"I tried to shout." "I've the impression he likes me a bit too much." "I understand, yes." "Perhaps thanks to that I might... feel capable of doing so." "I didn't understand that at first, but I tell myself... it's up to me." "Very good." "I think that's all for today." "Goodbye, Noemie." "See you on Tuesday." "Thank you, Doctor." "PSYCHIATRIST" "I hope you're hungry." "I raided the caterer." "There was no more dried meat." "I bought smoked ham." "What a mess in there!" "Robert, look at these glasses." "There are no two alike." "I'll go to Stern's and buy new ones." "Are you all right?" " I need you, Carole." " I'm here." "Why did you go to bed so early last night?" "Did you take a sleeping pill?" "I don't know." "I didn't feel well." "Well, there was a suicide at the clinic." "You are very relaxed." "You are breathing deeply." "You are slowly coming back to reality." "You may open your eyes." "I'd like you to describe the images you saw." "The same ones." "Always the same ones, Doctor." "Do you want to talk about them?" "Good." "I think it's good to stop there for the first session." "Don't hesitate to practice the breathing exercises at home." "Above all, don't panic." "Can I be sure you won't, Mr. Debond?" "Must I go on taking my medicine?" "Of course." "Don't change anything for the moment." " Goodbye, Mr. Debond." " Goodbye, Doctor." "Good morning, Madame Philippo." "Good morning, Doctor." "Come on, Chiffon." "Come on, Chiffon." "How are things?" "Are you in this evening?" "I'm going to pose for Daniel." "Oh?" "You could have told me sooner." "You never let me know beforehand." "We could have eaten out." "I thought I'd told you." "It's a pity you give your time to such an untalented painter." "I find he's very gifted." "He's young." "He's searching for a style." "He works hard." "We should encourage him." "Why doesn't Daniel ask his boyfriend to pose for him?" "Flavio?" "Much too brawny, and he doesn't have my angel face." "Seeing what he does with your face," "I bet one wouldn't see the difference." "Monsieur Robert, exaggerating, as usual." "Are you going to drink your coffee?" "Hello?" "Did you know that it is strictly prohibited to use your cell phone while driving?" "Are you a cop?" "Yes, a very special cop who wants to kiss you and tell you he's your guardian." " Have a good day, sweetheart." " You too." " Hello." " Hello." "I've always been angst ridden." "I've been like this since childhood." "Except when I was with Claudia." "When I was with Claudia, I was someone quite different." "With Claudia, I felt fine." "I always had cold feet." "Suddenly they became as warm as hot water bottles." "We were 16 the first time we made love." "It was during the summer holidays." "Claudia had discovered a grotto behind a waterfall." "The whole vault was full of holes." "It was like a thousand gleaming rays of sunlight." "Claudia always swam in the nude." "She was so beautiful, I felt shy." "Once, I was under the waterfall." "I wanted to be nude, too, and dive in and join her." "When I went to take off my trunks, I couldn't undo the string." "It was impossible to undo." "It was all wet." "She came out of the water, but I didn't notice." "I saw her kneeling in front of me." "She tried with her nails." "But the knot was too tight, so she pulled with her teeth." "That was when I started to get an erection." "The trunks fell to my ankles." "It was awful." "I tried to grab my towel, but Claudia stopped me." "She took my..." "Yes, my..." "Claudia made you come by performing fellatio." "Yes, it was really wonderful." "I've never felt like that again." "Yes, but why is it all over, Doctor?" "Why is it all over?" "After their breakup, he became very depressed, with profound melancholia." "Later on, as he insisted, she agreed to see him again as a friend." "Then he got her in his room and tried to force himself on her." "The girl lodged a complaint." "He escaped imprisonment in return for psychiatric follow-up." "Classical narcissistic pathology:" "The other doesn't exist, she is in me, so I merge my own desire with hers." "For him, she was willing." "Naturally." "He imprisoned her in his room because it was their paradise." "And he was its keeper." "I wanted to discuss this suicide attempt, but he broke down completely." "Don't you think you went too far?" "He relived the scene live in your consulting room." "It might have been better to scan the session then." "Scan the session!" "Yes, create surprise to relieve him." "Just listen to this:" ""Thanks to the Colbert preparation," ""slim your thighs while boosting your breasts."" "Think it's one product?" "I don't know." "I'd be surprised." "It looks like a rip