"DEADLY RUN" "Brussels, late summer..." "No, Madeleine..." "This time I'm warm." "I think I know which one she is..." "I'm sure of it." "You listening?" "Hurry, my bath's running." "She's the one with the sad look." "Upper left." "Marie had that look." "She was a cheerful child, but often seemed sad." " The opposite of me." "(In all respects." " Did I guess right?" "(Wrong." "Wait..." "She's the third from the right... with the barrette." "She has your nose." "Your nose exactly..." "Answer me!" "(I can't." " Why not?" "You know you only get one guess." "No second chance?" "Sure." "Next year." "OK, Madeleine." "While I've got you..." ""Abundance of bread" in 8 letters." "Opulence?" "It fits." "You're a genius!" "When you put your mind to it." "How is she?" "That's going too far!" "Bitch!" "And I almost jumped out a window for her!" "It was November... bitter cold..." "Madeleine stopped me." "Whereas that idiot Taruchi..." "I saw his hammer just in time..." "He saw nothing." "Really dumb." "I fired through my pocket." "So now I've missed two perfect chances to die..." "Some day..." "I'll die of sorrow in bed... like all fathers." "Opulence..." "Marie was born in 1953, the year Stalin died." "I'd married Madeleine in 1952..." "The year of the "H" bomb." "The "H" atoll. 6 letters:" "Bikini." "They left me in 1954... the year of the cold war." "I got the photo in 1961." "Nothing happened that year." "Except the photo..." "At first, I picked the girl with the barrette..." ""You're wrong," Madeleine said." "Then I decided she was the little imp smiling at the camera." ""Wrong again," said Madeleine." "Now I love them all..." "They're all my little Marie." "I dread disappointing them." "Because I will... the day I open the door, and enter the photo... and Marie comes to me..." "Be patient, Marie." "Wait for me..." "Where were you?" "Doing crosswords?" "No, sewing, Mrs. Schmidt-Boulanger..." "A loose button." ""The Eye!"" "My best agent." "The underworld nicknamed him "The Eye."" "Mr. And Mrs. Hugo." "The name mean anything to you?" "I should hope so." "The celebrated bootmakers." "Established in Brussels since...?" "Since forever!" "Mr. And Mrs. Hugo have a son..." " Paul." " Let's be brief." "It seems Paul has a girlfriend." "A French girl." "Mr. And Mrs. Hugo would like some information about her." "You follow me?" "What?" "She phoned the house several times..." "Or we wouldn't have known the young lady existed." "How do you know she's young?" "Hugo Jr." "Is 23." "We'll have no trouble finding out who she is." "The Hugos want a quick report." " Can you do that?" " Sure." "Can we meet tomorrow, same time?" " I'll see you out." " No need." " I insist..." " We're really grateful." "The cashier is down the hall to the left." "See you tomorrow." "To the left!" "The cashier's office..." "I hope you got the picture." "Absolutely, madam." "College boy meets hooker, parents panic, fat fees for you!" "Simple, no?" "Keep it that way." "Where will you begin?" "By sewing on my button." "That's a woman's job." "I dare you!" "The Taruchi case was simple until you complicated it." "Taruchi was a small-time blackmailer... a petty crook." "A crook with a hammer in his hand isn't petty!" "That hammer was found in Taruchi's pocket... so don't try to snow me." "You wanted it in my skull?" "You disappoint me!" "I expected a little gratitude." "I got you off the blacklist." "Now I'm giving you a new case... restoring your dignity!" "I'm generous!" "Very." "I warn you..." "One more foul-up... and you'll sweep floors till you retire." "When I'm 65, Marie will be 39." "Too late for celebrations." "Have I really put on weight?" "Around the ass... and even so... not much." "But you'll always have pretty hands." "You'll always have a pretty face... a pretty fur coat... and a pretty blue car." "What's my car got to do with it?" "Just talking." "Hugo  Co., founded 1802..." "Young Paul will blow it all, down to the shoehorns... to take some tart to an exotic beach!" "His casual air speaks well for him." "Quite handsome... appealing..." "If he pulls a hammer, I'll kill him!" "70... 