"Mourning for Anna" " Yes, it's Anna." " Thank you." "Your ex-husband was informed via his wife." "Íå'll return from abroad this evening." "The investigation requires I ask you some questions." "Tomorrow if you like." " Now's fine." "Come." " Who would want to kill her?" "If only I'd stayed with her after the concert..." "Don't think about it." "She must've been so scared." "Anna..." "There are things to do." "Let me sleep." "I'm dead." "Get up!" "There are things to do!" "Hello, Sophie." "It's Frangoise." "May I speak to Jean-Pierre?" "Did you call me?" "I wasn't near the phone." " How was your trip?" " Fine." "The house is dusty." "I forgot how long its been since I was here." "Must be cold." "The house is drafty." " I won't be cold." "Don't worry." "I can drive up there." " Thank you, but it's alright." "Stay with Sophie." "You need to be with her." "You know I've always felt good here." "Take care." "I was worried." "You usually come daily." "Thought you left without telling me." " I'd never do that." " I know." "That's why I was worried." " Are you OK?" " Yes, fine." " Want a second bag?" " No, thanks." "I haven't seen Anna for a while." "Her concerts must keep her busy." "Yes." "My mother and I are proud of her." "Tell her to drop by." "Thanks, Ghislain." "Bye." "Hello." "Hello, Edouard." "Wasn't sure you'd recognize me." "I recognized the house first." "How do you feel?" "Did I sleep long?" "Yes." "I'd like to get dressed." "You must be hungry." "It's been a while." "At least 30 years." "Thirty-two." "I want to go home." "You must eat." "I'm not hungry." "I'll walk." "I'll go with you." " Are you sure you're OK?" " Yes, I'll be fine, thanks." "How'd you end up lying in the snow?" " If I hadn't checked my snares..." " I was lucky you did." "Forget it." "Well, bye then." "Drop by." "I'm a homebody" " Smells good." "Molasses cookies." " I've made them since I was a kid." " Grandma showed me the recipe." " Wait." "Your grandmas cookies deserve my grandmas bowl." "I have a daughter." "Her name is Anna." "She's 23, a violinist." "Music is Tier life." "She's in a string quartet." "A few weeks ago, they played a late Beethoven quartet in concert." "That night..." "I never saw her play like that." "It was splendid." "I'll never forget it." "It's a difficult piece." "She once told me if she ever played it in concert, she'd be ready to die." "She's very intense." "Clearly." "I've always been fearful, needed security." "Anna's not afraid." "Something carries her:" "faith in her music." "It gives her strength." "She's an old spirit." "I envy you." "For having a child." " How long have you been back?" " This is my second winter." " Where were you before?" " Here and there." "I got around" "My parents died 10 years ago." "My brother sold me the house." "You Still paint." "At 16, you said you wanted to paint." "And you?" "Why are you here?" "My daughter died." "Then you rescued me." "Grandma..." "Why wasn't it me who died?" " I don't want to live anymore." " I know." "I'm praying for you." "Stay with me." "I'm here." "I came to invite you for supper." "When did it happen?" "February 17." "The night after her concert." "Anna was just so sweet." "Everyone loved her." "Then some freak comes..." "I wish he'd die... slowly... bleeding to death... in excruciating pain." "Sometimes I think life isn't real." "It's just a dream." "A dream." "I feel nothing, Mama." "Everything's numb." "How can I keep living?" "I wish I'd died in the woods." "Calm down." "Here." "I brought you this." "Your grandmother gave it to me the night before she died." "In this book, she recorded all her babies, living and dead." "She lost eight." "That means she had..." " Sixteen." "I didn't know that." "Her little angels." "She lost a 2-year-old, a 4-year-old, one at 6 months... all of incurable illnesses." "The curious thing is Marie-Rose's death wasn't noted." "She never got over it." "She had just turned 15." "Mama prayed so much." "Near the end, she called for Mme Lajoie, the village healer." "I was there." "She made a cross with her saliva onlWarie-Rose's forehead." "Before she died Mama admitted to me that... when Marie-Rose died, she wanted to die too," "but she kept going because of us - bearing her suffering like a cross." " She was very religious." " I know." "If she had died back then, you would never have known her." "I can't imagine that." "When I was little, we couldn't show feelings." "I stayed that way." "But I love you, darling." "Me too, Mama." "You must live." "For Anna." " Good night, dear." " Stay, Mama." "I need you." "May 4,1935 at 4:15 a.m., we were stricken by the loss of little Alexandrine." "She'd been sick since Tuesday morning." "in paroxysms of pain." "The poor thing suffered all day, then overnight until Wednesday." "I spoke to Father Dionne Monday night, asking him, for the love of God, to pray for her recovery, that His divine will be done but that her suffering cease." "Poor thing, she suffered so." "She was conscious til the end." "She knew her father and me." "She looked at us wide-eyed when we spoke her name." "She died quietly, no crying or fussing." "She was 1 year, 3 months and 10 days old." "She had seemed weak, she was pale." "We called her our little wax doll." "She made strange except for her father and me." "I cried seeing that little angel suffer, unable to comfort her." "I doubt I'll ever forget her." "I gaze at her." "There's a softness to her face, as though she were..." "Jooking at her child." "Da Vinci did this study for his painting." "Wait." "Take a look." "Mary looking at Jesus... with St. Anne." "Your work's beautiful." "Let's have a drink." "Some good Scotch." " You live like a hermit." " I don't feel like seeing people." "That just one reason." "Too much clamour." "I was getting off-track." "I was becoming an "art star"." "I sold a lot." "But the time came when I had to be alone." "I came here, stared out the window for weeks." "I couldn't work..." "Nothing." "Nearly lost my mind." "I was quite a mess." "I started again 3 months ago." "I do the still lifes for myself." "It does me good" "Restores my faith in something." "Frangoise..." "Model for me." "I'd really like... my work to have meaning," "to be life-affirming." "And this lights so beautiful." "Where are you?" "With you, looking at your hands." "Anna had fine hands." "So do you." "Remember when we went out in the rain... and started jumping in big puddles by the house." "We were all wet and muddy." "I had to change into your clothes to go back to Grandmas." "Your jeans were too long." "We laughed a lot." "I remember." "It was late summer." "The house was all ours." "Was that the time?" "Yes." "I never saw you again." "Surely you weren't always single." "You must've known some women." "Yes, I have." "Did you live with any?" " One." " For a long time?" "You're moving too much." "Hold your pose." "Get undressed." "Cold?" "What is it?" "The detective called." "They think they found Annas killer." "A young female violinist was assaulted." "She got away and called the police." "The guy told her he'd already killed a violinist." "The police now have a description." "These are hideous." "I'd like to have them." "Whatever you want." "Saphie and I emptied her apartment." "I brought her violin." "We could leave it here." "Good idea." "She often practised here." "She could've been a virtuoso." "What a horrible world." "I went by your place." "I thought you might be here." "We always met here." "You're the only one I ever loved." "I often feel like pitching it." "My darling Anna." "I see you practising for hours." "I feared it was too much." "Always afraid for me..." "I shouldn't be." "You have such strength." "You're the strong one." "Last time we came hefe, I'd just fallen in Hove." "It was my first time." "I was at a loss." "I thought I had to choose love or music." "I couldn't have both." "You said something memorable:" "Don't sidestep love." "Love is life." "You must live." "You were right." "I miss you so much." "I always will be."