off." "Imagine taking the wrong one!" "It seemed he still believed in it, that he hoped she'd appear and would take him in her arms." "He seems to be fragile." "He's already in full transference." "The theory is very exciting, but it has no value if it's not backed by a minimum of practice." "No need to panic, Professor!" "Yes, there are two products." "All the same, the box is great." "Just look at that." "It was a month ago." "I was shopping at the supermarket, and I came across a book Claudia wrote." "My Recipes for Happiness." "I don't know if I told you, but Claudia's a professional actress." "You might know her." "Claudia Ravussin?" "No, I don't." "She told her life story." "I wanted to know what she said about me, about us, how she remembered it." "And?" "No, she didn't remember it." "She said adolescence was the dreariest part of her life, that theatre was the only thing that mattered to her." "She said it had made her grow up." "She also mentioned how decisive her meeting with Yves Talmin had been." "But nothing on Leo Debond, nothing on me, nothing about her "Little Leo," as she called me." "When one feels so forgotten... wiped out..." "That's why I took that whole box of pills." "And also because on the back flap, there was a photo of Claudia, with Yves Talmin and their three children." "I knew Claudia before he did." "We were happy together." "We had projects." "When Claudia acted in that play, she kissed him onstage." "That was hard to watch, I assure you." "And when she left me," "I could replay the kissing scene again and again." "It didn't hurt." "I had the impression I was the one she kissed." "Why do you say "replay" again and again?" "Shall I replay it again for you?" "That's not necessary." "Good morning." "That young thing performs well." "A pity her Romeo pulls the curtains." "Hi!" "Have a nice night." "You too." "Thanks." "Do you like it?" "It's strange." "It's luminous." " You think so?" " Or shining." "The protagonists are hard to define." "They're vague." "They look as if they're hiding without succeeding." "Perhaps the painter's made a blunder." "That one, look." "You'd think it was a Turner." "Reality is transfigured." "The beauty of untruth." "Less subtle." " I can't see." " Look carefully." "Do you like it?" " What?" " This untruth." "I don't know." "It's captivating." "It's even more than that." "There's something deep, overpowering." "Are you going to continue seeing him?" " Carole." " Excuse me." "Come over here." "You'll be surprised." "It's great, isn't it?" "It's bizarre." "I've superposed two of your portraits." "That's what's creating the unease." " Are you going to go on seeing him?" " Yes." "Carole, are you going to dance?" "I'll sleep next door." "How did you find out?" "What does it matter?" "It's good that you know." "Robert?" "If you want us to separate, I'd understand perfectly." "I'd just turned 12 or 13." "In any case, it was before Claudia and just after my birthday." "I remember, because I didn't get the remote-controlled car I wanted." "And if I began to believe that I'd killed him, it's because I realized I stole his money to buy the car." "Did you buy it?" "I buried the money." "I didn't want to touch it." "I thought he might come back to reclaim it, so I said to myself:" "Hide it and you can give it back." "So you didn't think you could have killed him." "Afterwards I thought that, when the quarrel about the car came to mind, but not before." "Before, he was just a dead man I'd found propped up against a tree." "I didn't want to take his money." "I just wanted to see if he had any ID, but there was only money." "So I took it." "I don't know why." " To buy the car." " Yes, perhaps." "At Christmas, Roger, my adoptive father, got me the car." "I remember." "He even said:" ""You see, Leo, good things come to those who wait."" "I was ashamed." "I was never able to play with it." "Why had the man disappeared when I returned there with Roger?" "Why wasn't he there anymore?" "What do you think of it all today?" "That I'm just making it up, even if I do sometimes imagine I was the one who killed him." "Goodbye, Mr. Debond." "After my stay in hospital, on the advice of Dr. Vogel, I sang in a choir." "That's good." "I wasn't very gifted." "I found it hard." "But I've retained a passion for sacred music." "All the better." "Keep listening to it." "It's good for you." "Since I've been seeing you, I'm much better." "They're giving a concert in St. Ambroise on Saturday." "I thought you could come with your wife." "My wife's dead." "I'm so sorry for last time." "I was tactless." "I didn't even offer my sympathy." "Don't mention it." "I know how hard it is to lose someone dear