." " Mademoiselle." "He saw you here last night and made me promise to introduce him." "Now I'm just as flustered as a school boy." "He's the owner of the most fashionable dress-making shop in South America." "It has been said that no establishment in Paris can equal it." "His creations are famous throughout the Americas." "And my models are the most beautiful and best paid in all the world." "But at last, I cannot keep them long." "The wealthy men of South America, regard my establishment as a matrimonial market." "And carry off all my models." "But there's one compensation, they then become my best customers and buy my most expensive gowns." "He wants you to go to South America as a model." "The boat sails in two days." "If you can be ready in time..." "I know what you two are up to and she's not going." "So they want you to go to South America." "Well, do you know why?" "Go and get Roca." "We'll settle that one for good." "Go on!" "It comes with messing around with another man's woman." "You would say that." "You're a nice one!" "You might have known you'd get in trouble fooling with Julot." "And my accordion's smashed!" "Now I'll have to go in debt for a new one." " I'm terribly sorry." " And it will cost me my job too!" "You're a pest!" "That doesn't sound very much like D'Artagnan." "That's right." "Make fun of me." "Now where are you going?" "I'm sorry I bothered you." "I won't do it again." "That's it!" "Just like a woman!" " I ruin myself for you and you wanna go!" " Let me pass!" "So you can get yourself into another mess." " It's none of your business what I do." " We'll just see about that." "Did I hurt you?" "Yes, a lot you care." "Well, it serves you right." "You..." "What are you crying about?" " No, don't do that." " You don't care what happens to me." "I don't care?" "What do you suppose I followed you for?" "Nobody cares what happens to me." "I care." "If you weren't blind you'd see it." " You don't." " I do!" "No, you don't." "I'd kill anyone who harmed you." "Why?" " Because..." " Because... what?" " Can't you see why?" " No, why?" "Because..." "Because I love you." "No, you don't." "Yes, I do!" "Honest?" "Honest, and if I had the money I'd take you right away from here." "I'd take you to Gascony where there aren't any Julots, or Kapas or anything." "But just us." "Paul!" "What do you want?" "You're Manon Costaud." "Your father was Jacques Costaud?" "He was my friend." "My only friend." "You knew my father?" "And your mother too." "I was with them when they got married at Issy." "At St. François church." "She was a fine woman, your mother." "And you're the image of her." "She died, three months ago." "I know." "And your father, where is he?" "He was killed in the war." "At Verdun?" "They never found him." "We belonged to the same regiment." "The 203rd of the line." "You fought beside him?" "We were like that." "Then you were with him when he got this." "I saw them pin it on him." "You heard that?" "He saw my father decorated." "Tell me about him." "Tell me." "Don't you remember him at all?" "I was so little when he went away, but I remember." "He was tall and strong." "Twice as big as you." "Yes, he was quite a figure of a man." "Why you keep that thing?" "It gives me courage." "Courage?" "When things go all wrong and when..." "You know, when everything seems hopeless." "I look at that, and I remember what a great hero my father was." "And I'm not afraid." "You seem to think a lot of that father of yours." "And why shouldn't I?" "Wasn't he a great man?" "A greater fool than the rest, perhaps." "You're a fine one to call him a fool." "I should have said hero." "Hero." "Yes, he was a hero." "He was noble and fine, and died for his country." "You've got no right to, he's gone again." "That's true, I'm sorry." "Life makes some of us pretty hard." "You're right." "We must honor the dead." "You were hurt when you came in." "She didn't have any business in that place anyway." "Then why don't you take her away from here and marry her?" "Marry her?" "On what?" " Don't you want to?" " Want to?" "If I had my way I'd take her out of this sewer." "I'd take her off to Gascony where I belong." " So you're a Gascon." " He's from a farm." " Would you like to live on a farm?" " Yes, I've always wanted that." "There's a train that leaves for Bordeaux tonight." "You can get married there." "Yes, but it costs money to go to Bordeaux and to live when you get there." "I'll find the money." "You get ready." "We couldn't take money from..." "from you." "I came a long way, just to pay a debt I owe you, child." "Your father left me something to give to your mother and you." "I kept it for 15 years, and I've got to get it off my mind." "I'll be back in an hour." "And cherie." "Keep right on feelings the way you do about that father of yours." "Wherever he is, he'll be happy, knowing that you love his memory." "200 francs." "Alright." "Monsieur." "Jacques Costaud!" "Yes, Costaud!" "You never thought you'd see me again, did you?" "15 years ago I gave you money." "Money to give to my wife and baby." "They've never got it." "You kept it!" "Oh, no, you don't!" "Afraid of your stinking life, aren't you?" "But you didn't care what happened to them." "You didn't care if they starved to death." "You rat!" "No, monsieur, please!" "No, please!" "I'll pay myself." "3, 7, 10." "I'm ruined!" "I ought to kill you for this." "If you tell anyone you've seen me, I will kill you." "Come here." "Follow that man." "Let me know where he goes." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Give me the prefecture of police." "What makes you look at me like that?" "I was just thinking." "All my life I've talked of love, but this is the first time I've seen it." "I want to talk to Manon." "Paul's been hurt, he wants you." "Not there, I'll take you to him." "No, Manon, don't go!" "Please!" "What have they done to you?" "Let go!" "Let go I tell you!" "Paul!" "Now little one I know you're going to be sensible and do as you're told." "Where is Manon?" "Why don't you answer?" " Where is she?" " I'm going to tell you." "It's Julot and Roca." "Underneath the bakery." "Jacques Costaud?" "You're under arrest." "I'll give you one moment..." "Do you promise you will let him go?" "Don't believe him, Manon!" "Don't believe him!" "You know what will happen if you try to betray us." "He'll die and so will you." "Take her out and be careful." " Manon!" " Quiet!" " Taking no chances, are you?" " It's the law, Costaud." "Law!" "I killed five men in a shell hole and got a medal." "I killed one man in a brawl and got life." "You're a fool to come to Paris." " I have business in Paris." " Business?" "Yes, and I'd have finished it too if you had let me alone." " And I'd have gone back to Guyana." " You love it there, don't you?" "Some men are better off dead than alive." "I'm one of them." "We'll see that you die in Guyana, Costaud." "Come back, you fool!" "Come, quick!" "Under the bakery." "You get into the bal." "What's up?" "Where is she?" "You let her get away!" "I looked for a taxi cab." "Turned around, she's gone!" "No, I couldn't help it." "If they come here, they mustn't find him." " Open!" " I won't open!" " I'll twist that nose off your face." " Let me!" "Take this one." "Make her happy." "Go get back." "Open for the police." "The police!" "The police!" "After the girl, quick." "It's too late for that." "They're in there now." "Come on now, let's get out of here." " Out, quick!" " Come with us!" "We may get through!" "No, the dead must remain dead." "Mad!" "Run, for your lives!" "Manon!" "He's in there!" "Paul!" "I wish I had known my father." "He must have been a wonderful man."