80... 90... 100..." "A tidy sum." "We'll walk in parks as we used to, Marie." "Botanical gardens..." "I'll teach you the Latin names of roses." "Shit!" "Who has the right to separate a man and his daughter?" "You like talking to yourself?" "Not really." "I'm waiting for my dad." "Looking for your son?" "My little girl." "My dad's an engineer." "When I'm big, I want to own a dodgem." "What'll you do when you're big?" "I'll be a detective." "Want to take a picture?" "OK." "At last!" "Who gave you that?" " That man." " Give it right back to him!" "Well, bye-bye!" "Lucie!" "Sorry!" "Lucie Brentano... born Sept. 22, 1962." "Student... no distinguishing traits." "Address: 33 rue Champollion, Paris..." "September 22..." "Virgo..." "The sign of gentleness." ""Dear Schmidt-Boulanger..." ""The lady is named Lucie Brentano." ""She likes peace and quiet." ""Smokes 'Senior Service'..." ""and screws singing 'La Paloma."'" "Capricorn... symbol of winter..." "Lucie Brentano, student... blue eyes..." "Straight nose..." "Distinguishing trait:" "Killed a man last night." " Have a good trip?" " Excellent." " Put it in the safe." " Certainly." "Hello, Voragine." "So you're out of the closet." "To kill whom this time?" "Know the brunette at the front desk?" "Eve Granger... model." "You see her occasionally:" "Not much baggage, no men." "How's Schmidt-Boulanger?" " Spreading out?" " It's prosperity." "Can you get me on a flight to Nice this evening?" "The 6:45 would suit me." "Flight 417 to Nice." "Of course, miss." ""Paul Hugo's fish bait, Mrs. Schmidt-Boulanger..."" "If I tell her that, she'll call the cops." "So I'll say..." "Paul and Lucie went to Reno to marry." "That's no good either." "Paul left alone..." "By plane..." "Montreal..." "Air Canada..." "His tramp ditched him." "Not if he just took all his cash out of the bank." "Very well." "So get moving." "Get me a ticket to Montreal with an open return." "It's for "The Eye."" " What?" " Money, money." "Get $400 ready." "$800... $450!" "And get a receipt!" "Hooker or no, why'd he dump her?" " Jealous." " A rival?" "Let's just say, another man." "A father." "As I understand it, the girl's mother was a nothing." "She was raised by her father, a superior type of man." "She's always bragging about him." "Paul must have felt unable to compete." "So he fled." "How'd you learn all this?" "Use a mike?" "I haven't always been called "The Eye."" "They used to call me "The Ear."" "She has lilac eyes... she killed a man, she looks like a kid... and she eats pears." "Beg pardon?" ""To blind," in 6 letters." " Dazzle?" " Too easy." "Departure of Flight 417 for Nice." "Boarding now..." "Darling, I thought you'd left without me!" "I was scared!" "Scared?" "More sorry than scared." "I thought you'd forgotten me." "80 people expect you in Monte Carlo, Dorothy." "Dorothy!" "It's crazy!" "Dorothy who?" "Beg pardon?" ""To blind," in 6 letters." "It's not "dazzle."" ""Betray."" "You're all golden." "Sunbathing?" "I've been sailing." "I wonder what Felix will give his future daughter-in-law." " I'm the aunt from Vittel." " I'm the Paris cousin." "Dorothy, in the name of the family... and of all the Meyerganzes... allow me to present you with this." "They're only emeralds." "Sanseveria..." "Asplenium Nidus..." "Asparagus plumosis and one mink coat!" " Mink!" "Emeralds!" "You're nice to be with, Michel." "Now that you're warm, are you hungry?" "I want to screw." "Can't think of everything." "We're clearing away." "Would you like something?" "No, thank you." "No problem, right?" "We all have problems." "More or less." "Dorothy!" "Michel!" "Where are you?" " Is Miss Granger back?" " Miss Granger?" "I mean, Miss Orthiz." "Yes, she is back." "Would you care to call her?" "No, she may be sleeping." "Thanks." "Come in!" "She could have put on a robe, don't you think?" "We are flying at an altitude of 25,000 feet." "The Black Forest can be seen on the right." "She's killed 2 men... eats pears, reads Shakespeare. ;" "Active, voracious, cultivated." "Don't get excited, boss." "It's