to you." "You weren't at all tactless." "I'm to blame." "I don't know why I told you that." "See you on Monday." "Thank you." "It was a very good concert." "No, thank you." " Well, have a good weekend." " Yeah." "Doctor?" "Can I treat you to a drink?" "I was amazed to see her there." "It was Penelope." "She was good, and she was on every week." "You must have been pleased." "It was a way to be with her." "But I must tell you, one evening on the aircraft carrier, she landed a Mirage, during the credits, but it wasn't the same as usual." "This time she looked at me." "Usually she immediately spoke to the rear admiral." "But not this time." "That's when I started to interpret her gestures." "I followed her movements." "I'd even invented a mathematical formula to decode them." "In each movement, there lay a hidden word of love for me." "And how long did that last?" "I can't remember... 12, 13 episodes in any case." "Why am I telling you?" "We're not even in session." "I howled in the stairwell." "The neighbours called the police." "I ran away." "They caught up with me." "They handcuffed me." "It was awful." "And then they took me to the asylum." "To the psychiatric hospital." " You had a decompensation." " Yes, that's just what they said." "That's my place." "I was so afraid it would start again that, on Dr. Vogel's advice, I decided to better organize my life." "I'm back at my gardening job part-time." "I go to bed early, go for my walks." "It's working well." "And I give myself little treats:" "My Saturday concerts, my jasmine tea at the Shambala." " Do you know the Shambala?" " No, I don't." "It's an Indian tea room." "You sit on the floor, on cushions." "There's a cozy atmosphere with candles everywhere." "I go there after work." "It's really very nice." "I don't want to push you out, but I'm a bit tired." " See you Monday?" " Yes, Monday." "Good night, Claudia." "Good night, Robert." "Have you received my medicine?" "Your samples." "Thanks for reminding me." "I'll get them." "Here you are." "I'm sorry." "I said to myself that your wife was very beautiful and I..." "I'll replace the frame." "The photo's OK." "I'm always clumsy." "I'm very sorry." "In the future, I suggest you change your socks." "I'll let you see this one." "Doctor?" "Doctor?" "It's too late." " The doctor's not there?" " There's nobody here." "Come back tomorrow." "But it's urgent." "You'll have to wait till tomorrow." "With the studio musicians?" "Wow!" "I'm so happy it's going well." "So pleased for you." "Well, you see, it just shows!" "Yeah, and now it's Nashville." "Yes, I'm almost ready." "I'm proud of you, my love." "No, I've finished." "I'm coming." "Sorry?" "Hello?" "Ah bother!" "What are you doing here?" "I thought we could spend the evening together, talk." "I was wrong." "Yes." "This can't go on." "You're suffering too much." "I spoke to Patricia." "She suggests housing me." "To see where you stand?" "You think we're a well-balanced couple?" ""It's nice, the two of us."" "Wasn't it you who said that not very long ago?" "That doesn't stop." "Answer." "It's Nashville." "I'm making a decision." "I'd like you to understand." "Leave me alone." "I must go." "It will change, Carole." "It, s Madame Philippo." "Chiffon, s gone." "Chiffon, s no more." "Run over by a car, my poor little darling." "We, re going down to Provence tomorrow to bury" "Maison de Sante de Bellevue here." "Dr. Lenhart is sending you the patient dossier you asked for." "At first, due to the mirrors, I thought it was someone like her." "But she turned back and passed right in front of me, and it was her, just like in the photo." "She turned the corner and met up with someone." "And if I said to you, Leo, I was this "someone"..." "What do you mean?" "In your imagination, yes." "I, who left happily, arm in arm with my wife, alive." "Do you think I made it up?" "I know that's not easy to understand or accept because we're facing a complex psychological process, but I don't see any other explanation for this event than a hallucination." "I assure you, given your present state, this is not worrying." "It's encouraging." "Things are moving." "Your subconscious is active, highlighting your conflicts." "As a precaution, I'll prescribe something else." "But be assured, it won't happen again." "You mustn't worry, Leo." "This hallucination is not something pathological." "It can happen to anybody." "You've simply expressed a desire for reparation." "So it's not serious?" "Remember the story you told me the other day?" "The man you found at the bottom of a tree and how you felt guilty about his death because you'd stolen his money?" "Yes." "Well, you've set up the exact same