"Françoise Castejac." "My husband is delayed at the factory." "It's not going so well." "Everything will be alright." "I've seen you Michaud!" "It's not me!" "Get down!" "I've seen you!" " I said it's not me!" "Want me to come up?" "What are you laughing at, Martin?" "Come here." "I was behind you." "I didn't throw anything." " Come here!" "I haven't done anything." "It's not fair." "I'm going to dock off the dry cleaning." "Understood?" "Get lost now!" "The show's over!" "Everyone at work." "Come on!" "I don't want to see anyone in the windows or I'll kick your asses." "Understood?" "Dupuis." "That wasn't a good start." " What?" "This young guy coming from Paris, neat and clean, and poof!" "They've got balls." "Only one tie?" "Maybe it wasn't Michaud." "Someone had to take the blame." "Poor Michaud." "No no." "Michaud's a scoundrel." "He could have done it." "Damned Michaux." "The face of that guy..." "What's his name again?" "Delorme?" "Can't you help me?" "I couldn't look up to him." "He was talking very seriously and he had that big stain here." "They're really kids." "One of them said to his wife this morning:" ""Fielding's engineer comes from Paris, give me a ripe tomato."" "I can't find your cuff links." "No problem." "They should be here, with a big F on like Fielding." "And Fielding key rings and stuff." "Americans love that sort." "And tomorrow I'll wear a jacket with Fielding written on, in big red letters, and Fielding underpants." "In five years instead of rugby we'll play base-ball in Toulouse." "Shit!" "They know the Germans made me an offer." "Which is my advantage." "Of course." "I don't care about Fielding." "I don't need the Americans to go on." "There it ends:" "Fielding  Byrd Corporation in Toulouse." "He also created a rugby team at the factory." "Every Sunday he trains his workers." "He's really perfect." "Gentlemen..." "Mr. Castejac will arrive in Paris this afternoon." "Castejac." "Send a basket from Fauchon to his hotel, a spectacular one, with greetings from Fielding." " Of course, Sir." "Jacques received a tomato in Toulouse," "Mr Castejac will receive a fruit basket in Paris." "We don't offer fruits the same way." "You received a...?" "Yes." "Maurice, you'll have to be very kind with that gentleman." "Of course, Sir." "A German company is also interested." "So we'll book a nice apartment at George 5th, then a nice fruit basket, and then everything else." "Aren't you gone yet?" " My plane's at 4." "Let's have a drink." "I used to listen to it at home." "I love it." "So I brought it here." "Shit." "No sugar." "I'll get it." "How many?" " Two." "I want to ask you something, Bastide." "Not the unionist but the friend." "Don't make trouble while I'm in Paris." "Okay?" "Take care." "We'll eat dinner and I'll see what's up." "Don't worry." "A respectable person." "For a business dinner." "By all means, not a whore." "Christine would fit perfectly." "Very beautiful, classy." "Exactly what you want." "A real society lady." "I hope it's fresh enough." "Old junk." "Rascal." "Shithead." "Filthy pig." "You like it?" " It's superb." "Want a lift?" "Thanks but I'll walk." "I really enjoyed it." "I'll be back to Paris in 2 weeks." "Good-bye, Christine." "Thank you." "What a price drop in 3 minutes." "You aren't forced to sell it again." "447720 in Toulouse, please." "Françoise?" " Yes, Benoît." "I'm coming." "How was the reception?" "Was it alright?" "Perfect." "The driver was waiting at the airport, I had a superb apartment, and an enormous fruit basket." "They know how to welcome people." "Too much." "They just try to impress me." "You think so?" "Well, to get me impressed..." "Christine found her clothes to formal." "I answered a pretty woman must look a little formal." "Mr Levêgue, a phone call for you." "Excuse me." "Levêgue likes to tell jokes after dinner." "As an aperitif." "Okay, darling." "Too bad." "What shall I say?" "Alright." "See you." "It was my wife." "She can't come." "The baby-sitter's ill." "Nothing serious?" "No no." "Only annoying..." "I asked her to come so that we won't..." "A girl alone, right, and the three of us, impossible." "Yes." "It's true, Sir." "He'll get suspicious." "If we'd write "Greetings from Fielding" on her bum, it would be the same." "So what shall we do?" "Drop her?" "Don't worry, we'll pay you." "Mr Castejac, may I introduce our director." "Mr Morrison." "Very pleased." " Good evening." "Mr Levêgue, public relations manager." "I've something to do." "My niece is passing by in Paris." "I must take care of her." "I'm really sorry." "This dinner's a friendly first contact." "Invite your niece, Levêgue." "Unless Mr Castejac is