" Good evening, Therese" " Poor Albert." "Sit down, Therese." " At my age, the bones get stiff." " Be reasonable, you'll catch cold." "Do we have enough wood?" "The night will be long." "Does anyone know if prayers were said?" "Say whatever you like." "There's no satisfaction in the dead." "Because they're already stiff." "You have to start while they're still warm." "You've lost your head..." "If he still had his, what would he think?" " Must I remind you we're holding a vigil?" " It's true." "We've lost our heads." "It's not so much for him." "Above all it is for her sake." "We'll always owe more grief to the living than the dead." "We've lived enough to know that the unhappiest are those who are left." "From you?" "It's always seemed to me that life was to your liking." "Firmin said at least ten times:" ""If your parents won't approve of me, we'll just run away."" "Finally, I said: "Well, let's do it."" "I was born at Percy castle." "That night, we had no fears." "Neither he, nor me." "I can't go on." "Want a bite to eat?" "I don'!" "feel like eating." "What do you feel like then?" "What can I tell you?" "I feel like going back." "Don't be rash..." "Don't be stubborn and I won't go back." "You talk about eating at a moment like this?" "So what are we going to do?" "It's all arranged." "I have it all scoped out." "We go to Chatillon." "I get a job down there." "Chatillon is fine." "But how do we get there?" "Arriving on foot to Chatillon won't do." "Then the patrons I might work for there would take us for tramps and try to pay me less." "What do you say?" "Sounds like it came from a book but it makes sense." "So how do we get there?" "We'll go to Lusse on foot." "It's 25 kilometers..." "If we arrive by 10 it'll be fine." "The coach for Chatillon leaves at 11." "You're still worried?" "I have a feeling there are worse things in store for me." "Let's go." "What luck you had, Therese." "Everything arranged in the blink of an eye." "YES" "I was told her story by my aunt..." "She spoke much of Chatillon and Lusse." "Wasn't that where all your dreams caught up with you?" "It found you in the midst of a feast." "Firmin and you got set up at a ?" "ea market." "Those were hard days and nights if what I was told was true." "I don'!" "know." "It's quite possible." "One thing I do know." "My aunt told me:" ""Therese was a bad girl."" ""Under lock and key," ""you had best put your money, wine, cakes, whatever you want, all the same." ""..." "But if you come to get it back," ""it doesn't matter what you've brought in your pants or whatever else, it's as good as gone."" "It's not unlikely she said that, your aunt." "I know one thing." "Let her talk, you!" "Well?" "Therese, go get the kitchen orders for the carriage and alert the passengers." "Quickly, quickly!" "Hurry up!" "Coachman!" "Everyone's ready." "You'd better go." "What's with that one?" "Not your type, not the mute." "I'll bring you his coffee." "Any passengers for Lusse?" "Hurry." "The carriage is about to depart." " Therese, you alerted the kitchen?" " Yes, sir." "Good." " Tell me." "Who is that young lady?" "  Therese?" "The word around the house is that she is a good girl." "Full of spunk." "Excuse me, Mademoiselle." "Anything else?" "Charming, your latest girl, Charlotte." " Who was that jerk?" " That's Rampal, a certified thug." "He's in charge of the railway works." "Be careful." "Steer clear of him." " He was here with you?" " You must be joking." "Please... some bitters." " Give me a kiss." " Hands off!" "Some bitters, please..." " Lusse carriage boarding!" " Last call for the Lusse carriage!" "Nobody?" " Bitters..." " Yeah." "Your drink." "The cup!" " Good evening." " Good evening." "I'm waiting..." "Know the way to the Numances' house?" "Yes." "It's the last house to the right on Verdi street... with a garden..." "You can't miss it." "I never miss anything." "What a nasty man!" "How could I know he liked his coffee black." " No good day, no thanks, no tip-.." " Well, yes." "That was Revelllard, the usurer" "When he doesn't return, you've got your gift." "Poor Monsieur Numance." "You know what they're saying?" "His wife has put them in debt." "Wherever hardship, everyone says Reveillard has things to take care of." "Take better care of Reveillard." "Nothing to say to the boss?" "This will end badly." "She had the eyes of a wolf." "There were days when her eyes frightened me." "One fine day, what did we learn?" "She had put her husband in debt." "Some said she'd taken a lover." "He was a young noble, a Duke who didn't have a dime." "Everyone was saying," ""What's going to happen?"" ""ls someone going to put her in prison?"" "They have money." "But, where did it go...?" "There was talk of 20,000 francs disappearing." "While others said 100,000." "She gives to those she doesn't know." "She is all too willing