"LOOK FOR A WOMAN" " The story of one murder - in two parts based on the play of Robert Thomas" "Part One" "Screenplay Svetlana Volodina" "Director Alla Surikova" "Starring:" "Alice Postic" " Sofiko Chiaureli" "L'Inspecteur Henri Grandin" " Leonid Kuravlev" "Georgette, turn on TVset." "A great detective..." "What?" "It's broken?" "Oh, how sad." "Then don't hang up, I'll be telling you." "It's incredible!" "The lover was shot right in the head." "Before that a woman with drugs was caught..." "Do you know who plays?" "Belmondo, I adore him." "And at the moment a Japanese man comes by plain..." "Handsome man..." "High forehead, heavy jaw." "You like that sort of man, he looks like your Philip." "So, the Japanese man returns in the morning and sees light in the bedroom." "He hides beside the door and when the lover cames out..." "Boom!" "Hits him on the head." "The car pulls over." "Two men come out, looking like Italians." "He sticks his head out off the window and falls down." "He brakes to pieces...yuck, what a sight." "And the bandit who chases him...he is a real bastard..." "Hello, sorry it wasn't for you." "...yes, this is the notary of mousier Roshe." "What should I tell him?" "He is out." "Strange voice..." "So there...the bandit - hits into the guy's jaw!" "He fell back, hit his head on the marble board and died!" "But the lighter fell out off the bandit's pocket and fell on the body  the lighter had initials D.S.!" "The murderer disappears." "Hello." "What do you want?" "I'm Jan Pier Antuan." "We would like to see..." " Mademoiselle Susana mousier Antuan for you." " I see, I see." "Good afternoon mousier Antuan." "I am glad to see you." "How did you spend your Christmas?" "Come in." "Sit sown please." "You will be comfortable here." "Sign three copies of your agreement." " Good evening mademoiselle." "Nicko and I..." " What does she want there?" "Hold on Nicko, we'll leave soon." "For good luck." "...oh, Jean Gabin plays there." "I adore him." "And you?" "And with him..." "Virginie, where are copies of inventory of the house on Maranee street?" "I have to prepare a complete file by the evening." "Do it fast." "Can you do anything fast?" "Good evening!" " Happy New Year!" " You too." "Maitre Rocher had a meeting today regarding your case." "Wait a while here." "Maitre Rocher will hand you documents in person." "The Japanese man is being shot at!" "He falls out of the car..." "Maitre Rocher's notary." "Ah, mousier Lorane, just a minute." "Yes 13:30 - mousier Lorane." "Good evening, mousier." "...personally I don't believe in force." "If woman doesn't want nobody will take her." "See you in New Year, mousier Antoane." "In the end of my will I would like to mention music at my funeral." "What pieces would you like to hear?" "I am not really..." "Something that you like..." "Something light, airy." "Let's go Nicko." "...just like a dead man!" "You can die of fear!" "I have almost fainted!" "You know me." "Mademoiselle Alice could you shout a little quieter." "She works here for 19 years and thinks she's aloud to do anything." "Should we go to caffee "Nuelle"?" "...to have some supper." "I don't know..." "I shall think about it." "and ask my parents." "Mademoiselle Virginie...modesty "decorates" a girl." "Of course... when there are no other decorations." " Maitre, here I am." " Madame Tachard here you are." "The documents are set." "Here is your rent agreement..." "This is my receipt." "From now on don't discuss it on your own and send everybody to your lawyer." " So, I don't need to worry?" " I assure you." "I know my business." " Oh Maitre, thank you." "I'm so weak." " I just did my work." " I'll visit you in New Year." " Why?" "no, no." "It's all over." "I have spent enough time dealing with your case." "Only a big misfortune will bring us together again." "Which, I hope, won't happen." " But I'll visit you in new year." " In the case of misfortune." "Tomorrow, by 9 in the morning I'll work on Godrie case." "Are the documents prepared?" "They are, if I am not mistaken." "I hope you are not mistaken." " Would you like me to take a look?" " No." "Why are you giggling?" "In this letter you have made three mistakes. 8, 11 and 18 pages." "I'll retype the pages." "Not the pages..." "You'll retype all of it." "I hope it will teach you something." "How do you walk?" "What is it on you?" "Is that some sort of fashion?" "You are at work and not at..." "Do they put on this things nowadays?" "They put on even horns if fashion demands." "Messier de Charence." "You have to put in cadastre the data about Simono's inheritance." "I want to remind you that the documents of this kind are being typed on the paper of three colors." " I'll try my best." " You'ill have to." "Why do you bring it back to me?" "The dates are wrong there." "You have no idea what's happening here." "They throw the detective from the window." "He falls.." "...then the murderer takes the gun and..." "I ask you mademoiselle Alice - quiet." "Quiet." "Silence." "Everybody can go." "I'll work for one hour longer..." "I'll lock office myself..." "Mademoiselle Alice, please phone my wife and tell her to be ready, I'll barely have time to put tuxedo on." "But you are in tuxedo already, Maitre." "Oh, yes, I am in tuxedo." "Oh...you are going to opera tonight?" "Mademoiselle Alice, please tell her that I will be barely in time to pick her up." "She can have dinner without me, I won't have dinner." "That's wrong." "You should think of your health!" "You should eat!" "If you want I can make coffee for you?" " I could get some sandwiches." " No!" "No!" "What are you staring at me like posts of salt?" "It is 18:31, get out of here." "And don't try to count for yourselves a minute more, this trick won't work with me." "Are you all right, Maitre?" "Yes!" "Yes!" "And about you mademoiselle Alice..." "If you'll use the phone for private conversations again I'll fire you." "Georgette..." "Our monkey is crazy." "Something has happened to him today." "What kind of fly bit him?" "So listen..." "The sister's husband had learned about the fat blond's mother..." "Do you get it?" "What?" "No!" "And then he grabbed the knife and boom!" "Right into the stomach of his wife's lover." "God took her third lover and she took fourth one." "What?" "They have