long-distance and you're paying for it, so listen." " Where are you?" "Montreal?" " Marrakesh." "What!" "I don't set the itinerary." "Paul Hugo is the kind of guy who flirts incessantly." "First Montreal, now Morocco." " And tomorrow?" "(Home!" "Bring that clown back before his parents call in the cops." "My darling..." "I've marked in a cross to show you where your daddy lives." "He thinks of you always." "P. S:" "Beware!" "The forces of Evil stalk you like spiders." "Stop following me!" "I'm not!" "We always seem to go the same way." "Hey, Ariane!" "We have a date tonight." "Don't forget." "Bet $200 you'll sleep with one of those idiots." "Not likely." "When you get horny, come sleep with me." "My name is Cora." "I'm in 317." "My father is an anthropologist." "He even went up the Nile..." "God knows how far." "Another time he went to the North Cape." "He sent me a postcard from the Lofoten Islands." "I wonder where he is now." "What are you talking about?" " About my father." " Who cares about him?" " You mustn't be home much." " Unfortunately." "My wife always wanted me to take a sedentary job..." "Teacher, or some such." "But when the Nile obsesses you..." "We had some painful scenes." "Just before a voyage to the North Cape..." "Madeleine threatened suicide... if I left." " "Go ahead, do it," I said." " My God!" "Blackmail." "Excuse me now... it's time to take the waters." "See you tonight." "What a farce!" "You were amoral." "Now you're boring, Jerry." " I'm not answerable to anyone." " Of course not." "I'm simply warning you:" "Cora's a bitch." "Lays girls, but hates 'em." "When she's through with you... she'll dump you." "You talk about her as if she were a guy." " Talking of me?" " Yes." " Was it amusing?" " Rather." "What'd he say?" "That I'm a nympho?" "Paranoid?" "Manic-something?" "A bitch!" "Funny:" "Roman whores took milk baths." "Today's use Clorox." "No wonder the streams are polluted." "Don't touch that!" "Makes me nervous." "Stop biting your nails." "It's tacky." "Here's your ticket to Brussels, Miss Chevallier." "A single with dining car." " Your taxi will be here at 8:00 p.m." " Thank you." "Please get my bill ready." "My necklace has been swiped." "Swiped?" "You probably lost them at the Roman Baths." "Or in the shower." "You're always flashing them." "You see I'm upset." "Don't get upset." "Let's go." "Hello, madam, did you have a nice trip?" " Excellent." " Keeping your room for the week?" "Probably." "Could you give me the envelope I put in the safe?" "I'll come with you." "Still on her tail?" "She just arrived." "I heard you were in Montreal." "In Marrakesh." "I was in Marrakesh." " Is it nice there?" " Ask Flatfoot." "You've had many calls." "One person came by twice." "I've thought about it." "I don't want my room." "Very well, madam." "She's really got you running." "No time to put your bag down." "I'll put it down one day, Voragine." "That day, I'll push the classroom door..." "Let me go!" "Let me go, or I'll break your arm!" "Keep the change." "Change?" "You must be mistaken." "You've given me 100." "Scumbag." "It's 1,000." "Pardon me." "It must be my mistake." "That's all right." "Keep it anyway." "This happens all the time, but it doesn't really matter." "It's deplorable." "It's quite deplorable, but it doesn't really matter." "What's the book?" "I heard you turning pages." "Hamlet." "It's hard to make actors say:" ""To be or not to be."" "Or..."Murder..." ""though it have no tongue..." ""will speak with most miraculous organ."" "What time is it?" "I can hear pages, but not the hands on a watch." "11:50 p.m." "The Rome train leaves in 15 minutes." "I'm going to Rome, too." "What if I said I was brunette, had black eyes... and smoked "Marlboros?"" "Fine, but I wouldn't believe you." "You're blond, blue eyed... and smoke "Players."" ""Senior Service."" "And you won't take off your coat." "Been thinking about my coat?" "Constantly." "My antenna tells me everything." "That's why I don't need a white cane." "I can foretell storms, hurricanes... earthquakes..." "In my youth... it saved my