to give to all requests." "And he paid, he always paid." "Of that you can be sure." "Jouvenet often spoke of Monsieur Numance:" ""We owe profound thanks to the enigmatic liberal" ""who has made gifts of fake wine for sobering up some of our colleagues. "" "I'd say to myself: "My God, that there is a woman like this on earth" ""It only follows" ""that I would love to be such a woman!"" " What do you say, Therese?" " Hello." " Sorry, I thought no one was here." " Come in." "You're new?" "What do you call yourself?" "Therese, Monsieur." "You play in the dark?" "It's a little more difficult, but you get used to it." "Does Monsieur need anything?" "No thanks" " Everything's fine" "And you, Therese." "You don't need anything?" "No thanks." "I have everything I need." "Should you ever need anything, just ask Monsieur Numance." "Yes, Monsieur." "I told myself: "Come now, my girl, there must be something you want."" "I understood two things." "The first was that he had money because of his name." "The second: this fool didn't care about money." "I was perplexed." "I decided, "money doesn't matter when you have enough of it." ""Money loses it grip on you." ""So who could get a grip on it?" "Firmin?" ""No." "He had enough fears about the future."" "Finally, I asked myself:" ""What would make you happy?"" "Considering everything, I could safely say:" ""I'm happy when a ferret gobbles up just one rabbit." "And so it was, my children, that I set about imagining the future." "Firmin!" "Give me a son" "You're Crazy'" "That would be just great except for the little one." "Even if it's what I want?" "Look these four walls over closely." "You won't be seeing them much longer." "We know what you were after by now." "But your Firmin, always the perfect little angel!" "Yes." "He was none the wiser." "The least word and he hears you, his head turned sideways like a dog listening to his master." "He'd have pricked up his ears if he hadn't been so worn out." "You laugh at that?" "That was just like your Firmin..." "I know." "His spitting image." "Everything's messed up, isn't it?" " No." "It will do." " Unbelievable!" "We get thrown out because of you, wind up in this pigsty, and everything's fine." "Show your wife some courtesy." "Give me your arm and show me to some sunshine." "Here it is." "Thanks." "Are you sure you'll be all right?" "Go on." "You're expected at the forge." "But, Therese!" "Get lost, I told you!" "I know what I'm doing." "You're going to make a spectacle of yourself like this?" "I feigned sleep perfectly." "I had only to wait for opportunity." "I said to myself:" ""I have all the time that it might take."" "The world wasn't built in a day." "Young lady?" "Young lady?" "Not feeling well?" "Sorry." "I think I fell asleep." "Don't apologize for yourself." "I see you every day here." "Alone." "In your state, you mustn't expose yourself to the cold." "The wind can be treacherous here." "Would you like me to help you to get back inside?" "No thanks." "My husband will come looking for me." "Think of your baby." "Why be foolhardy?" "Where do you live?" "Just over there." "You're the one living in that rabbit hutch on the road, you're saying?" "I can'!" "leave things this way." "Someone must look after you." "Let me give you a hand." "No." "I assure you I lack for nothing." "Yes you do." "Go on." "Take my hand." "Don't be in such a hurry to receive the last rites." "I know these bourgeois." "You have to make 'em pay or they walk all over you." "And good night is all they give you." " Well here we are." " Good morning, Madame." " I support her, too." " That's fine." "Yes, yes..." "This way." "Good morning." "Please come in." " I support her, too." " It's well you do." "Come in." "Please." "You like cigars?" "Pick out five or six." "A few more for your chums?" " You know we nearly didn't come." "  I wouldn't have stood for it." "Had you not come, I would have come looking for you." "You smell so lovely." "Come." "I want to show you the rest of the house." "It is perfume from Cyprus." "Here, you'll have enough ground to plant a garden" "And besides that perhaps, some chickens and a goat." "You'll have enough to keep your little family fed through the year." "By the way, I wanted to say, my dear, perhaps I could..." " introduce you to our pastor..." " We just wanted..." "Good" " Then everything's settled" "Good." "Here they are." "I hope that you'll bring your child up in our religion." " Congratulations." " All the best." "On a day like this, we can kiss." "To the newlyweds!" "You shouldn't rejoice so hastily." "You have to be wary of the rich." "'You're being given all this' becomes 'you haven'!" "been given any of this." "Everything's fine today but if next year they have a sudden change of mind?" "Firmin, don't speak of Madame Numance like that." "She specifically told me that