process after breaking the frame containing the photo of my wife." "That's why you wanted to bring her back to life... because it made you feel guilty about her death." "But I can assure you, it's no fault of yours." "You don't kill people by knocking down their photo." "It's me." "How can you think I'm OK?" "It's empty here without you." "It's unliveable." "I know, I know." "But listen, Carole," "I'd like to discuss it all calmly." "Do you think we could meet?" "I'm at the clinic all day." "But tomorrow I finish early." "Would that be OK?" "So, 5:30 at the Shambala." "Sound good?" "You know it?" "Perfect." "See you tomorrow." "I love you, Carole." "Next patient, please." "Come in!" "Good morning, Mr. Marcoussi." "How are things today?" "Very good, Doctor." "Just think, I've caught out my wife!" "She's filches in my wallet." "I told you so!" "And what are you going to do now?" "I'm going to kill her." "And how are you going to set about it?" "Carole, it, s Robert." "Sorry, but I, ve been held up." "I hope you haven, t been waiting for too long." "I, ll call you." "[Skipped item nr. 404]" "How do you feel this morning?" "Not very well." "I've asked them to give you a room to yourself." "You'll be able to rest better." "Thanks, Doctor." "And my work?" "Have you told them?" "Don't worry about that." "My secretary's seen to it." "I don't know if the nurse has told you, but you were delirious these last two nights." "You confused the apparitions of my wife and Claudia's image." "I'll be honest with you, Leo." "It's not my wife who haunts you." "It's Claudia." "You only use Carole to transfer the pain caused by your breakup." "I'm really sorry." "Do you know how to say "phantom" in Italian?" "Fantasma." "Interesting, isn't it?" "Did I tell you Claudia had Italian origins?" "Excuse me, Doctor, but Mr. Debond must come for lunch." "Follow me, Mr. Debond." "Leo..." "I know it's hard to hear, but Claudia doesn't love you anymore." "And you must understand, you don't love her anymore either." "You love the memory of her, her image, but not her." "You're in love with a phantasm, Leo." "Through Carole's face rises Claudia's phantom." "And you must delete this phantasm before it destroys you completely." "You must say goodbye to it, Leo." "This apparition is a danger sign, but at the same time, a chance." "It enables you to take concrete action." "And now we must work together... to find the means within you to enable us to reach our goal... which is to delete this phantasm." "Do you understand?" "Yes, I think so." "Good." "Now let's get back to work." "Seriously, this time?" "OK." "Are you sure you don't mind?" "If I did, I wouldn't have suggested it." "Thanks, Doctor." "Doctor, I can't go there." "Is something wrong, Leo?" "I'm afraid of going back home." "Suppose she appeared?" "You want to stay in the clinic?" "You feel better protected here?" "No." "Good." "Well, what shall we do, Leo?" "I don't know." "I'd like to stay with you." "In the car." "Temporary." "This situation is temporary." "I'm living here, but it's not my home." "In a few days' time, I'll go home." "I'm sorry, Carole, it's not you." "It's Claudia who's attacking me." " And he's your age?" " Yes." "He's gentle." "He's very sensual, too." "I don't know how to say it." "It's particular." "Particular?" "It's completely different." "He's much less cerebral." "Some things are easier." " Does he have a good job?" " No." " What are you two going to do?" " Why "you two"?" " You're not going to live with him?" " Certainly not." "If you need money, I'll lend you some." "No, I'll be OK." "Thanks." "If only for the theft of your car." "I don't think the insurance..." "They'll find it soon." "I'm not worried." "The house is open." "Come back when you like." "Robert." "I'm not coming home, not tonight, not tomorrow nor the days after." "It's absurd." "I can go on sleeping in the study." "I'm leaving you, Robert." "I'm going away forever." "We're married, Carole." "I know." "You'll lose everything." "That's not important." "I'm afraid of doing something stupid." "When Alexandra died, I nearly..." "Committed suicide?" "You've already told me." " I thought it." " But you never did it." "I thought I'd go mad." "You thought, but it didn't happen." "I'd have warned you." "Excuse me, but I'm all confused." "What did you think of the Sanctus?" "Sung with brio." "I found it took off badly, but the last part was... well, grandiose." "Are you all right, Leo?" "Put a lot of capers on it and avoid the ketchup." "It's useless." " Do you want me to prepare it for you?" " I'm not hungry." "They have very good salads, if you want a change." "My stomach's upset." "I need some fresh