against it." "It's a medium enterprise." "Although it's No.15 in the district." "250 workers." "It's wonderful." "What are you producing?" "Pastry cutters." "What is that?" "Stainless steel tools for copper industries." "The factory's in Toulouse?" "No. 10 km away." "The whole staff's from the area, and there's a good spirit." "We get along well." "Wonderful." "And how do you become a pastry cutter manufacturer?" "My father had started as a wrought-iron craftsman." "He was a journeyman." "In the beginning the factory was small, three workers." "He died too early." "He didn't see the business grow big." "Today I'm almost glad he's dead." "He wouldn't understand what's happening." "That a serious business can get so much trouble, he wouldn't understand that." "Sorry." "Please do that in the kitchen." "They're coming out of their liars." "You said your father wouldn't understand?" "Small and medium size enterprises are doomed to death." "Can we have a few drops of Champagne, Mr Casteljac?" "I'm proposing a toast on our future association." "On the wedding between Texas and Toulouse." "And how do you become a pastry cutters manufacturer?" "It was my father." "He was a wrought-iron craftsman." "Holy God!" "What a jerk." "The most extraordinary is that she seemed genuinely interested." "Of course she is, for 1500 francs a night." "Anyway, he's got the best position right now." "They're probably arriving now." "She parks her car in front of the hotel, he thanks her, she says: "You're welcome."" "And he asks her for a last drink." "And if she fucks as good as she listens, he won't get bored." "Here we are." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Want a drink?" "No?" "No." "You don't want a last drink?" "Not tonight." "But still, why not?" "You wanted me to look like a society lady, didn't you?" "Some make love the first night." "Not your niece." " What?" "I mean in your family women don't make love the first night." "What are you trying to say?" "He invited me to dinner tonight." "Go then." "We paid you 1500 francs." "We're even." "You're not trying to ask for another 1500 francs?" "I must answer him this morning." "He said he would anxiously wait for my call." "Hold the line." "Yes." "When will he come for the agreement?" "Castejac?" "At noon." "Why?" "Have dinner with him tonight." "I'll transfer the extra charge." "Benoît, it's me." "Hi darling." "I'm calling because Bastide has warned a strike." "The bastard." "I'll take care of it when I'm back." "How was your dinner?" "No problems." "They're quite friendly." " Better that way." "I won't be back today." "It might take more time." "Tell Bastide I don't care about his strike." "I knew he'd try something." "I said I'll be back tomorrow morning." "It's difficult negotiations." "I don't have fun here, I tell you." "I'm late to meet Morrison now." "See you tomorrow." "Hug you." "This bastard Bastide." "I managed to get free, Benoît." "We can meet tonight." "It's just a protocol agreement." "You agree to transfer your shares until the 15th next month, while we prepare the final contract." "If you want to read it." "If I insist that you keep the general direction, it's because I'm aware your dedication." "You're the heart, the soul..." "Without you I'm not interested in Castejac  Co." "Thank you, Sir." "Take this." "I've just filled it." "Have a good time?" " Very." "Weird what a strong body can do." "It's true." "Tonight, I was totally exhausted." "All that talk at Fielding's, all the..." "Then I saw you, and woke up." "Indeed." "If we'd met ten years ago..." "Well, it would have been something." "I was in good shape." "I'm still quite good but..." "You're wonderful." " No I'm not..." "That said, I don't feel old at all." "But a few years ago..." "I remember," "I travelled to Sweden with a friend when I was 20." "I was a hit." "Really?" "Maybe because I was French." "But I was very handsome back then." "One time in Stockholm," "I made love to two girls in one day." "No?" "Yes, two." "Beautiful girls, even." "Swedish, you know." "You'd have kept what you promised me." " You haven't changed." "You're wonderful." "You're the only good thing that happened to me in a very long time." "I'm leaving tomorrow." "Will you give me your phone number?" "I'm going back to Orleans." "Give me your number there." "I can't take the phone at home." "Why's that?" "I may not." "How do I reach you, then?" "Through my uncle." "Mr Levêgue wishes to talk with you, Sir." "Yes." "How long will you stay in Toulouse?" "One week, ten days max." "Christine's on the phone, Sir." "Christine?" "The girl from Claude's." "Castejac has invited her to lunch." "What