this house was her gift to us." "And what does she mean by "gift"?" "An empty word or a word that is worth something?" "We need to be prepared." "You've got to ask for it on paper." "Just so." "She has spoken of a deed." "There you go... these bourgeois are such a breed as I've never met." "I wonder what they want..." "This sort of gift, it's not very Catholic." "Leave me in peace." "Your have a home thanks to me." "Madame Numance?" "Therese?" "Here I am." "Sorry." "I didn't see you." "What perfume have you put on?" "It smells very lovely." "Violets." "Let me do it." "It's my job." "Therese?" "Sit down." "You know that I have no children..." "You can't imagine how happy it makes me being godmother to your little Charles." "Therese?" "May I request something of you?" "Go ahead." "Would you mind if I address you with more familiarity?" "Not at all." "But I will never be able to be more familiar towards you." "Good." "Perfect." "Act however you want." "Just the same... may I request of you a favor?" "Well, Therese." "That depends." "Starting tomorrow, may I serve the... breakfast to you in bed?" "Agreed." "Good." "On one condition:" "You'll eat it with me." "Madame!" "Oh Therese!" "I'd imitate every feeling and never feel for anyone." "One thing was certain:" "Whatever it might be, I found it easy to fool the whole world." "No one could be my master." "As I was saying, Therese, we need to dress you up." "I'm tired of seeing you in your clothes." "How would you like to dress?" "Like you." "I said to myself, 'cheat hatred and you're just a rose... "" ""cheat love and cheat everything at once." ""That has to be the best way."" " And this way, do I look like you?" " And who asked you to look like me?" "It's perfect." "Come here, I want to read something to you." "Well then..." ""I'm in the grip of something so stunning," ""so surprising; something marvelous and miraculous." ""It's qualities may never be exhausted:" ""the most singular, the most extraordinary, the most incredible," ""the largest, the smallest, the rarest, most widespread," ""the most striking, the most secret" ""until today."" "With her, I was always bound to confront the risk I'd been running..." "I was running the risk of getting caught up in the lovers' game." "Therese?" "Are you quite sure that everything corresponds to your heart's desire?" "Such as what Madame?" "I am nothing." "I can't bear it any more." "I'm ashamed of myself... for profiting from you... and your youth..." "Let's go back." "It is getting cold." "Good." "I'm heading off." "Therese?" "Well then..." "What's our handsome baby boy been doing?" "Your godson would like to sleep all the time." "Therese..." "This afternoon, we ought to go for a stroll..." "As for the baby..." " Francoise can watch him." " Yes, Madame." "LOOK... there's your Firmin." "Yes." "He's off to Lusse for a few days." " To do what?" " I wouldn't know." "Hello my friend." "Madame..." "If you wouldn't mind, I could use some advice from you." "In the common woods there are at least six plots cleared for logging." "Anyone who buys one will be allowed to sell it." "The trick isn't to sell but to keep." "Bring them to their knees, I always say." "It could bring me as much as 10% return on the bond." "I'd give 4% to my financier..." "maybe 5..." "And the rest would be mine for the taking." "Pure genius, isn't it?" "I know nothing about business." "Nor should my husband... but I'll speak to him about it." "Hold on." "Don't mistake me." "I asked only for advice, never for any money." "Madame." "Put some coffee on the stove..." "You can't have coffee with pate." "Drink some white wine..." " What if I don't want wine?" " That's just as good..." "Cold drinks at night!" "It will put me to sleep at this hour." "Just the thought of a glass of wine makes my teeth chatter." "Go sleep if need be but drink coffee with pate and you deserve to be sick as a dog." "Run off, won't you?" "Go stir some things back up..." "Everyone else has." " What do you mean by that?" " What I mean by that is..." "Being and not being, the only difference is this: no sooner are you getting to know someone than... a kettle boils over." "Don't move!" "He got away again..." "Come in." " What do you say to that?" " You should know." "I bought a logging share." "I turned around and sold it the same day." ", 1000 francs, profit." "Expenses included." "Who lent you this money?" "Reveillard." "He's very sweet." "I have him eating out of my hand." "Just look at that..." "And you will, too..." "I can spend 300 francs to get something you want." "Why shouldn't we have a lamp like the one at the Numances'?" "You're very concerned about your appearance these days." "You think?" "Monsieur Numance hasn't offered you anything by chance?" "Monsieur Numance?" "No, Why?" "Why?" "Since it's my business..." "What do you mean