come to make an ejection?" "Well, I won't bother you." "The number of years doesn't turn into their quality, of course..." "But we will hope..." "To your health." " Have you phoned Madame Rocher?" " Yes, Maitre." " Have you told her?" " Yes, Maitre." " Good bye." " Good bye." " See you tomorrow." " See you tomorrow." "Ah..." "I see." "See you tomorrow, Maitre." " You are still here!" " Oh, Maître, I am sorry..." " I asked you to leave me alone." " I haven't told her the end of the story." "I was laughing so hard I have almost fainted." "And the title of the movie - "The witnesses have to be killed'!" "How do you like that?" "Maitre, do you like detectives?" "I adore them." "Is it you, Maitre?" "Don't worry I am gone." "I have disappeared." "Are you looking for something?" "You have something sticking out..." "Knife." "Dead body in the office..." "Is anybody here?" "Don't move." "Your documents." "Just in case - everybody hi." "Police...knife in the back..." "Help." "Knife in the back." "I'm here." " Good evening." " Good evening." " What happened?" " It's horrible!" "Knife in the back." "Does it hurt?" "Show me your back." " Listen, but why?" " There is no knife." " There is no knife." " You don't understand, I'm not a victim, I am a witness." "The witness Number One." "Understand?" " You were just lying like a dead body..." " I am a sensitive woman." "I have fainted." " Excuse me, Madame I..." " Mademoiselle." "Where is the body?" "There is no body here." " What do you mean?" " There is no body." " But it was here." "It was on the table." "It was lying like this." " Hands!" "Careful with the hands." "By the way the call of police without reasons according to tariff...wait." "It is two days in jail." "Without reasons!" "And you think I shouldn't have called police when I saw my boss with that thing in his back!" "You will clear this up with Inspector." "Please!" "My conscious is clear." "You don't even guess what he'll do to you." "He'll grind you into powder." "He is sick, he has fever." "He had to get up from the bed." " He is wet." " Wet..." "But why me?" " You have called police." " Me." "The person who created all this is responsible." " I called police after I saw this." " What 'this'?" "Body." "What's this?" "May be you saw two or three bodies?" "Listen, stop being rude." "It's enough, I am leaving." " Don't touch me!" " This is an attempt to run." "This is..." "Eight days in prison...my dear." "I am not you dear!" "Insolent fellow!" "This is an insult during the performance of duties." "It is according to tariff..." "Well, this doesn't say, but it is 2 months of jail." "May be more." "Listen, why do you frighten me?" "Tariff, tariff, tariff!" "Tell me from the start - life sentence." " We won't come back to it than." " In any way I'll keep my eyes on you before inspector comes." " You know what would start is everybody would phone to police!" " To see dead body again..." " The Iron Forehead will deal with you." " Who is Iron Forehead?" "It's none of your business." "Actually it's the nickname of my inspector." "Does he have an iron head?" "No, he has iron will, iron nerves." "Steel character." " He is the most scary inspector in police forces." " May be he shouldn't come?" "He is sick." "The sick man has to be in bed." "You don't know this man." "Work is everything to him." "He may be dead sick, but he'll come any way." "You don't know why he is sick?" "He was chasing counterfeiters on Seine...they were fighting right at the edge." "People gathered around." "It was brawl." "So they fell into the river." "So counterfeiter was arrested and Iron Head got decoration and bronchitis." "And his forehead got rusty." " And now in this condition he is coming here to see your lover." " Who?" " Pardon, madame, the body." " Mademoiselle." "I wouldn't want to be in your shoes, I'll be honest with you." " What should have I done?" " At least not to let him disappear." "Nobody told me that I had to guard that... and who might guess that a man with the knife in his back would want to have a breath of fresh air!" "Help me." "Should we have a drink?" "Just a sip..." "Bribery of a policeman during the performance of duties...according to tariff..." " A sip..." " A sip?" "Let's do it." "Messier inspector." "Here." " Hi, Max." " How do you feel?" "Can't be worse." "If I was told I am dead I wouldn't be surprised." "Is the murder worthy at least?" "Where is the body?" " It's gone." " How can it be gone?" " It has disappeared." " Damn donkey, explain it to me!" "Let the lady explain, who...called the police." "Good evening." "So, your dead body is a ghost?" " What do you mean!" " Quiet!" "Your documents, madame." "Mademoiselle." " I don't care." " I'll make grog for you." " Documents, documents." "Here." " What is it?" " The thing is we know each other." " Henri!" " Calm down, mademoiselle." "Henri Grandin!" "Alice Postic." "I can read, mademoiselle Postic." "Oh!" "World is small!" "Martire street, Le'Brane company..." "Do you remember how we were stealing sweets from Meseur De Bua?" "And he was guarding me!" "When I learned that he became a policeman I was laughing so hard!" "We'll clear up you recollections later." "Sweets are not important now but calling police is, and as I can see without reasons." " Horrible character..." "No wonder they call you "Iron Forehead"." " What?" "Who told you?" " Maximin, tell me now..." " No, no, no." "Maximin doesn't know." "Listen to me..." "One" " I saw my boss Maitre Rocher with the knife in his back like I see you now," "Second" " I called the police." "Third" " I fainted." "Four" " I came to." "Five - body is gone." "Six - that's it." "And how do you explain this disappearance?" "No how!" "I don't explain, I state." "Maximin, search all the rooms." "And now with you, mademoiselle...accepting for a second that you told me the truth..." "Show me where the body was lying." "If it was lying at all." "How wasn't it lying!" "?" "When it was lying right here, like this!" "Like this!" "And now there is no body!" "Look, blood!" "It's red ink..." "You were knocking on the table, and spilled the ink." "Great trick." " You were knocking!" " Me!" "?" " Chicken brains!" " Iron Forehead!" "Henri, what do you do to yourself!" "I'll make tea for you, you'll be all