do I have to do with it?" "750 francs." "I see." "He waits at the restaurant." "He takes his plane in 2 hours and wanted to see her before." "She didn't know how to react." "So she accepted." "No way." "He signed the agreement." "We don't need her anymore." "She'll cancel then?" "Yes." "I already paid 3000 francs." "That man's sex life's more expensive than his factory." "Well." "I'm leaving together with him." "Tell her to cancel him gently." "You'll see them gawk when she enters." " That much?" "When she opens the door everybody will look." "I bet they'll forget their plates." "And that's not easy with your food." "I'll call your wife." "You'll see, Michel." "She's really superb." "Distinguished, elegant." "A real Parisian." "You know me." "I'm not a womaniser, but this one, I couldn't let her pass." "Is it serious?" "I think she's really hooked with me." "We get along well." "Very well in fact." "I know a little about women." "She's not the type to go with any man." "Very tasteful." "Well then." "See you soon." "Call me." "She likes if she's waited for." "It's her?" "She'll come." "It was delicious." "I need a three weeks diet now." "Cassoulet goes almost by itself." "Good- bye." "I don't want to make you nervous but you'll miss your plane." "Give me a phone coin." " You can call from the bar." "Who's asking?" "Mr Castejac?" "Mr Levêgue is out, Sir." "For lunch." "His niece's phone number?" "No idea." "Sorry." "Goodbye, Sir." "You'd like a snack anyway?" "No time." "I'll have a sandwich at the airport." "You won't tell your friends you've been to my restaurant, and then had a sandwich at the airport." "She's married, you know." "I guess she'd trouble with her husband." "Certainly." "So long, Benoît." "It was time" " There's no alarm yet." "It's totally unacceptable." "They will never swallow it." "25% layoffs." "One quarter of the staff." "It's the contract you read through and signed yesterday." "What's that?" " I had to take it to the garage." "Why?" " For the smearings." "What smearings?" " Rubbish." " What smearings?" "Don't shout at me." " Answer now!" "They wrote:" ""Castejac's on special offer"." "And there: "Yanks go Home!" You're happy now?" "I'll have a word with that Bastide jerk." "Bastide!" "Your shirt, Dupuis!" "What?" "Close your smock." "It's dangerous." "Will you attend training today?" " Yes." "See you then." "Hello Benoît." "Hello Lartigue." "Give me the books from '73, '74 and '75 please." "You talked to Bastide?" " No" " Why not?" "It wasn't the right time." "I'll know myself when to talk." "Forward your pass, Michaud." "Shit!" "Come on, back in the scrum." "Are you hurt?" " It's nothing." "Let's talk a bit, Bastide." "Now?" "Yes." "Now." "Work on your pass over there." "C'mon!" "It's useless to daub my car or to throw tomatoes." "Like your strike." "It's also useless." "Don't leave!" "Stay there." "Shit!" "I'll discuss it with their consultant engineer." "We'll try to minimise the loss." "Don't panic." "It's with us, you should discuss the problem." "We don't know your Americans." "And we don't want to know them." "Try to help me a little." "Okay?" "I can't decide alone." "I must talk to the others." "Here." "A salary for a junior engineer." "You were wonderful." "Congratulations." "Thank you." "I've good news for you." "I've work for you." "Much." "I take care of everything." "I choose the girl I want." "Thanks." "No." "You've to be much more grateful." "You'll earn a lot of money thanks to me." "Sometimes I've an hour, after lunch." "It's boring to hang around in bars." "You won't regret, honey." "This could be a gold mine for you." "I can tell you a funny story about your director." "He likes to be powdered with talc." "Pardon?" "Yes." "He lies down on a small table, and asks me to powder him, like a baby, afterwards I swaddle him." "He loves it." "Morrison?" "Yes." "It's sweet, isn't it?" "Why are you telling me this?" "I'll meet him Thursday." "I'll tell him that you tried to check me up, at Fielding's expense." "He'll have a jolly good laugh." "Well, I'll go to the pictures instead." "See you soon." "Good-bye." "Tell me..." "This story about Morrison and the talc, is it really true?" "Ask himself." "I see." "Well." "Good-bye." "You're fine, René?" " I'm okay." "And you?" "You gave me a pulled muscle yesterday, asshole." "Come with me." "I'll massage you." "I've got liniment." "No thanks." "You're kind but it's not that bad." "You talked with the others?" "Yes." "Well?" "Workers are not responsible for mismanagement." "We're against the merging and we maintain the strike warning." "My cigarettes?" " Suzanne went to buy some." "I've got Marlboro." "If