by that?" "What do I mean by that?" "Only that you're seeing M. Numance." "That's what I mean!" "Therese?" "I didn't see you..." "I was worried." "Is something wrong?" "Are you ill?" "Yes." "You have a fever." "You're burning up." " A doctor." "I'll go get a doctor." " No." "Stay here..." "I. ." "I need you..." "Why are you acting like a little girl?" "It's all better, now." "Don'!" "go." "Stay with me." "Yes, yes." "My daughter." "Yes." "You're trying to hide something." "It was he who did this?" "Oh my daughter..." "My little girl..." "Madame, maybe... that one?" "No..." "Not you, mama..." "Thank you." "What's wrong?" "You seen distraught." "I'm very happy" "Come." "Come over here." "Kiss me." "You are the best of men." "I've gone mad, you know." "You know what I'm telling you." "I am the happiest of wives." "Grasp it." "You've changed your perfume, haven'!" "you?" "That's violet, isn't it?" "Yes." " Good night." " Good night." "Madame Numance." "I'd like to have a few words with you." "It's Therese?" "Are you sure that what you're doing is good for her?" "That's my fondest dream." "Do you think it right to dress her like a princess?" "You are exalted with many gifts." "Your dreams may just be.." "Terrible." "And when you give them to her it's her good that you're thinking about?" "I love her as I would my own daughter, Monsieur Pastor." "I'm only telling you so you'll be more careful." "Thank you, Pastor." "I'll think it over." "What did the Pastor want to tell you?" "Nothing concerning you in the least." "The Pastor has love only for tepid souls." "As for me..." "I'm accountable only to my conscience and my God." "Now, if I must suffer, I'll do it with you." "Hello." "You've taken down your handiwork!" "Care to explain?" "Firmin!" "Explain what?" "I took it down, that's all." "We've got to get out tonight!" "Otherwise I'll go to prison and you'll have to wait!" " But I believed that..." " Believed?" "See what came of that?" "It wasn't easy, but I did it!" "I had to pay bribes for those trees!" "I thought I'd paid them off, but now I'm surrounded by jackals!" "What do you think of that?" "I lost a lot and now I can't pay back the money." "You owe a lot?" "Much more than that." "How much?" "How much?" "How much?" "50,000 francs." " 50,000 francs?" " That's right." "This time, I'm screwed." " Where can we get this money?" "  I wasted the whole day looking." "Come here." "Get over here, I said!" "Put this on." "I wasn't kidding, you understand." "We will leave tonight without warning." "We'll carry the kid in the pack seat by the grace of God!" "Where would you find 50,000 francs?" "The truth is... behind a wooden tale, you're scheming to rob the Numances with Reveillard." "The truth, you know all about that." " Where are you going?" " Over there." "I'm going to tell them." "You wouldn't dare." "I think you may regret that." "You'll see." "She loves me." "Drink." "You don't have to look at me with those eyes." "Which eyes?" "You know very well." "Those which look without seeing like so often before." "Well, Firmin...?" "How much does he want?" "You already know?" "Yes." "We don't know the figure." "It wasn't his fault, he believed that... he could get set up in this wood business but others entrapped him." " Nothing else has come of it." " How much?" "Fifty..." "Fifty thousand... he told me fifty thousand." "We're about to leave," "I came to let you know we're leaving." "Have some more rum." "It's good for you." "Take my cape and go home." "What time is it?" "9 o'clock." "In two hours be ready at home." "Only Firmin must be ready." "See that he is properly dressed." "I don't speak to shirtless men in the middle of the night." "Has it come at last?" "Here we are." "It took longer than I thought it would." "For two months now I've been expecting this turn of affairs." "Yes." "Just like with bad actors." "They can't do anything without the proper scenery." "They wait for the rain to make it more sad." "Has he involved the girl?" "That would be a shame." "I don't think she's involved." "But... take into account my blindness." "How much is it going to be?" "Everything." "Fifty thousand." "Fifty thousand, as if by chance." "Someone must have informed them." "All the better, since if it were any less," "I would have died of embarrassment." "Why are you laughing?" "I admire you." "What have I done to make you admire me?" "You love me." " You believe you're so difficult to love?" " Yes." "You're forgiving." "It's not necessary to note that I forgive." "You have only to speak for what is tender." " You won't advance one word of reproof." " Less than ever." "We've agreed on absolutely everything from the beginning." "The paperwork is in the top drawer of the desk." "It is all signed and sealed with my signature under the law." "Take it." "He will ask you for it." "Tell Reveillard it is in the safe." "You believe it will work?" "Everything will go as planned." "We have six months before Reveillard can implement all of the work." "No." "I've got to go." "I wouldn't want to be late." "Sit down." "You, here." "We said 50,000 francs." "Give me some ink." "No." "You don'!" "move!" "Him." "I'm giving you, right now... a debt instrument... for 50,000 francs." "Drawn at Chatillon, the second of September... 