air." "Doctor." "In your pocket?" "Saturday, after the concert." "At first, it frightened me." "The next day, I don't know, it gave me... a feeling of security." "Today I felt I absolutely had to tell you." "Well, you were quite right." " How'd it get into your pocket?" " If I only knew." " You'd think it was real." " It is real." " I'd like to keep it." " You're joking." " It's not loaded." " It's not a toy." "But I found it." "There's a police station at the end of the street." "Bring it to them immediately." "Tell them you found it on the street." "On the street?" "Don't say you found it in your coat pocket." "They'll keep you in custody." " OK?" " I won't go to prison, will I?" "Of course not." "Don't confuse things." "OK then, I found it on the street?" "Anywhere." "Under a lamppost." "Note a place on the way." "Go on." "Hide it and go." "Doctor, why is this pistol in my pocket?" "I have no idea." "We'll think about it later." "For the moment, it's important to get rid of it." "You think this street thing is a good idea?" "Why not say I found it on the bus?" "Yes, the bus is a very good idea." "Can I help you, sir?" "Yes, I was on the bus." "Yes, you were on the bus." "I was on the street." "Where exactly were you?" "I was on the street the bus goes down." "Yes, and then?" "Then..." "Can you tell me the time, please?" "Carole, it, s OK for Saturday evening." "I went to Maitre Kempinsky,s." "The procedure is quite easy." "I, ll tell you about it." "Kisses." " Everything OK, Leo?" " Yes, I've nearly finished my flowerbed." "Don't forget your medicine." "Leo." "I have an emergency at the clinic." "We'll eat when I get back." " Nothing serious, I hope." " Just a little administrative problem." "Robert?" "Thanks for this weekend." "This country retreat is very nice." "I don't know if it's being near you, but I've never found gardening so agreeable." "And look." "Very elegant." "We'll talk about it later." " OK?" " See you later." "Goodbye." "Robert?" "Hello?" "No, I've just arrived." "No, he isn't here." "I think he's gone to get some bread." "The dinner's ready." "He always forgets the bread." "On the contrary, it looks very good." "I think it'll be a nice evening." "Why not?" "Stop it!" "Don't worry." "Go on." "You'll miss your plane." "No!" "Me too, very much." "Robert, are you there?" "Yes?" "Doctor, it's Leo." "I'm not well." "I'm not well at all." "It's terrible." " What, s wrong, Leo?" " She appeared." "She appeared." "She was there." "It wasn, t easy." "She struggled." "It was awful." "But it's over." "You must come now." "I feel bad." "Don't leave me alone." "Don't move." "Wait for me." "Calm down." "I'm coming right away." "Yes, Doctor." "Come quickly." "Quickly, please." "Leo?" " Yes?" " Madame Block?" " Dr. Block, her husband." " Police station here." " Can I speak to Madame Block?" " About?" "They found her car." "Everything seems in order." "She, s lucky." "Yes, she is." "She can come and get it when she likes." "My wife isn't here." "You can come then." "Very well." "They, re seldom in good condition." "Yes, she's really lucky." " When they, re found." " Thank you." " No trouble." "Goodbye, Dr. Block." " Goodbye." "What happened, Leo?" "Where were you?" "I looked for you all night." "I don't know." "You phoned me about another apparition." "What happened?" "I started to panic." "I was suffocating." "Afterwards, I found myself in the forest." "In the forest?" "Why in the forest?" "I don't know anymore." "When I woke, I was in a hut." "A red hut in the middle of a clearing." "I had to come back, so I went back into the forest." "I walked as far as a road." "I recognized the avenue leading to your house." "I entered your room with a desire to howl." "But you were fast asleep." "I didn't want to wake you." "So I went into the chapel to pray." "And you rang the bell." "What were you doing in the forest?" "I don't know." "I don't even know how I got there." "Let's go back to the start of the crisis." "What happened when you saw your phantom appear at the pool?" "I thought:" "Fantasma." "Fantasma!" "Do you remember?" "And then?" "I fired." "It made a huge noise." "It was as if someone was pulling my heart out." "I knew it was in my phantasm, because I knew the pistol wasn't loaded." "What happened then?" "She reappeared all wet." "I didn't have my pistol anymore." "So I grabbed her." "I squeezed." "I strangled her." "Why did you keep that revolver?" "Why didn't you bring it to the police?" " I felt protected by the pistol." " Protected?" "From myself, from the phantom." "And you thought the pistol would help you get rid of your phantom?" "Yes, it was the therapy." "Don't you think you've misinterpreted