you want." "You really screw it up!" "Pardon?" "Benoît..." "Indeed." "It's crap!" "If I a few days, I could make them relax." "But no." "You had to barge in now, in the heat." "You've been bad-tempered since we came from Paris." "I don't know why and I'm actually not paid to support it." "I'm here to figure out how to clean up your business." "I can leave if you wish." "Yes." "No more Gitanes." "Why not?" "I don't know." "Only Gauloises left." "No more Gitanes." "It wasn't worth all the trouble." "How?" "Nothing." "Go take a walk." "A little promenade." "I wanna be alone for five minutes." "Is it going well?" "Very well." "Thanks." "It was a nice restaurant." " Pardon?" "Where we had dinner with your director and Levêgue." "Very good food." "One of the best restaurants in Paris." "Great." "We all enjoyed it, the director," "Mr. Levêgue, his niece." "Indeed it was good." "Mr Levêgue's niece is a very sympathetic person." "And pretty, too." "Beautiful woman." "We agreed to meet with her husband." "I should call her in Orleans." "I've lost their number." "You won't have it?" "What?" "Her number?" " No, no." "It's okay." "I'll ask Levêgue." "Yes." "Yes, a very good restaurant." "Their three stars are deserved." "Excuse me." "I left some papers on your desktop." "I'll be back." "I don't want him here." "Everybody agrees at the factory." "He already received a tomato." "Next time he'll get bolts in the mug." "And I'm still the boss here." "Shit!" "Excuse me, darling, I'm nervous." "But really, it's not possible, he's such a cold fish." "I'll meet Morrison, peacefully, in his office." "We'll have a drink, relaxed, like friends." "Morrison is a nice person." "We'll reach an arrangement." "Perrier or flat water?" "Delorme is a very good man." "We're not going to replace him, Mr Castejac." "I don't even want to discuss it." "He's a cold fish, Sir." "In my country..." "He didn't come to you to nominate for an election." "I'm sorry if you don't like him." "But you'll have to make an effort." "I won't make any efforts." "As a philanthropist," "I understand perfectly well that sixty lay-offs make you feel bad." "But our company is not responsible for the situation." "As general director of the factory..." "You have to consult head office, and head office says no." "You mustn't be capricious now." "Times are very difficult." "I have nothing to say anymore?" "You've all authority you need." "As long as you get along with Delorme." "Thank you for receiving me, Sir." "You stay in Paris for a while?" " I don't know yet." "For theatre tickets, hear with Levêgue." "He'll do the reservations." "There's a very amusing play right now." "Thank you, Sir." "How are you, Mr Levêgue?" "Have a drink?" " Another time." "A quick one." "No, I'm in a hurry tonight." "By the way, I lost your niece's number." "What's it again?" "What?" " Your niece's phone number." "It's not easy to reach her." "She's rarely in Paris." "The simplest would be if I pass a message to her." "She's got a number in Orleans?" "She has asked me not to share it with anyone." "I'm sorry but it's what she said." "I understand." "If you've a message, just ask me." "I have to go." "See you." "Mr Levêgue?" "Yes?" "I must tell you something very important." "It's very urgent." "I'm sorry for the delay." "I'm listening." "I'm asking for strict confidence on what I'll tell you." "Really." "Total discretion." "Well..." "I slept with your niece." "You must be surprised of my confession, but I find you very sympathetic." "You're the kind of man to understand the situation." "It's very simple indeed," "Christine's married." "So am I." "It's a problem." "We really have to make a decision." "A decision?" "Well, I..." "I think we're quite seriously hooked." "Your niece is beautiful." "She refused to give me her number because of her husband." "I looked up Clément in the directory for Loiret." "There are hundreds, and almost as many architects." "Clément?" "She said her husband was an architect." "Excuse me." "I must call my wife." "You're welcome." "What do you take?" "Anything...a quart Vichy." "Mrs Levêgue isn't furious?" "I'm really sorry, you know." "I thought you were on the inside." "It's too silly." "Inside of what?" "It's quite common practice, nowadays." "I can't follow." "Actually Christine isn't my niece." "She works at Claude's." "She's a call-girl." "A whore, you know." "That's how it really is." "You shouldn't misunderstand." "As I said it's common practise." "Yesterday, I had a dinner with three Japanese..." "She's a whore?" "Yes." "But she does a fantastic job." "With class." "I'm sorry she swindled you so badly." "The Japanese understood