"Across the Road:" "A Tragedy of Everyday Life" "Millions of newspapers ... daily" "Hundreds of thousands of notices ... daily." "Hundreds of thousands of destinations." ""Who thinks of this between coffee and a cigarette?"" "Murder:" "Under the Paris bridge this morning there was found in the water the body of a man." "His clothes were ragged, in parts, so destroyed, that there was probably a fight." "It is curious that this old man old man" "... And a young man in the big city - alone ..." "All morning wandering around the port ... and I still cannot find work." "Let it be, son." "You may stay with me in the boat ..." "Life is better together!" "Go on home alone." "I will go to my corner, until the evening." "Thoughts of the necklace made her restless." "On that day, the alms showered abundantly." "It was a lucky day." "Every night Jak, the infamous fence, waited in his usual tavern." "The necklace has brought me luck!" "Come, let's drink to that!" "Well, what has happened with your necklace?" "Dance a little, my boy!" "Out!" "Do you want us to set the police on you!" "Leave me in peace today!" "I'll see you early tomorrow morning." "Listen!" "..." "But when I come, nothing happens!" "I like to be with you!" "You may stay with me." "You have a customer!" "Where is my share?" "What about the rest?" "I'll bring the rest to you tonight." "We cannot serve guys who don't pay!" "Where are you going?" "I will not let you return to the streets!" "Then how will we live?" "Remember the old man from yesterday in the bar?" "He has a pearl necklace   that he must sell!" "Then we will have enough for all three of us!" "Hey, I know someone who will pay a lot for it." "Go find him!" "I just want the necklace to sell for us." "Come on!" "Bring the necklace!" "The boy is fetching it now." "The old man won't do it." "He threw me out." "Idiot!" "I'm no monkey!" "Leave me!" "It's all the same to me!" "No one can escape from this shit!" "... if only you had at least brought the necklace!" "Take off the necklace away from that old big head!" "At least, you two will have ..." "Money!" "Hounded by an idea ..." "The necklace!" "..." "The necklace!" "The necklace!" "Murder:" "Under the Paris bridge this morning there was found in the water the body of a man." "His clothes were ragged, in parts, so destroyed, that there was probably a fight." "It is curious that this old man had, in his clenched fist, a pearl necklace that proved to be a good imitation." "The suspect is a young man who had just stopped living with the elderly man and who has been missing since yesterday." "End"