right." "Ah!" "Henrishek!" "Of course we should celebrate our meeting." "Mossier inspector there is nobody in the office, I'll check there..." "It's dangerous to blow your nose this way." "The capillary can brake." "And the best way to prevent nose bleed is cold to the back." "Take your 'farter' away." "And go on with your search." "I am curing inspector." "You haven't change a bit!" "On Martier street you were screaming louder all other boys." "No wonder you work in police." " Mossier inspector, there is nobody there." " I know it perfectly." "I was the last one." " Could someone enter?" " I don't think so." "Though it's hard to be sure when you are unconscious." " Phone your boss's home." " Great thought!" "I'm calling..." "And find out if he is watching TV now in his night rob." " And if he is..." " Yes." " I will take you to Sharantone jail." " Oh!" "Basta..." "Hello, madame Rocher?" "Good evening, madame..." "Yes mademoiselle Postic." "Thank you, fine." "And how are you?" "Probably getting ready for the first performance?" "What is it going to be tonight?" "Carmen..." "Yes, madame..." "No, the thing is...your husband, Maitre Rocher...is he ready?" "No?" "She doesn't know anything, she is waiting for him." "Who I'm talking to...it's just a policeman..." "The thing is that one little misfortune has happened." "And you know, your husband...just a minute, madame, don't hang up my best friend Henri Grandin will speak to you!" "Madame, inspector Grandin from police." "Forgive me for disturbing you." "Something strange is happening in your husband's office." "The case is quit intriguing, I would say delicate." "If you would be so kind to come here..." "Exactly." "See you then." "She'll come now." "Kitten, you need to sweat." "Henrishek don't move." "Trust me." "You'll get better, and will be like a young tiger." "And now you look like an old walrus." "Mossier inspector, there is nobody there." "Maximin, contact the workers of the notary." "and ask them to return here." "Urgently." " Mademoiselle, where is the list of workers?" " On the desk." "Tell me everything from the very beginning." "And don't pace, my eyes are tired." "I was born on boulevard San Michelle, in the building #7 on the third floor." "beautiful May morning." "But soon my parents moved to Marteire street." "I have heard enough about your youth already." "I don't want to know if we knew each other." "How rude it is of you ,Henri, that you don't want to recall me." "I was so proud when I saw you photos in newspapers." "I was telling everybody it is Henri Grandin, my old friend." "My mother was sawing dresses for his mother." "You don't say!" "So you are Margarete Postic's daughter?" "Finally!" " How many years have passed since then!" " Hundred!" " Listen, I don't ask you how big your salary is." " Oh, yes, yes." "I'm sorry." "My entire youth in Montmartre..." " Expression on your face hasn't change a bit." " Yours too." " You had long blond braids." " I cut them off." " And what hair you had!" " I have lost it on the way." " Just think...if not this body we wouldn't meet each other." " By the way!" "Back to the body." "Tell me please, maybe somebody played trick on you?" "No, it was Maitre Rocher." "And such jokes are not common for him." "What time was it, when you saw the body?" "Six thirty." "Twenty minutes to seven." "What duties do you have here, mademoiselle Postic?" "Telephone switchboard." "Information counter." "I work here for 19 years already." "There was Maitre Gallifore here before Maitre Rocher ." " And if I wanted I would be a widow of an advocate now." " You are ingrained bachelor, mademoiselle Alice?" "Or you had other reasons?" "Maitre Gallifore was 60!" "And I was 22." "Then I thought life was wonderful." "Marriage was a fairy-tale, a mirage in desert." "Palaces with palms, camels..." "But later I understood that the palaces and palms would disappear and all that's left is a camel." "And I refused him." "You are probably too picky." "When you want to marry, you should do it... but with closed eyes." "Thank you!" "They have done this to me already." "With closed eyes!" "Imagine!" "Night, beach, Nizza." "A gorgeous brunette with mustache..." ""Close your eyes" he tells me." "I am closing my eyes..." "And suddenly" "I am in the water, he grabs my bag and disappears." "Drink better your tea and stop smiling." "Did you have wives?" "And you have children?" "But I married them all off already." "Well, it's enough talking." "Where is my notebook?" "Exactly..." "Let's not get carried away." "Where do you live, mademoiselle Postic?" "You may call me Lili." "No." "Because I don't want you to call me "Riri"." "All right, Riri." " So what is your address, mademoiselle Postic?" " In this building." "On the first floor, from left to the right." "You live in the same building!" "Incredible." "Why?" "I moved here 12 years ago." "Listen..." "What are you suspecting me in?" "You think that I moved to kill my patron?" "!" "It is my dream to live where I work..." "I am never home." "What a dream!" "The apartment with every disadvantage." "The business owns the building." "I am slaving." "I come first, I leave last." "And each time when my boss pays me more money, the landlord, once again, my boss, raises the rent!" "What relationship did you have with Maitre Rocher?" "Typical...as with the patron and the landlord." "What does it mean?" " Listen, Riri..." " Inspector!" "So there..." "Maitre Rocher wasn't, as they say, a nice man." "But he was always very strait with me, because me is me!" "I have reached mademoiselle Bressar." "Mademoiselle Renoar is still out and nobody takes the phone at Mousier de Sharance's." "Listen, they were going to go to the cafe after work!" "In front of the metro station." " Should I run there?" " Fast." "But don't tell them much." " You were told "fast"." " I got it." "What are you standing?" "And close the door, please." "Riri is very sick." "What is it!" "?" "Ririshek...for the sake of our friendship, tell me honestly..." "Mademoiselle Postic, I try to be patient with you, considering our mutual childhood." "Oh?" "!" "Childhood!" "When you came home from army, remember, we danced in cafe "Blue Ostrich"." " Then there was a fight...because of me." " Listen..." "We will never finish." "We won't find your "walking" dead." "Answer my questions short and clear: yes or no." "Is that clear?" "Yes." " Mousier de Sharance..." " No" " What "no"?" " Yes." "Robert?" "He is our clerk...very nice guy." "Our ladies adore him." " Mademoiselle Susanna..." " Bressar." "Maitre Rocher's personal secretary." " "Personal"." "A-ha..." " Nothing close to "a-ha"!" "She has nothing close to "a-ha"." "Melba toast!" " How old?" " 34." "I don't want to speak badly about her, but she looks 35!" " Huge difference." " Imagine so." "I had 10 wonderful years between my 34 and 35." "Let's concentrate..."Melba toast"." "Her personal life?" " Zero." "Void." "She is hopelessly in love with Maitre Rocher." " And he?" " No!" " The age?" "He is not that young to make advances and not too old to run after." "His type - "chicks", like Virginia." "Virginia Renoir - chick." "Her job?" "Typist." "She came here half a year ago." "You don't need to write anything down, everything is written on her face." " What a hit." " I ascertaine." " What else can you tell me about the people here?" " Nothing." "I said everything." "So I have 5 serious suspects." "The clerk, 2 secretaries and the widow." "But it is four." "Five with you." "Thank you." "That's how you pay me for my help in investigation." "You are not "iron forehead", you are "lady with camellias"." " Connect me..." " Just a minute." "Put it under your tongue." "It's from Belgium." "Ah, it is naphthalene." "Spit it out, Riri, spit it out." "Not a big deal, you could swallow it." "Hello, it is Granden." "Thank you, great." "Give me the file department." "Knit, knit." "No, not to you." "For the cooked crab the worst is in the past." "Listen, take a look if you have something for the following people." " Maitre Rocher...the name." " Alice" "Not yours, Maitre Rocher's!" "Ask him." "Go further." "Klara Rocher, Robert de Sharance, Susanna Bressar," "Virginia Renoir." "Weird story with the invisible body." "No..." "Main witness seems to me to be honest and truthful." "But you are right, take a look if she is "clear"." "Sometimes you get to be surprised." "One bad convolution spoils your entire head!" "I also will send you a tablecloth, check it's blood or ink." "May be both." "The murdered man, falling, could spell the ink." "And the last thing, organize the search in Passi, may be they'll find the Maitre Rocher's body there." "Yes, the murderer could have carried the body away to hide the track." "If your find out something call commissariat." "So far my head is ready to crack from the chatter here." "Ungrateful!" "I am telling you everything I know to help you." "And you say "chatter"!" "All right then..." "You'll pay me for that..." "I know one very important thing, but I won't tell you." "Mademoiselle Postic, I worn you, concealing of the clues and refuse to help to the investigation is 2 months of jail." "Alice, help me, please." "For the memory of Mortire street and "Blue Ostrich"." "Uncover your secret, Lili." "When you call me Lili and address me "ты" I am melting." "I am so silly." "All right then." "Pay attention." "Don't imagine things just because I was careless enough to address to you as "ты" ." "And don't forget that I am sick and nervous." "And merciless as a policeman." "Hands up!" "Iron Forehead." " How did you get in here?" " Think, inspector, think." " There is a hidden..." " door" " From the corridor..." "Two horsepower mind." " Why didn't you tell me that before?" " I wanted to make a nice surprise for you." "I don't like surprises." " By the way, Riri..." " Listen, let's decide that you call me "inspector"." "When I will interrogate people, I want to hear only my voice, not yours." "By the way, why are you only "inspector" in your age?" "You know our customs - "who doesn't work is not being eaten" and I do work." "like an ox." "I deal with intrigues and catch fish in dark waters." "And who were you catching yesterday in Seine?" " Good evening Madame Rocher." " Good evening, mademoiselle Alice." "What happened?" "You see...murder, madame." " Is he a victim?" " Him?" "No, he is police." "But who is murdered?" " Madame, I am inspector..." " Forgive me, madame, he is sick." "Riri, I'll tell her." "We need female delicacy here." "Oh, what a beauty!" "Arctic fox..." "Your husband was stubbed." " It's impossible..." " Very much possible." "Would you like some coffee or something sedative?" "So where is he?" "Truly...where is he?" "Madame, I was unconscious for a moment and boom - the body was gone." " I want to ask you, madame." "Since you..." " Don't move, you need to sweat." "And I, as the witness #1, ask you when did you see your husband last time?" "I ask questions here." "Madame, when did you see your husband last time?" "How rude to claim my question." "What kind of relationship did you have with your husband, madame?" "Friendly relationship...rather cool without any stories." "My husband has bad temper, he is not very sentimental." "We don't ask each other who we spend our time with." "It makes things easier." "Why are you in evening dress?" "We were going to opera." "I was waiting for my husband." "Out of people who knew your husband who do you consider to be his enemies?" "Everybody." "Explain this, madame Rocher." "My husband had... many enemies." "He always... was exacting and carping." "According to mademoiselle Alice the crime could happen between 18:35 and 18:40 where were you at this time?" "Home..." "Mademoiselle Alice was telephoning me at the moment to tell me that my husband was going to be late." "Mademoiselle Alice?" "When were you phoning madame Rocher?" " It was exactly 18:25." " Is that exact?" "But you live in very close proximity from here, right?" "Yes, at Mozhar street." "How many minutes does it take to walk from your home to the office?" "Quarter of an hour." "Ten minutes." "And if you walk fast, it would take...4 minutes." "Forgive me, but I never tried to brake a record with the watch in my hand." " If you think that I could run to here..." " Oh no, madame, I am just speculating." "What were you doing between 18:25, when mademoiselle Alice phoned you, and 18:40, the time of the crime." "May be some friend visited you or you spoke to servants?" "No." "I was in my room, I was resting." " Alone?" " Yes." "Too bad..." "I had moisturizing mask on