mother's life." "We were on holiday in Sicily." "Suddenly, I smelled a snake under the stones..." "A foul smell." "You're "The Eye?"" "You phoned?" "I'm Mrs. Comolli." "Come on up." "His name is Forbes." "He's Swiss." "Very wealthy, very shrewd, speaks 8 languages and loves art." "Has one of the finest homes on the coast." "Here's the address and phone." " What does one say?" " Thank you." "No, I meant what does one say to your boss?" "She telexes daily." "She's sick of chasing you!" "Everybody chases somebody." "One day she'll show you the door!" "I've been waiting for you." "Good news:" "Schlosser's paintings are coming." "One is specially fine." "I'm sure you'll love it, too." "The Traveller." "When you touch it... it's as smooth, as exquisite, as a Latour." "You're exquisite, too, Charlotte." "You're exquisite, Charlotte." "Charlotte who?" "Look where you're going!" "I don't believe it." "Come on." "Come on, move it." "Bastard smokes in bed!" "Why do you let him?" "Why does he have the right?" "Because he's blind?" "Or because he's rich?" "We spent our vacations... in Denmark..." "I smelled a snake under the stones..." "A foul smell..." "I can stink, too." "Bump into furniture." "Play dumb." "Looking for something?" "My granddaughter's ball... a sort of round red ball." "A red ball." "It must've come over the wall." "Wait, Marie." "I'm coming." "Goddamn blind man!" "But, Mrs. Schmidt-Boulanger..." " Hugo's flying out tonight." "(Where to?" "If I knew, I'd tell you." "Anyway, Mrs. Comolli will give me some expense money." "Screw Paul Hugo and Mrs. Comolli." "Those fingerprints did it:" "She was born Dec. 20, 1962..." "Did some time in jail." "2 years ago." "The French police have nothing on her since." "Catherine Leiris." "There's no warrant out?" "You expected Bonnie Parker?" "Don't you want to know about your blind man?" "I'll translate:" ""Art and finance to be happily united." ""The marriage is announced of Miss Charlotte Vincent..." ""whose current exhibit is a big hit..." ""and Mr. Ralph Forbes..." ""the well-known Swiss architect."" "What's come over you?" "Nothing." "Happy birthday, my love." "Happy birthday!" "Congratulations!" "The exhibit is marvelous." "Congratulate Mr. Forbes." "It was his idea." "Sorry, I'm out of cigarettes." "Happy birthday, Marie." "Go on..." "Go on, she's all alone." "Go on." "Happy birthday, Catherine." "You must be mistaken." "Just pulling names out of my hat." "Like:" "Catherine Leiris..." "Lucie Brentano..." "Lucie Orthiz..." "Did you bring this trash?" "I'm out for myself." "Aren't you?" "No comment?" ""Murder, though it have no tongue..." ""will speak with most miraculous organ..."" "You talking to me?" "Just pulling words out of my hat." "I could also whip out my.38... and splatter the walls with ketchup." "Louis, there's a maniac here." " What?" " There's a maniac!" "Is.38 a big caliber?" "That's what he's got." "The last time someone told me "Happy birthday," I was 11." "That year, I wanted a majorette costume." "But it was much too expensive." "Daddy kept saying, "Everything will be better once we have a little money."" "It's just that there was never any money." "Nothing ever got better." "Wait." "Did you see something?" "No, nothing." "It's strange." "It's like what I wanted to tell you." "It's a man wearing a uniform with big buttons... and a shiny cap." "His wife probably left him a long time ago." "Maybe she's dead." "The girls at school knew the shiny cap." "The teachers, too." "Everybody made fun of them... because her dad's job was opening taxi doors." "Even he knew he was incompetent." "He got fired." "He became a washroom attendant in a grand hotel." "Mr. John." "9221319?" ""Mr. Forbes..." ""I'm sorry, I can't let you marry Charlotte."" ""9221319?" "Hello, Forbes?" ""Catherine Leiris stole a car." ""A Swiss can't marry a thief." ""She's also slightly lesbian..."" ""9221319?" "Hello, Binky?" ""She's killed lots of guys." ""She'll kill you, too." ""You don't stand a chance..." ""so give her back to me."" ""9221319..." ""Catherine, I love you."" "Can you help me