the therapy's aim?" "Has it ever been a question of using a firearm?" "No." "Well, recall." "What did you do after phoning me at the clinic?" " You didn't stay at the pool?" " Yes." "Can we stop the session?" "What happened, Leo?" "I don't feel well." "Can we stop?" "Make an effort." "It gave me a terrible bout of angst." "I thought I'd explode." " Why?" " I don't remember." "Then I woke up in the hut." "That's all I remember." "Can we stop, please?" "Relax." "Take this." "Do you think I should come back to the clinic?" "I don't think hospitalization is the solution." "I don't really feel well at home." "You've suffered a lot with this crisis." "You need rest and more frequent sessions." "You must step back into reality if you want to regenerate." "Do you understand?" " Do you feel better?" " Yes." "We're going to devote the next sessions to studying the reason for these events in the therapeutic process." "I am confident." "You have three new messages." "Hi, Carole, it, s Daniel." "We were supposed to meet tonight." "Kisses." "It, s Patricia, Sunday, 9:00 p.m." "As you see, I, ve not come back." "He, s tall, good-looking, but I don, t think it, ll last." "Bye." "I hope your divorce won, t be a problem." "Where are you, baby?" "Lose your phone again?" "End of messages." "Hello, Patricia?" "Robert Block, Carole's husband." "I hope I'm not disturbing." "You're housing Carole, aren't you?" "I'm worried." "I can't reach her on her cell." "Is she with you?" "And you don't know where I can reach her?" "OK." "Well, thank you." "No trouble." "Goodbye." "A gold cross, you know, with rounded ends and a ruby in the centre." "Because of this cross, I felt I was committing a sacrilege." "So I said to myself:" ""That's to do with the phantasm." "It's not a sign from heaven."" "And that cheered me up." "I'd like to return to the story of you finding a dead body against a tree." " Yes, I took his money." " That's it." "But the body was gone when you returned with your adoptive father." "But I didn't kill him." "I took his money for the car." "That's right." "I only wondering if you see a connection between the angst the missing body provoked and the angst which struck you when you stayed by the pool." "Take your time." " It's not the same." " What do you mean?" "This man really existed." "His disappearance wasn't normal." " By the pool, it was the opposite." " Opposite?" " As it was a phantasm." " Go on." "After that, I've told you." "I was in the forest." "I was soaked, tired." "I slept in the red hut." "Good." "We'll stop there." "We'll try something." "I want you to stop the Limaxon." "I think it confuses you." " That won't upset everything?" " No." "It'll help us see more clearly." "OK." "Shall we meet early in the afternoon?" "2:00 p.m." "Rest till then." "Hello, Mr. Marcoussi." "How's life since you left the clinic?" " It's OK." " Good." "She's come back." " Who has?" " Guess." "And she's up to her little game again." "But this time, it's over." "Do you know how I did it?" "The vision of Carole, s body on the edge of the pool is psychically unacceptable for Leo, as, for him, she, s a phantom." "So he gets rid of the body... so that Carole becomes the phantasm" "she should never have ceased to be." "So, you must always make them return to the crime scene." "Always." "It's the trap!" "You understand, Doctor?" "You know, Doctor, maybe it wasn't even there." "It was raining." "At night, in the rain, it's quite different." "All forests look alike." "I think I know which hut it is." "And the only way there is through this forest, so concentrate." "On what?" "Observe the trees, the path, the stones." "Why should the memories rise here more than during sessions?" "Do you remember the pond?" "No." "I don't feel well, Doctor." "I'd like to go back to the car." "All this is useless." " Coming?" " I didn't cross this bridge." "So you walked on the water?" "Come on!" "It's there." " Shall we go in?" " Yes." "I slept on that." "It was very cold." "I know." "I know who was running in the forest." "She pulled me to the ground." "She huddled up to me." "She pressed her lips against mine." "Her body felt red hot." "It started to rain." "She was naked." "It was Claudia." "There was lightning and sheets of rain." "We made love in the mud." "Claudia's face was covered with leaves, except for her wide-open eyes, staring at me." "I saw her smiling at me." "She smiled till the last moment, until the earth covered her completely." "And it wasn't sad, no." "When it was all over, I felt extremely tired." "It came very suddenly." "It started to rain, so I came here and lay down." "Doctor..." "I think I've got an erection." "It's all