my face." "I don't call guests to see such sight." "Did you know about the door leading from the corridor straight into your husband's room?" "As everybody." " Was it used often?" " My husband had clients, who wanted to avoid each other... you know...while divorce process or dividing inheritance..." "It can be difficult." "Who had the key from this door?" "It was always in my husband's room, it was hanging on the nail behind the door." "We'll see now." "Don't move." "Keep silence both of you." "It is horrible." "Yes, it is horrible when you can't say a word." "Mademoiselle Alice, I would like..." "I found the key but can't open the door." "I ask you , if it is possible, don't mention that silly incident between me and my husband which happened a few days ago." "Interesting news: there was a key in the lock from outside." "And the key is absolutely new." "Two keys." "It means that someone got into Maitre Rocher's office right from the corridor." "But where is this new key from?" "The murder could forget it or he could leave it on purpose to mislead us." "I want to know the truth!" "Where is Maitre Rocher?" "!" "I'm going to have conniption now..." " Mademoiselle Renoir, calm down." " What?" "!" "I am Susanna Bressar!" "I ask you not to mistake me for this profligate." " Mademoiselle Renoir is a profligate?" " Yes, and intriguer." "I know everything about her, I'll tell you everything." "And about the rest, about everybody." "I will be able to take revenge for Maitre Rocher." "Mademoiselle Bressar, calm down...." "May be you would like something from mademoiselle Postic's supply?" "I am not a drunkard like mademoiselle Postic." "What?" "!" "I am a drunkard!" "She does it deliberately to frighten me." "But I am not a drunkard" " I have week heart." " Hysterical woman!" " Snake's sting!" "Church rat!" "Four eyes!" "Melba toast in hat." " Murder." " Oh, God!" "Where is my notebook?" "Sorry, you were sitting on my notebook." "Mademoiselle Bressar, did you have a good relationship with you patron?" "Beautiful, perfect." "And don't you dare to say anything against it." "He was a wonderful person." "He was a gentleman right to your.... fingerprints." "I can't believe in this." "You hide something from me." " Where is his body?" " We'll discuss this later." "You better tell me where you were at 18:35." "Outside." "I always walk home on the advise of my doctor." "For nerves." "I live this...oh, this way..." "I don't remember." "At Grinelle street." "Did you meet anybody on the street?" "No." "I never speak to anybody on the street." "Too bad." " Because for your alibi he could be..." " A boor first of all!" "Tell me, did Maitre Richer have enemies?" "Unfortunately yes." "Pathetic people!" "Everybody was jealous about his strong personality." "Because Maitre Rocher always told fools everything he thought of them." "He was so kind, so fair..." "He gave me a such box of chocolates for my birthday!" "I'll show you!" "In your opinion, who hated Maitre Rocher enough to...ah?" "We don't have to go far..." " Thank you." " At your service, madame." " How do you dare?" " Because you never loved your husband." " It means you loved him for both of us." " Yes." "I mean..." "The family was broken, broken to pieces." "I would like to make an announcement." "Madame Rocher has a lover." "First round: 1:0." "Filthy lie!" "However it doesn't matter." "What is your source?" "Mademoiselle Bressar is in love with my husband head over heel" "He told me about it hundred times." "It was our ground for jokes." "As for the chocolates..." "I have to disappoint you, mademoiselle" "This is an ancient box which our relative sends us from province every year." "She became indecently stingy in her old age." "So...instead of throwing it out... 1:1." "Stop talking." "I'm counting loops." "Mademoiselle Bressar, starting it once,we should proceed to the end." "So name to me madame Rocher's lover." "It's a suggestion or fact?" "I'll tell this at the court." "Everybody will get from me, everybody." " What are you looking at me this way?" " Because you hated Maitre Rocher more than others." "Is your head all right?" " You know very well what I mean." " No, I don't." "Lats month patron raised her rent and refused to raise her salary." "What they were telling each other!" " She became mad." " Lie!" " I was there." "Should I repeat how you threatened him?" " Go ahead." "I just told him: "I would like so much somebody to hide behind the corner and hit you on the head with the brick."" "But I didn't threaten him." "And you..." "Where were you at 18:35?" "Here." "With who?" "With the body." "Here!" "She admitted it." "But Riri, you don't think that I stubbed my patron, then phoned to police, then fainted and all this just to have some fun!" "I have seen things like that." "In one of the cases I investigated first witness was the murderer." "How can you?" "Childhood friend..." "Maitre Rocher was such a wonderful person..." "My God, what a horror." "All this is so absurd." "Waterfall." "The great flood." "Who are we mourning over?" " Mousier de Charance?" " Yes." "I am inspector Grandin." "I have only one question - what were you doing from the moment when you left the office till the moment when my assistant founds you in cafe." "Well, I changed the tire, bought cigarettes and than...no, I'm sorry, I also changed my clothes at home." "Ho long have you been working here?" "Approximately two and a half years." "You came here at st." "Alice day and since then always give me flowers at this day." "It seems that women like you here?" "No, as you see." "Mousier de Charance did you respect Maitre Rocher?" "Do I have to say the truth?" "I hate him." "Everybody hates him here." "I am sorry, madame Rocher." "Inspector, it's only truth within the office, madame Rocher has nothing to do with it." "I?" "I hated him?" "!" "Pathetic people!" "Why don't you believe in honorable feelings I had toward Maitre Rocher?" "Why?" "!" "Because it can't be." "Maitre Rocher causes honorable feelings." "Lord, I am dieing from laughter." " You hated him badly." " I hated him involuntary." "And you could kill him involuntary?" "Oh, come on, inspector..." "To kill?" "Maitre Rocher is killed." "Inspector, it is a bad joke." "I am not joking." "I think, Maitre Rocher... was