1887." "And it..." " will need your husband's signature." " It is on the reverse." "Prepare to leave on the first coach at seven." "We'll go together to Lusse." "The money is waiting." "Don't worry." "I'll come at 6:30." "Good night." "Make some good coffee for me for our departure." "Very strong." "Here we are, thanks Pascal." "Good morning, Roger." "Slightly cloudy, bad weather." "Darling Francoise." "Clouds, storms." "Did you have a good trip?" "Tell me about Reveillard." "Such a formidable weapon!" "I was almost ashamed to use it" " What are you talking about?" " The joy of giving." " It appears you had some fun." " Too much." "It gave me qualms." " What did Reveillard do?" " He removed his cap and... wiped at his forehead with his handkerchief... for six minutes." "I wasn't kidding, we can expect six months." "I hope so." "It's amazing!" "He signed over exactly what Reveillard wanted signed over." "I did exactly what we wanted to do." "I don't understand it." "What are you complaining about?" "I saw her later in the garden." "I asked how they would raise the money we asked for." "She answered without hesitation: "we will sell the ground beneath our feet."" "You understand?" "So?" "You don't understand Madame Numance." "That's all." "I will stay here tonight." "Much better than sleeping in a hotel." "Oh beautiful, I'm be alone!" "It won't fit my legs!" "Well get that chair." "Set it up between these two chairs..." "And two pillows." "Despite the respect I owe them... if ever I've owed anything to anyone." "Therese, wake up!" "Something is going to happen here that is none of our concern." "Get dressed!" "Get the boy ready but don't wake him up." "We'll go into the woods." "Pack some bread for us and something for the kid." "It's going to be today." "That should not preclude us from having our coffee." "Come in." "Perfect." "As you should know very well, we are unable to pay this debt." "In that case I'll apply a lean." "Executive." "Really something..." "these coincidences." "Numance!" "Numance, answer me!" "Francoise!" "You see, we're back." "You were scared, huh?" "Admit you were scared." "He is dead." " Madame Numance?" " She's gone away." " Gone away?" " Yes." "Gone without a word of explanation." "I saw Madame Numance before she left." "She wouldn't reveal where she was going" "She has gone forever." "After witnessing this evil, we will never see her again." "Madame Numance!" "Madame Numance!" "What is this madness!" "Now you've gone completely mad." " Terribly sorry." " Terribly sorry?" "Yes!" "What a shame." "Just look at her." "Give me that!" "Let go of me!" "Let go of me!" "Completely insane." "We've done our duty." "Therese." "Don'!" "touch me any more." "People shun us." "Before, I never cared." "Now, it stings me a little." " Should we pack up our things and leave?" " Yes." "Right away." "I'm already gone." " Except there's nowhere we can run to." " No." "You're mistaken." " Who would befriend us?" " But... a very close friend of yours." "I wouldn't lose you for anything in the world." "Listen." "I am going to tell you a brief tale." "Once there was a boy called Casimir." "By Casimir you mean Emile." "Casimir, so everyone said, was tall, had quite a tally, but he'd never talk" "He drove the carriage that departed Chatillon at six in the morning arrived at Lusse when it would." "But sometimes it didn't arrive, in Lusse or in Chatillon... since it was stopped in Clostres." "Would I lie?" "That's what they said." "Therese you must know how things ended better than I do." "You should go to confession, too." "It's given me some solace." "Thought you were a Protestant." "That doesn't matter." "God recognizes his own." "Who else have you been telling?" "I told him only how I used to love you." "You know that priests are bound to eternal secrecy?" "This one's crazy." "Given the opportunity, it will always get out." "The devils." "It's called the moment of truth or didn't you know?" "What's going on, daddy?" "Forgive me a little speech, but I promise you it's brief." "You must listen to this." "I've been troubled." "Can't hide it." "I've been troubled this past year." "If I told you how many sleepless nights..." "But... now this baby establishes a treaty." "Peace is restored between you." "Now don'!" "you disturb this peace." " Who gave you this toy?" " Uncle Emile." "Do you believe this comedy can last?" "If you want them to believe