immediately." "A whore." "You really confused me earlier." "I didn't know what we talked about." "Well, no hard feelings?" "Of course not." "Why should I be angry on you?" "I spend a beautiful night, thanks to you." "Ah." "I prefer that tone." "You chose her well, your niece." "She's a hottie." "And what a bitch, oh la la!" "Eventually, to see her again, I've to pay her." "Right." "No need to look up architects in the directory." "Actually, her name isn't Clément." "You call this number in my name and ask for Christine." "750 francs for a few hours, 1500 for the night." "Thanks." " You're welcome." "I'm relieved you take it so well." "Yes." "I was waiting for your call." "How was the meeting with Morrisson?" "I didn't meet him." "He postponed to tomorrow morning." "I won't be in Toulouse before Thursday." " See you Thursday then." "My coin got stuck in the coffee maker." "You must kick it." "Someone drinks your coffee." "Hey!" "That's my coffee." "The director has met Castejac." "Everything's okay." "How?" "I'll stay here." "The director met my husband?" "Yes." "Everything's arranged." "You must try this one." "Well?" " Very good." "Indeed." "It's not easy to find." "It won't comfort you but it's going wrong everywhere." "Bankrupt companies up and down all day long." "Nothing else." "At least you've got Fielding backing you." "Your glass please." "You know, that public relations guy, Levêgue." "I had a talk with him." "Well, sometimes they offer a girl to their customers, for the ambiance." "A girl, you know." "A whore?" "Mostly Chez Claude's girls." "They're very beautiful." "Why not, basically?" "Food and drink are offered already." "Why not also someone to..." "The girl you were waiting for, the other day?" "Forget it, Benoît." "You won't fall for a whore." "Nothing to win there." "Believe me." "7581140, please." "I'm a friend of Mr Levêgue." "I'd like to meet Christine." "Mr Levêgue's friends are always welcome." "You're Mr...?" "Paul Maraud." "I'm staying at Residence du Bois." "Paul Maraud, please?" " He's waiting." "Room 17." "Don't be afraid." "I won't make a scene." "I used a false name for discretion, not for trapping you." "Champaign?" "Quite entertaining, your number of being society lady." "The architect husband, the upperclass look." "Very amusing." "It might disappoint you but I wasn't fooled for a second." "Well, ten minutes maybe, in the beginning." "But I got suspicious rather quickly and realised whom I was dealing with." "You see, either you're in Toulouse, in the old town, at the George 5th bar, or in Tanger, in a bousbir, it's always the same detail that reveals a whore, the eyes." "Did you ask for me to have some small talk?" "Undress." "Yesterday, with the Japanese, was it for "a few hours" or for the night?" "Levêgue said they were three." "You offer group discount?" "You've a fascinating job." "What do you want actually?" "Get dressed." "I don't want you anymore." "Don't forget your little gift." "Christine!" "Follow the Austin." "You're really disgusting." " You followed me?" "A dirty whore." "What do you want exactly?" "I've been nice with you." "I listened to you and I made love with you." "Why are you such a pain now?" "There won't be any water tomorrow from 9 to 11." "Maintenance." "I put up a note in the lobby just in case you missed it." "Being without water's no fun." "Tomorrow between 9 and 11." "Don't forget." "It didn't cost you anything." "Fielding paid." "What's wrong?" "Listen Christine..." "You've nothing to do here." "Pack off now!" "Listen..." "I lied to you before..." "I believed it." "I even thought something was happening between us." "Leave me." "Listen please." "I'm on a bad run at the moment." "Whatever I start goes wrong, at the factory, or elsewhere." "Please, come with me." "I don't want to see you again." "Get lost." "Good morning, Mr Benoît." "Bastide!" "Your strike warning is nonsense." "There won't be another strike 'cause there's no factory anymore." "I shut down." "Completely." "Key under the door." "It's over." "You wanted to play with me, that's too bad for you." "I don't play such games." "I can stop whenever I want." "I'll go to St.Tropez and enjoy life in the sun." "I'm easy." "I'm not in trouble." "You heard right." "Castejac  Co is history No need to stay here." "Go home and do it fast!" "Or I'll kick you in the ass so you end up in Spain!" "Tell Mr. Morrisson, director of the Fielding corporation, that I fuck him." "Farewell, gentlemen." "He's unreasonable and completely neurotic." "He initiated a lockout and gives me a hard time." "I understood nothing." "We'll have to throw him out." "This guy's dangerous." "We won't