expecting a client..." "At 18:30." "Hold on..." "I have written it in the book." "That's it." "Mousier Van Berg, a Duch." " Do you know this Van Berg?" " No." "But he spoke in a strange manner with me..." "I even thought that someone was tricking me." "A fake accent..." "Fake accent?" "May be fake name also?" "Very much possible." "I hope, mousier de Charance that you didn't have business troubles with Maitre Rocher." "Never..." "I demand, mousier inspector, you to check all my report books." "We'll do." "I am interested in something else now." "Forgive me, but you are considered to be a very close friend of madame Rocher." "Very close friend?" "No." "But I know who threw the stone." " Absolutely right, I never..." " You tell everybody about my relationship with Madame Rocher in vain..." "I would be happy" " I love her." "But, alas, it isn't so." "Did I disappoint you?" "I never speak without proves, so I am making an announcement." "Maitre Rocher has hired a privet detective to spy on his wife." "He told me about it himself." "And seeing his expression I understood that the data which he received was more than piquant." "So our dear Maitre Rocher runs around town and spies on his wife but for some reason only mademoiselle Bressar knows about it!" " I knew." " Ah!" "You see." "And you didn't say anything!" "But your head is ready to burst from my chatter." "I order you to be silent when you speak in vain, but I order you to talk, when you are silent instead of telling something that needs to be said and what you are silent about!" "Oh, Riri, you said something so difficult that I didn't get it." "The only thing that I can tell you about is how Maitre Rocher was spying on his wife." "Audience at your feet." "Enjoy." "This is your best aria." "So, one week ago a man came here." "Maitre Rocher stepped with him into hall." "They were whispering something but I couldn't understand what it was." "Then he gave a document to Maitre Richer." "Maitre Richer read it, got red, crumbled, threw into the basket," "entered the office..." "Go on." "It was the report about the completed job." "Modame Rocher's daily schedule typed on the typewriter." "How did you know that it was typed?" "You said it yourself." "You picked the paper up and read it." "Who do you think I am?" "!" "Somebody who assists justice." "And somebody who doesn't want to spend a month in the prison for concealing important clues." "Everybody threatens me with jail!" "What a mania." "So what was in the paper?" "Well, I did take a look, just for a second." "It was some agency, I don't recall which one." "The text was stating that madame Rocher was doing this and that, nothing suspicious except that once a week at lunch time she was visiting building #19, Gobellen street." "Does somebody of you reside at this address?" "Every person lives somewhere." "I told you - it's him!" "Him!" "Calm down." "Madame Rocher, tell me, did you visit Mousier de Charance?" "But the conclusion which you made is false." "Really?" "Enlighten me then." "I was visiting Mousier de Charance's home but I wasn't seeing him." "You want to say that you were meeting another person at his place?" "Exactly." "Whit who?" "With my old school girl-friend, my husband hated her and didn't let me see her." "Did you know about your husband's suspicion and about his surveillance?" "I knew." "He made a scene." "And you told him the truth?" "That you were only landing your place?" "No, I assured him that his wife asked me to find XVIII century secreter for her." "It is my hobby" " I visit antique stores, sales... and she wanted to make a nice surprise for her husband." "And he believed you?" "I'm not sure." "He was rude but not stupid." "And he didn't fire you?" "Maitre Rocher was a man of business." "I was quit helpful in his work." "I even thought that he was fine with his wife having lover." "What an abomination you are saying... you, who he taught to work, who he always landed money to," "at who he looked as at his successor." "Have you yourself ever met Madame Rocher's girl-friend?" "No, never and I have no idea who she is." "I was leaving the key in the mailbox." "The key was at the same place when I was coming back." "I have to ask you to name your school girl-friend." " I refuse." " It's better not to kid around with justice, madame." "Everything will become known, everything is written in our great book." "Is it written there that you were arrested after the fight in "Blue Ostrich"?" "You again..." "Mademoiselle...typist." "What's the story?" "Somebody was played trick on?" "I am inspector Grandin from police." "Maitre Rocher is murdered." "So we don't work tomorrow?" "However, mademoiselle Virginia, you don't seem to be sad." "Why should I be sad?" "I knew that sooner or later it would happen." "He was dealing with such women that..." "Forgive me, madame, I didn't see you were her." "I am sorry." "Madame Rocher isn't sad." "Nobody is sad here, everybody is satisfied." "Mademoiselle Virginia, what sort of relationship did you have with your patron?" "Horrible relationship." "His hands were always crawling everywhere." "I understand that every man thinks only about it." "Not true!" "True, true." "Mademoiselle Bressar, if nobody clasps to you in metro it doesn't mean that metro doesn't exist in Paris." "Maitre Rocher kissed me in his room once." "Mademoiselle Bressar entered the room at that moment." "You saw everything." "It was an accident." "Maitre Rocher explained to me everything." "Why did you yelled for ten minutes in his room then?" "When I entered you grabbed the knife from the wall, chased me." "Threatened me." "She threatened me." "She said that she was hysterical, that her nerves were not good." "She was saying that she wanted to stub herself." "Maitre Rocher explained to me everything." "He calmed me down." "And next day gave her his great grandmother's chocolates ." "In entire Paris nobody is teased more than me." "Yes, they torture you, mademoiselle Bressar." "Who uses the small door in the corridor?" "Nobody." "Just Maitre Rocher." "Who ordered the second key?" "Locksmith told me everything." "Well, I did." "Why?" "What the hell?" "I ask you also, what the..." "Why did you need it?" "Maitre Rocher told me to." "It isn't a secret." "The bill is in the