that you don't sleep with me" "Go and talk." "And if I did?" "It'd make for quite a reputation." "Believe me." "You don't have the guts." "So now you go out without a word?" "Where did you spend the night?" "This little joke is over." "You're about to dance to the music from a different fiddle." " I've got news for you: we're through." " Haven't we had good times here?" "You really believe I'll continue to allow myself to be mocked?" "Whatever good times may have been had are over now." "And you have nothing to say." "I was in Lusse." "Waiting for the black snow." "The rail road has about 200 workers, full of money." "Somebody's needed in the canteen." "I spoke to Rampal and had them eating out of my hands." "You're sure this is what you want?" "I have a little to say." "Listen." "I wasn't born yesterday." "I forgive you." "If you find an opening, come along." "Hello, Therese." "Here we go, boy." "Come along, I'll show you." "There you are." "Take my hat." "Sit down, Therese." "See what I mean?" "Everything that had to be done was done to prevent the train from reaching town." "And when I say I've done everything, I do mean to say everything." "And why not?" "I've had only one or two maids older than twenty." "I'm not picky." "If they wear out, they're easily replaced." "Haven't recognized yourself yet, surrounded by all these mirrors?" "With this set-up, when they're drunk, they don't know if they have one friend or a thousand." "And you?" "You are sure to know one among of all these women?" "Stop singing!" "That's quite enough!" "Everybody dance." "Let's go, let's go!" "When I order you to dance, what can you say to that?" "As people have long said, "wickedness is wisdom."" "Firmin!" "May I?" " Thanks, Therese." " Thanks, Therese." "Need anything, Therese?" "Just say the word, there I am." " Actually, I do need something." " What's that?" "If you want, I'll meet you at your place." "What more do you want?" "Me?" "Just because I like someone he should die." "You're awful, thinking only of yourself." "Well, come one" "Just look at Rampal." "Think I couldn't be with him if I wanted to be?" "What do you say?" "LOOK..." "He likes me a lot!" "I'm sure he likes me a lot." "Firmin." "Are you happy?" "I've never been happier." "That's just perfect." "At that exact moment he had to be killed." "I can't even recognize you." "You have to keep showing yourself up to the world." "A little attention." "That's the most important thing." "Succeed at that and the world is ours." "He slipped and fell." "We found him below." "Set him down here." "Firmin, can you hear me?" "My God, he's still alive." "It wasn't any miracle." " What a thing to say." " Out of the way!" "Get along." " What will happen?" " Someone might think it was my fault." "You were very bombed." " You know where he was found?" " No." "In the debris pit." "What a strange place!" "Isn't that where you set up warning lamps?" " You did do it." " I was out cold." "This is quite serious." " Perhaps the wind blew it out." " No." " It was a wind-proofed lamp." " Listen." "No one's asked any questions." "I have things to do." " So now you'll ignore me?" " Don't be an idiot." "It was a work accident." "Are you suffering?" " Are you suffering?" " Beats me." "Nobody knows anything." "It's always the same." "You want to know it all and once you do, what have I done for you?" "Maybe so." "All I can tell you is, with his back broken in three places, he's not going anywhere." "All I want to know is if I could give him a drink." "Here's some opium for when he cries out during the night." "There's nothing else to be done." " Good night." " Thank you." "Listen." "We'll go with what you said: a work accident." "You'll be given a pension for the two children." "It's not exactly legal, but..." "I'll be damned if I won't bend it." " So tell me what you'll do for me?" " Besides making myself up?" "But don't you understand." "All that matters is our happiness." " At least we've agreed about that." " Agreed about what?" "About nothing." "Absolutely nothing." "If it's any reassurance, that sounds about right." "On that we can agree." "Now get out!" "Madame Numance." "No one can identify you." "It was me who closed his eyes." "I would not have missed Firmin's death for anything in the world." "The sun is rising." "What will the day bring, I wonder." "It's nice." "". ." "France will recognize the independence of Vietnam..." ""at the soonest opportunity." ""The conference is prepared to transfer power from France" ""and its associates in Indochina once the modalities have been settled." ""It is now certain that the end of this conference" ""is imminent." ""Victor Plantin reporting from the International..."" "After this long night's vigil, you're fresh as a rose, Therese." "Why wouldn't you want me to be fresh as a rose?" "Subtitles: depositio"