right, Leo." "It's all right." " Mr. Block?" " Yes?" "Maison Colbert: "Slim your hips while boosting your breasts."" "Your wife must know, but I'll make it clear." "There are two products." "Do not inverse them." "Otherwise, explanations are inside." "There." "Yes, hello?" "Dr. Block?" "Lt, s Daniel the artist." "What do you want?" "We've been trying Carole for a few days." "She was to come and pose today." "I, m sorry." "I thought you knew." "We're not together anymore." "Yes, I know, but I said to myself..." "We're worried." "She's not answering." "Don't you know what being in love is?" " You want me to spell it out?" " OK, no problem." " Are you OK?" " Yes." "Because I'm much better." "It's incredible how that outside session helped." "It's as if getting your memory back was a catharsis." "Is that what it's called?" "I felt such an inner liberation." " It's wonderful, isn't it?" " Wonderful." "I cleaned the whole flat." "And do you know what?" "No." "Well, guess." "You don't pay me for that." "I found my remote-controlled car in its original packing." "I hadn't even put on the stickers." "Fancy that!" "And then I had a very clear dream." "With you." " Do you want me to tell you about it?" " Yes." "I drove up to your garden." "I parked in front of your house, and I saw the flowerbed I'd dug there covered in flowers." "But I was surprised because you'd given me the seeds the day before." "I didn't get how the flowers had grown during the night." "All these flowers were so beautiful." "You appeared upstairs and I said:" ""Thanks, Robert."" "And you replied:" ""It's not me, Leo." "You're the good gardener."" "That's wonderful, isn't it?" "How do you interpret that?" "For Robert, my love so cruel who has consumed me completely." "Carole." "Isn't there a session?" "I've got something to do." "Go in." " I'll be right back." " In a minute, Doctor." "So, just when I saw this cross in the ashes, you arrived." "You dazzled me with your big flash." "Then you leaned over and whispered something in my ear." " What did I say?" " I don't know." "You spoke too softly." "That's why I've come, to find out what you said." "What did you whisper?" "How should I know?" "I wasn't really there in your dream!" "Isn't the doctor here?" "He's gone to get something." "It's my session." "I find him strange at the moment." "Do you think so?" "Since he married that girl, he's not the same." "When you see the difference in age, it's obvious it won't work." " Who?" " Carole Block." "She comes here quite often." "You've never met her?" "Did I say something stupid?" "No, but the doctor is a widower." "Didn't you know?" "Of his first wife, yes." "But that was 10 years ago." "Alexandra." "It happened just when I'd begun this blooming therapy." "What's wrong?" "If the doctor saw you like that in his chair..." "Here." "I'm very pleased." "And now, no more folly." "You must give yourself up to the police." "The punishment is important." "Goodbye!" "I never meant to harm you, Carole." "You, ve reached Dr. Block." "He, s unavailable at the moment." "But if you leave a message, he, ll get back to you." "Wait for the beep." "Thank you." "Leo, it, s Robert." "Sorry about before." "If you hear this message, stay there." "I, m on my way." "This time, no more golf course, no red hut, no gibberish, no more trees in the forest to hide you, no more hieroglyphs." "I see it clearly." "You killed Carole." "You've taken her life." "And now you're going to pay for it." "You're going to pay dearly for it." "And this revolver, it's called Fantasma, isn't it?" "What are you saying?" "Yes!" "You believe that, do you?" "You'll see if it's not loaded!" "There are six bullets in it" "Six lovely little hard steel bullets" "To split your head open" "To split your head open" "You, ve reached Dr. Block." "He, s unavailable at the moment." "But if you leave a message, he, ll get back to you." "Wait for the beep." "Thank you." "Robert, it, s Carole." "Are you there?" "I know you, re there." "Answer me." "You don, t answer at the clinic." "You, re not at home." "I, ve just come out of hospital." "The police will question me." "Do you know anything?" "What are these bullets?" "You've never had a gun." "Tell me you're not involved." "Tell me it has nothing to do with you." "Robert, I want to talk to you." "Are you listening?" "It's me." "It's your wife." "Carole, Carole, Carole!" "Robert!" "Thanks." "I wanted to tell you, I don't take any more medicine." "And next week, I'll begin to work full time." "I thought you'd be pleased to know." "And then I met Claudia." "I felt completely detached." "Do you remember Claudia?" "Yes." "We lived together." "We loved each other very much."