book." "How did he explain it?" "It is stupid to have one key." "One key can be lost." "When did you order the second key?" "Didn't your locksmith tell you?" "Well, go and ask your locksmith." "The victim..." "Did they find the body?" "Dead man is alive..." "Klara, why weren't you in opera?" "The end of part One" "LOOK FOR A WOMAN but..." "Part Two" "Maitre Rocher's notary." "Yes, he's here." "Yes, here and in one piece." "Yes, in one piece..." "Sorry, I meant to say I'm connecting you." "I'll never forgive you for that..." "To declare that Maitre Rocher is murdered!" "You should be in jail for a week for that." "To make us so happy, and to lie so badly!" "I trusted you so much!" "But thanks to your visions Maitre Rocher doesn't have any illusions about us." "And his wife also..." "Reported in all the details." "Maitre Rocher may have a tween." "Dissipation again!" "Here are the conditions." "Maitre Rocher doesn't speak to me as it is all my fault." "How much filth he got covered with!" "I was the only one who stood up for him." "Thank God this tragedy was only in the head of this neurasthenic." "Shut up, scarecrow!" "My head is cracking already." "I haven't read a newspaper yet." "This has to be sent today and immediately." " I'll send Virginia." " You'll go yourself." "You'll take a walk and breath fresh air." "You are green." " What color am I?" " Green." "Don't be sad, green is the color of hope." "In this office I don't hope for anything or anybody." "It is wonderful when you don't rely on anything, it's the only way not to be disappointed." "How do you feel yourself, Mademoiselle Postic?" "Better today?" "You should have a good doctor, I'll take care of it myself." "Attention, please!" "I underline yesterday's strange and sad incident." "Everyone, who will say a word about it will be fired." "Without comments." "Why are you still?" "Work, work." "To your places." "Believe me, I don't like to be a gendarme." "But after yesterday discipline can get loose." "I bet a lot of dirty laundry was puled out after I... died." "Why don't you speak?" "You forbid to speak about it, Maitre." "Tomorow we'll visit Somono's house..." "I thought... why should you shake in the train?" "You could go with me by car." "I wait for you at Rivoli at 7:00 a.m." "Work, work." "I've changed my opinion regarding your outfit." "I have to admit you look good in it." "We're aging and the fashion is progressing." "Nothing we can do with it." "Your eyes are puffed up." "You've been crying?" "I have no reasons for smiling, Maitre." "Susanna..." "How many years have we worked together?" "Five years and three months." "My God, how long." "Don't..." "We could go to a cafe sometime, to celebrate our long friendship." "Not now, I am too busy now, but sometime later..." "Definitely." "This is for you." "I don't like to be a policeman, mademoiselle Alice," "But after yesterday discipline can get loose." "I bet a lot of dirty laundry was puled out." "Yes, a lot..." "Forgive me, it is all my fault." "What an incredible story, fantastic story!" "But I can bed my head, that it was..." "Don't." "We'll need it." "Our policeman was very kind and gave the table cloth for the expertise." "Blood or ink." "That's great, now your conscious will be clear." "It's undoubtedly ink." "Just a second, I'm connecting you." "What's with you?" "I just don't want to talk to anybody." "Why do you scream?" "It seemed to me.." " Something also seemed to you yesterday." "You should know better, mademoiselle Alice." "Pull yourself together." "Forgive me, I am a bangle of nerves today!" " Maybe you should take a vacation?" " Maybe." "No, I don't need it." "I die from boredom on vacations." "I eat a lot because of it and later don't fit my dresses." "I am impressed by your thoughtfulness." "Oh, no, I don't have it at all!" "All right we won't argue." "I am even ready to pay for your vacation." "You are our senior worker, I can afford to take care of you." "What is it?" "!" "Because of your hysteria my hands are shaking." "You still think that I am dead?" "I am alive, I am warm." "Touch me, try." "This is a watch!" "This is metal!" "Now you see that I am not dead?" "Yes truly, I have to admit." "But what about the clue?" "What clue?" " What is it?" " The key." "Where did you find it?" "I found it yesterday." "Beside the step." "There are initials here:" "G-N." "But none of our workers has such initials." "I thought about that too." "One of the clients probably lost it." "Give it to me, I'll ask everybody." "Oh, no, mousier!" "You already have so much to do." "I'll give it to my best friend, inspector Grandin." "Did you loose your memory?" "Did you forget how he treats you?" "I can imagine the conversation..." " I found a key." " So take it to lost-and-found and bite your tongue." "Yes, you are right." "I thought a lot about you, Alice." "To rise your spirit I want to satisfy your request and raise your salary." "Oh Mossier, you are so kind..." "Forget, forget this silly story." "You are such a clear-minded woman." "Clear-minded!" "Everybody is teasing me!" "Do you know what a seller from the milk store told me?" ""Mademoiselle Alice, are you having visions like Joan of Arc?"." "You see, nobody believes me." " Everybody thinks it seemed to me, and I..." " And you?" "Distract yourself." "Forget this story." "Yes, why do I need all this?" "Should I forget the second clue too?" "What is the second clue?" "A button." "What button?" "Look Maitre." "Beautiful button with shell inside." "Where did you find it?" "In your office, beside the desk." " Strange..." " Exactly." "I too thought that it was very strange." "You know what..." "Give me all your clues, I'll take it to inspector myself." "He wouldn't dare to treat me like you." "Oh, no..." "My internal voice tells me" " Don't be a coward, Alice." "Go by yourself." "I hope your internal voice doesn't betray you." "I just wanted to be kind." "Oh, mouser, you are so kind today." "Jirardi's case papers." "You are incredible!" "There is a mistake in the very first line!" " I'll retype now." " Don't." "Why?" "I'll correct myself." "It's nothing." "It's all nothing." "The end of the world." "Now that he is dead, he became a human." "So, type. "Anonymous letter to inspector Grandin."" " "Dear Riri"..." " If you start