own before 15th next month." "We can't do anything before that." "We can file a complaint for damages." "He has no right to behave like that." "A trial won't change anything." "It won't stop him playing kamikaze in his own factory." "Totally unreasonable." "My father worked in theatre production in the States." "A small production company." "He organized tours and hired actors." "When he was tired, in the evening, he shook his head and said:" ""I hate actors"." "Please don't hold against me what I'm going to say now:" ""I hate the French"." "We cannot accept the lock-out." "This is a despotic decision." "The management has showed it's true face." "Unable to face economic difficulties, they chose, without asking us, of course, the worst solution:" "which is to force all the workers and their families to pay in his place." "Maybe I made a mistake but I feel good." "They can't get their will all the time." "If they claim compensation I don't care." "I've 15 days left and I'm going to use them." "Come on." "Say something." "This silence is unbearable, those big sad eyes that..." "Forget it, I'm gonna take a walk." "Ciao." "Hang on." "Mrs Clément." "Yes?" "Don't be angry with me, Benoît." "I was in my neighbourhood, in front of my house." "At home, you know?" "I was afraid." "And it was the first time that a man..." "I got upset, but later I felt bad for it." "It's a stupid misunderstanding." "Thank you these informations." "Alright." "Certainly." "She is Levêgue's secretary, the public relations guy..." "You know, Levêgue." "I told you." "He has problems with his heart." "And he keeps on smoking, the idiot." "Two packs a day." "And booze on top." "Scotch and lots of table wine." "Some people aren't too careful." "When the storm is over here, we'll go to Paris together." "Do you want?" "And we'll celebrate, alright?" "I love you, you know that." "I'm going to talk with them." "It must be possible to find a solution." "You know, René..." "When you get pushed too hard, one day you crack." "The Americans pushed me really hard." "First, it was a bit difficult and I just felt uncomfortable." "I said to myself, this mess is 'cause I've been a fool." "I had so much on my mind." "Try to understand me, René." "We understood very well, Mr. Benoît." "Thank you, René." "I knew it would help to talk to you." "No." "Mr. Delorme explained it for us... at a meeting." "He understood very well, him also." "I don't get it." "You negotiated directly with Delorme?" "I've no advice to give you, Mr Benoît." "Go on please." "If I was you I'd agree with Delorme." "If the Americans keep their promises, there won't be a strike." "Do you like cassoulet?" "You will eat the best cassoulet of your life." "I can sign as soon as we all agree." "You've already agreed with my workers, my wife." "I've nothing to say anymore." "I'll sign." "I've to go back to Paris." "I should rent a place there." "I'm just packing bags now." "But I hate Paris." "Park the car." " I'll find you." "Cassoulet doesn't agree with me." "He fought for a table." "Normally you've to book 3 days in advance." "In addition I had lunch on the plane." "Mr Levêgue's secretary called me yesterday." "What's her name?" "Mrs..." "Mrs Saillard." "No, the other one." "Which other one?" "He has just one secretary." "I see." "Who's Mrs. Clément?" "No idea." "Why?" "Well." "Forget it." "Is she my husband's mistress?" " Pardon?" "Benoît has a mistress in Paris." "I'm certain." "That's why he's always packing." "Slacken your belt, my friend." "You'll need it." "Aperitif?" " No thanks." "Where did you park the car?" " In front of the post office." "Give me the keys." " Why?" "I'll leave you two alone." "I'm not hungry." "Excuse me?" "I don't feel good." "Give me the keys!" "Shall I drive you home?" "It's not that serious." "Are you sure?" " No." "What's wrong with her?" "Feel better?" "Very well." "What happened, darling?" "Nothing." "I was tired, that's all." "You really missed something." "What a guy." "You can't imagine." "Eventually, he isn't that bad, the boy." "A man who loves cassoulet can't be bad." "Did you pack my suitcase?" " No." "No?" "You won't leave." "I don't leave?" "Fielding will send the contracts here." "You've no reason to go." "I've a headache and Morrison waits for me in Paris." "It's not Morrison who waits for you." "What do you mean?" "You understood very well." "Go take care of your factory." "That's what you really should do." "You're really not well." "You leave anyway." "You're ridiculous." "Don't you think I've got enough trouble?" "Who is Mrs Clément?" "What are you doing with that shirt?" "Fold it at least." "Shit." "Won't you to