across?" "Talking to yourself?" " I was phoning you." " What about?" "About Marie..." "I mean Charlotte." "You can't marry her." "I'm against the marriage." "I beg your pardon, but..." "I'm her father, if you must know." "She surely spoke of me." "She always does." "The man in the shiny cap: "Mr. John."" "A ridiculous figure." "Ridiculous, that's it." "She spoke of you... her time in jail... the car she stole..." "As if she wanted to put me off." "She could have said anything..." "I don't scare easily." "The blind have priority, Mr. Forbes." "You don't stand in line for movies... you get seats on buses..." "But you can't run red lights... or steal people's kids." "You won't get my daughter." "What have you ever done for her?" "I lugged Meyerganz... through the sewers of Monte Carlo... and hid Jerry's bags in the ferns." "What did you do?" "You just spouted a lot of crap..." "Your intuitions..." "Hamlet..." "The snake under the stones and the cigars in bed..." "I'm not denying you my daughter because you're a cripple... but because... you're a phoney." "We can cross now." "What's going on?" "Capricorn. ;" ""Now is the winter of our discontent..."" "All the planets are hostile." "Change surroundings." "Hello, miss." "Your passport, please." "Thank you." "Shit." "Don't fool with hitchhikers." "Thanks..." "You're real nice." "I'm going to Biarritz." "That's great." "So am I." "You might ask me my name." "What's your name?" "Betty." "You could say, "It's a nice name."" "And offer me a smoke." "Help yourself." "Last night a truck driver tried to ball me." "That idiot is at the hospital." "For a long time." "You don't look that strong." "No, but I've got what it takes." "You're driving too fast." "If it's to show off to that dog... you'll have an accident." "Like Forbes." "We can stop here if you want." "Now what?" "Get out." "I've got what it takes, too." "Throw out the penknife." "For some reason, I don't feel like killing you." "I loved a man, he's dead, and I'm tired." "No more Biarritz?" "If you promise to be good." "I promise." "I swear." "One day..." "I noticed the holes in the wall." "There were guys next door watching me." "I was part of the show..." "There are holes in the walls here, too." "Someone's watching us." "Hey, go easy on the brandy." "I swear someone's watching us." "Let me tell you something." "People who make holes in walls only exist if you think they do." "Still there, old man?" "I'm here, Marie." "Forbes died accidentally." "It said so in the papers." "Hey!" "That's my car!" "There's not room for both of us in this deal." "Looks like my gun, too." "There are things in the trunk..." "I care about them." "Always hang on to things you care about." "There are also some cookies on the back seat." "Give him his cookies." "Thanks." "Have a good trip!" "I'm always losing you, Marie." "It won't do." "I hope you don't get into any trouble." "Wait for me, my sweet, I'm coming." "I've been looking for you all over." "I haven't!" "I thought I'd see you sooner." "What kept you?" "Where's lover-boy?" "Pension Hortensias." "I've had enough of that place." "I'm going home to Paris." "14 rue de la Butte aux Cailles." "Will you buy me a drink?" " Take the lady's order." " A Fernet..." "No... a Pernod..." "No!" "A shandy." "Why not mix all three?" "Get her a black coffee." "Am I bothering you?" "You were sketching?" "Looked like schoolgirls..." "What a stupid thing to say." "Schoolgirls?" "Are you zonked, or what?" "So lover-boy threw you out?" "Tell me all about it." "There's nothing to say." "Nothing, really." "I banged on the door all night." "I even used my head..." "See?" "He wouldn't open." "He told me to get lost." "And worse." "He said: "You're old, you stink..."" "He even called me ugly." "It's true... you're extremely ugly." "Let's talk about the girls." "How are they?" "Where are they staying?" "At the Princess Hotel..." "In a suite." "They're gambling away a fortune." "Don't start about my looks again." "You might be less hideous with bangs." "Give it a try." "Down to there..." "There it is." "Lost