answer me?" "Great." "Just tear it up." "Why those lies Benoît?" "It's your smoking shirt." "Are you going to sign at Fielding's dressed in a smoking?" "Where're my other shirts, then?" "I don't make a scene, Benoît." "I try to help you." "Shit!" "Benoît!" " What's happening?" " All flight are cancelled." "Why?" " Ground staff's on strike." "But I need to go back to Paris." "Take the ferry." "London, Sir." "Yes." "I'm stuck in London by the strike." "What shall I do?" "Take an air taxi." "You have to be here tonight." "Talk a little about yourself." "Come on." "Tell me something." "I'm talking to myself all the time." "It's useless." "You didn't have an easy life, did you?" "How?" "Your life." "It wasn't easy, right?" "Why?" "Well, I don't know." "To get to..." "To what?" "To this." "My father died when I was 5, beheaded by an excavator." "My mum worked as a maid to nurture me." "Too bad." "At 15 I stole a pastry in a bakery." "Reformatory and I was in the run." "My poor girl." "Do you really believe all that bullshit?" "Huh?" "I'm of bourgeois family and never missed anything." "Why're you lying then?" ""The two orphans", that's what you expected." "If I hadn't told you I was born poor, you'd be totally confused." "And that's a reason?" "If you'd never been poor, why would you be..." "A whore?" "Because I like it." "What?" " I like it, that's all." "No." "It's the money you like." "Not only." "It's more." "What more?" "When you have a date with a stranger, and you've no idea what kind of man you'll meet, it gives you real thrills." "All the girls in the genre can tell you that." "And the others, the respectable women, won't admit but dream of it." "You could find a monster behind the door." "Old, scarred, filthy." "One third." "Out of ten men, three are ugly, three or four average and three are handsome." "Some are really stunning." "Why do they pay, these ones?" "It's easier for them." "They're alone in Paris for one night, they don't want to waste time checking up some old frump." "A phone call and they have a nice girl." "And maybe it's less expensive for them, in the end." "Answer frankly:" "Are you happy?" "Answer frankly:" "Isn't it a silly question?" "You know what I'm going to do?" "I want to buy you a watch." "Tomorrow we'll go to Cartier's." "You'll chose the most beautiful one." "No." "Why not?" "Don't you like watches?" "With all those I've been offered, I could have opened a shop." "Don't make such a face." "It's the first time I say no." "It's a good sign." "Don't you regret you were modelling?" "Not at all." "I made love with a lot of guys back then." "Free of charge." "Nine out of ten weren't worth it though." "If they had paid I'd be richer now." "Life's not only money." "You're laughing?" "When I hear that one, always." "Here you are." "Christine, you must stop it." " What?" "I'll take care of you." "I'll find you a nice apartment." "You'll buy me a place for myself?" "I'll give you everything you need." "Every month?" " That's it, every month." "Let's talk about it later." "You'd better go now." "Your phone number?" " I don't have a phone." "Call me at 7581140." "I don't like it much." " See you." "Mr Castejac, Sir." "Let him in." "I leave." "I guess he wouldn't like to meet me." "10am is a little early for Champaign." "And it won't help." "I knew we would agree eventually." "Mr. Castejac, how are you?" "You've signed?" "That's the best you could do." "You'll have to find another niece for business dinners." "Suzanne, call the George5th,please." "The director called me." "Everything went well." "George 5th?" "Hang on, please." "I'd like a coffee, Suzanne." " Yes, Madam." "Mr Castejac please." "Tell him everything's okay with Bastide." "Benoît?" "How are you?" "I heard you've signed." "You should have called." "Alright." "It doesn't matter." "That young man who's not so bad because he likes cassoulet, Delorme." "I'm going to sleep with him." "You just leave me alone." "I've got enough." "I'm 40." "I've no time to lose me either." "I can still please a man." "Well." "Have fun in Paris, with Mrs. Clément." "Can't you hear me?" "Sure, he could say no, but he's well educated." "Bye." "Your coffee." "Give me 7581140 please." "Hello." "Castejac speaking." "I'd like to meet Christine." "Christine is out of town, Sir." "Try again in a few days." "Out of town?" "I saw her this morning." "She left this morning, Sir." "It's not possible." "She would have told me." "She didn't leave a message for me?" "Benoît Castejac." "No, Sir." "There must be a way to reach her?" " No, Sir." "I hope it's cool enough." "Bitch." "You lied to me again." " Don't touch me." "You did the tenderness