something, Supersleuth?" "You bet." "You took my car, my gun and some photos." "The car's been recovered." "I want the rest." "You can forget the gun." "$50,000 will buy back the photos." "You're a bastard." "What can you do with my mementos?" "Invest them." "The Hugo case..." "The Meyerganz case..." "The Pallenberg case, today..." "Right now she's at the bank." "Once she shows up here with the money... the blackmailer will disappear." "The little girls..." "The photos of those schoolgirls?" "Censored." "Destroyed!" "Shame on you, dirty old man." " My shoes?" " They're tacky as hell." "Taruchi wore them, too." "Who's Taruchi?" "An extremely tacky guy." "A jerk like you... who thought he was smart." "Good day, sir." "Hold it, smart-ass." "Your turn to answer." "Who gave you my address?" "Which one?" "Here?" "Or in Paris?" "That's a low blow." "Let me guess..." " Not Madame Ugly?" " Right..." "All it took was a black coffee..." "A few brief tears... a swoon..." "The words: "sudden passion."" "He called it "sudden passion?"" "He did." "It's not about money now..." "It's become a love story." "You wouldn't recognize him." "He wears fabulous shoes... light ties... silk shirts." "What's she like?" "He spoke vaguely of her." "White yacht..." "Parasols... delicacies..." "Did he talk about me?" "Unkindly!" "The bastard." "After all I did for him." "I even walked the streets for him." "In Barcelona!" "On the Ramblas, in 1958." "I don't look it." "Do I look like a detective?" "In the old town, I was known as "Castagnet"..." "And you advised me to wear bangs." "I didn't realize what it meant to you." "Should I dye them brown?" " Know what I'm going to do?" " Don't be reckless." "Since that asshole's into passion..." "I'll give him a crime of passion." " Be reasonable." " Like hell." "I said don't be reckless..." "Take a shower, while you're at it." "I'm coming." "This bag's heavy!" "No mistakes, I hope?" "No, all in 50's and 100's." "Why are you here?" "To please you, my liege." ""My liege."" "The detective was right." "You got your pimp shoes on." "Where you headed?" "What did he tell you?" "Looking for the sun?" "With that cow, under her parasol?" "Listen, Germaine..." "Don't do anything silly." "Germaine can't listen." "She's deaf." "Dead!" "Goodbye, Castagnet." "From that day on, the day Catherine lost Betty... the detective realized dark forces... would always pursue the girl." "Slowly, inexorably... like a glacier on the move." "She could only elude them by moving on... anywhere... ceaselessly." "A deadly whirl... but that's how it had to be." "Up north... they crashed a police roadblock." "For the detective, it was a new and exhilarating experience." "Then their trail led north-east... till they reached a town known, perhaps, to Catherine." "The detective knew nothing of it." "But it had a name:" "Charleville." "Catherine moved into the "Canal Hotel."" "She only left her room once a day, for a short walk." "She seemed interested in nothing... including herself." "It's incredible." "Just think, two days ago I was still in Vegas." "At the "Flamingo."" "It's better than here, you know." "I know." "No kidding, sweetheart." "You know Vegas?" "My father had an office there." "A whole floor to himself on the Strip." "Buy me a Pimm's?" "It's my birthday today." "Julien!" "A Pimm's for the lady." "$2.50, plus the olives, makes $3." "I didn't order olives." "She should go before she makes a fool of herself, don't you think?" "Run away, quick." "Who?" "The young girl at the bar." "Anyway, there are only young girls here." "He died the evening of my birthday." "Over 1,000 people came to the funeral." "Whose funeral?" "My father's." "I'm sure nobody went to Betty's funeral." "It was probably very sad." "What did those assholes do with the mask?" "Who put this here?" "That odd man at the back." "He left right after." "He left you a note." "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE" "At this critical point in their relationship... the ogre decided to talk to the little girl." "He asked, "What are you going to do now?"" "I'm going home." "But what does that mean, "home?"" "Her home." "Catherine Nieris, born on Dec. 22, 1962... in Bobigny..." "Seine St. Denis." "How can she go back to the cockroaches... the rotting walls... back to the slums?" "Server wanted" " Interesting salary" " Tips" "No." "Never seen her." "I'll leave the photos, you get back to me." "Hello, reception." "Let's go." "That money's not mine." "I'm not doing it for myself, either." "I'll scream, I'll shout for help!" "I've shouted for help for 20 years." "No one ever answered." "Come in." "Ignore the mess." "I can't offer you much." "A Coke?" "Beer?" "Brandy?" "Make yourself at home." "Perhaps you'd like a shower?" "A shower?" "That's a dumb thing to suggest!" "We'll see..." "She goes into the bathroom..." "I go to the window." "I live alone." "My wife left me." "Left with my daughter." "I never saw them again." "At first, it was very painful..." "Now it's better." "Don't fool with that." "It's loaded." "Don't..." "It's loaded..." "What time you through?" "What are your hours, miss?" "When do you get off?" "When does your shift end?" "2:00 a.m." "Mind meeting me for a drink?" "That looks better." "You're right." "More appetizing than ours." "Very well presented." "I forgot..." "Don't wait in front." "The staff leaves by the stage door." "At the rear." "How will I know it?" "The trash cans are yellow, I'll be in blue." "What time is it?" "1:55." "My girlfriend smoked those." " I live in a hotel." " So do I." "My name's Catherine..." "Catherine Leiris." "When you asked what time I got off, I thought I knew you." "I've never been in the "Miami."" "I didn't mean there." "People think they know me:" "I'm so ordinary looking." "I look like everybody." "When I grow a beard..." "I'm like any bearded guy." "Ignore the mess." "Sit down." "What would you like?" "I have a nice little white wine." "A Coke?" "A drop of brandy?" "No, a Coke..." "Brandy." "Won't you take off your jacket?" "I'll take it off." "I didn't mean..." "Then let's change the subject." "Just talk." "About you?" "OK..." "Let's go." "I wasn't always a waitress." "I've been waited on." "My father was an international thief." "Police everywhere chased him for years." "On my birthday... he collapsed, his pockets full of diamonds." "He said: "Happy birthday," and died." "You loved him?" "Yes." "That's all crap." "My father was a famous doctor..." "a blind pianist..." "A brilliant architect..." "What else was he?" "But I really loved him." "I'm terribly sorry... maybe you wanted cookies?" "No thanks, I'm fine." "If you feel like resting... go right ahead." "Unless you'd like a shower?" "The French fries?" "Not at all..." "I..." "It's a good idea." "I'm in a luxury hotel..." "but there's no shower." "There's a clean washcloth." "And a mitten for rub-downs." "Careful..." "The hot and cold knobs have been reversed." "Red is cold, blue's hot." "Never fails!" "I'll leave you to it!" "See you later." "You married?" "Yes..." "I mean, no..." "I was." "My wife left me... a long time ago." "She left with my daughter..." "Marie..." "Back in 1958." "Marie died in 1962." "It must have been painful." "Yes." "You got over it?" "No." "I lost the only photo I had of her." "It was taken in 1962..." "Just before the vacation, a school picture..." "She had her arms crossed, like a sad clown?" "Not at all." "Marie was very cheerful." "Look what I found..." "Don't fool with it." "It's loaded." "Calm down." "Calm down, troubled soul..." "Stop, Marie, please..." "I know where I saw you..." "You're the photographer." "Yes..." "In the park, in Brussels." "By the carousel..." "The Hugo case..." "Louis..." "Yes, Madeleine?" "What happened?" "I lost the photo of Marie." "I'm telling you this for us." "If you've lost the photo... maybe we should stop phoning each other?" "Maybe you're right." "What'll you do now?" "Nothing." "Wait." "He waited less than 3 years." "He knew it was his last night on earth when he finally saw the door..." "Marie!" "Catherine!" "Careful..." "It's him." "He opened the door... and went into the photo..." "Here he comes."