trick again." "Would you please explain the reason for this intrusion?" "You're kidding me again!" "For some cash..." "Well, I did it with you but for 5000 francs, paid in cash by Fielding, and an air taxi." "I'd do it again." "The only way to annoy you, is money." "How much do you earn in a month?" "30.000?" "I make 60.000 in a month, easily." "That bonehead pays 1500 francs an hour." "That's what you'd pay for a whole month in your factory." "And only as long as you could screw me for free." "If I may say something, she might be a little bit right." "You wanted to take care for me?" "You're 100 years too late." "Take care for me?" "You don't understand anything." "Cassoulet, Parisian women and the factory which is a big family..." "You're so out-and-out French." "Americans, Japanese, Germans," "Arabs, everybody would be blown away." "That was great." "What does this mean?" "You should have done it in Paris." "Everything gets public in the countryside." ""Mrs Castejac is sleeping with your counsultant engineer."" "Signed: "A friend"." "Do you think this is a brothel?" "You should inspect the factory, not his wife." "We pay a technocrat." "A little stinker with a Phd, arrogant and self-indulgent, and convinced he has the skills of a Giscard d'Estaing." "It must be added that he's got balls like everybody else." "I don't need to accept these insults, Sir." "I quit work instantly." "You'll go to Germany." "To our factory in Munich." "Someone must replace him in Toulouse." "Preferably an eunuch." "We've got Moreau." "He isn't young anymore and he had mumps recently." "Perfect." "We go for Moreau." "He'll leave tonight." "And you, go screw the German ladies." "Imagine you create the European Union." "And cuckold too." " Does he know?" "I don't know." "He receives beatings from everywhere." "He lost his factory, his wife pinched him with you." "Did he leave?" " No, he's still in Paris." "He's depressed." "He doesn't answer the phone." "Our friend asks you for a dance." "You go home." "You pack your suitcase and take the plane." "Why do you interfere?" " I hate disorder." "Delorme is transferred, your wife's waiting for you." "Go back to her and stop to feel sorry yourself." "You trouble yourself to tell me that?" " I told you, I hate disorder." "Your depression because everybody's cheating on you is simply grotesque." "Couldn't you shave at least?" "I've received some heavy beats." " No reason not to shave." "I'm glad you came." "Don't get too exited." "I'm going to the airport." "I play the noble whore because you happened to be on my way." "You're leaving?" " I have a date in Milan." "I can take you to the airport." "Go pay your room and shave." "Come on, pull yourself together." "When will you be back?" "Why do you care?" "Alright." "I'll try my best to start afresh." "I'll be director of the factory for another five years." " Good for you." "I'll be a puppet but a busy one." "If I told my wife that you're the one who sent me home..." "Run or you'll miss your plane." "I think I've got it now." "Take care!" "What?" "I have the right to go to Milan." "It wasn't a success when you followed me last time." "Don't do that with me, Castejac." "Why not?" " Because you embarrass me." "First class passengers to Milan, please." "And your wife?" " I don't care." "Castejac!" "Listen." "You'll leave me alone now." "Face your responsibility." "You can't play hippie at 50 years 'cause you just discovered love." "Be reasonable and go home." "I've been reasonable for fifty years, and what did I win?" "My factory's owned by Americans because France didn't support me." "The money I saved is changed into play money," "I've struggled 30 years for nothing." "Fielding waits for me to play puppet theatre, my wife for to grow old together, but I go to Milan with a whore who doesn't like me, but gives me a boner, and I like it." "That's it." "Benoît!" "What will you do there?" "His driver waits for me at the airport and takes me to the hotel." "What will you do?" "We won't see each other." "Your trip is to no avail." "I'm a whore, Castejac." "You know what it means?" "A whore." "What are you hoping for?" "Levêgue, the guy from Fielding," "I didn't want to sleep with him." "So he gave me 2000 francs, and I agreed." "You know what I did for him?" "I don't ask you to tell me all this." "I don't love you." "Do you hear me?" "I don't love you!" "You're ridiculous." "I find you grotesque." "You've got nothing special." "You didn't excite me at all." "You've nothing." "I don't love you." "Get lost!" "Castejac!" "Poor fool..." "Translation:" "Aloysius 70" "Proofreading / Revision:" "The Huge Animal From The North"