this way he'll understand who the letter is from." " You are right. "Dear inspector." - "Dear, dear." What a tenderness!" ""Old wreck... cure your cold, but remember... that there are new clues in Rocher's case." "Read carefully the article in the newspaper "Body at the Swan's island"." ""Policemen Boler and Furge have found a body of a man, who was stubbed into his back." " There was nothing on the body." "...nothing that  that would help to determine the identity of the murdered." "The investigation is in progress."" "Swan's island in 10 minutes from here." "So you really think that yesterday there was a man here with the knife in his back?" "I don't think, I saw!" "I saw!" "So while you were laying here unconscious..." "He got up and walked along the river, down to Swan's island." "And there he fell and died." " We need to phone to inspector immediately!" " You're right." "Phone." "Well... you are a great detective, mademoiselle Alice." "Is it inspector Grandin?" "Hello." "What did you say?" "Bless you." "This is Virginia, Maitre Rocher's typist." "Oh, no, you won't kick the bucket." "You shouldn't say so." "We have news." "Your closest friend, mademoiselle Postic is beside me." "What should I tell her?" "Where should she go?" "Bastard!" "How rude!" "So listen," "I have three most important news." "First" " I found the key with the initials G-N." "Second" " I found a button." "Third - the body on Swan's island and it wasn't me who found it, but your police." "So, considering all this, I would like to know first" " Does the dead body have all the buttons or one is missing?" "Second - are "G" and "N" his initials?" "And third - did you get kicked on your brains, inspector Grandin?" "So you think that they found the body of the man you saw here?" "I am looking for the connection between two facts." "Because I couldn't mistake Maitre Rocher for somebody else." "Well, after you told everybody about your clues, I think, the murderer is hunting you." "Why can't I keep my tongue behind my teeth?" "And don't leave without a good reason." "Don't go out." "Don't frighten me." "I saw it in movie..." "Mouser policeman." " I'm glad to see you." " Me too." "I brought the tablecloth." " So?" "Blood or ink?" " I don't know." "They didn't take it." "There is no official order of the office and in the office they think that if Maitre Rocher is alive there is no case." " Well, thank you for your kindness." " It was nothing." "The incident is over." " You think so?" " I think so." "Inspector also is in a great mood." "I put him into bed and he sleeps like a baby now." "No." "Mademoiselle Alica has phoned him and woken him up." " Why?" " Mademoiselle Alica found new clues." " What clues?" " I myself will let Riri know about it." "In this case I'll wait for him" " I want to laugh with everybody else." "What do you say about this?" "It is my key!" "Where did you find it?" "!" "At the first step." "It isn't my key, it's my neighbor's key from his motorcycle." "I was looking for it for all day." "He said he wouldn't never give me the bike again if I wouldn't find the key." " What does G-N mean?" " It is his initials:" "Jack Nuare." "His is my neighbor." "I don't know how to thank you." "Don't leave, I beg you." "Don't leave me alone with this... mister Inspector." "Cheer up - you still have the button." "But don't lose it." "You are right." "The desk isn't a safe place." "Swiss bank." "What's this noise again?" "!" "You are just tireless mademoiselle Alice!" "You are here again." "I am not amused by the visits of police any more." "I am waiting for inspector Grandin." " Why here?" " Where else?" "It isn't waiting room, it's notary." "I didn't call for police!" "You didn't, but mademoiselle did." "So it is you!" "I thought so!" "Leave!" "That's enough!" "The comedy with my death got too long!" "I end this story." "What are you curious about?" "Ah, this is the ink which was mistaken for blood." "Good buy mister policemen." " Should I wait at the staircase?" " Wait where you want." " What is this?" " This is mine, I want to take it." "Oh, I forgot my hat too." "It can't be that these stains..." "Don't touch me." "Help!" "This time active madness?" "No." "I was attacked." "They wanted to kill me." "No, mademoiselle Alice, it was short fuse." "Breaker has burnt." "No!" "It was attempt of murder." "He probably ran away." "Catch him, catch!" "I was going down the stairs and saw nobody." "I heard you screaming." "Absolutely right, I was returning from the post office and didn't see anybody." "It looks like mademoiselle Alice has visions again." "If it will go on this way I recommend you to work in circus." "Your number would be the best." "Maitre, I swear, somebody threw me on the floor, covered me with the cloth and started to go through me from feet to head." "The button..." "The button is gone." "Everybody, stay where you are." "Quiet!" "Last clue..." "Last clue is gone..." "I'm dead." "Did you recognize the person who attacked you?" "No!" "How could I?" "He threw me down and started..." "Hand, hand." "The hand which was...could you recognize it?" "Hand...." "No!" "Typical hand!" "How could I recognize the hand?" "!" "My God, I'm dead..." "To throw on the floor...in the dark...and also the hand on..." "What "on"?" "Envy, ah?" "I know only one thing, now that you don't have the button inspector is going to leave wet stain instead of you." "I promise you that." "Everybody, run." "I will return." "I want to buy cigarettes!" "I leave you, mister detective, with our the most precious worker." "And I want to tell you, mademoiselle Alice... who plants wind will harvest storm." "Well, mademoiselle Postic, where are you clues?" "You will be very upset, Riri..." "What are you mumbling there?" "Facts!" " How is your health?" " I'm dying." "Are you happy?" "No, Riri." "But I'll tell you something that won't improve your health." "Would you like some bojole." "Once again, as I see, it's a false call." "Somebody killed power." "And while it was dark..." "I was thrown on the floor... and the button was gone." "Explain it to me." "What button?" "I'll explain it." "So I go to work and suddenly see something glimmering beside the first step." "I bend down..." "A key!" "With the letters "G"-"N"." "You see?" "Then I walk into Maitre Rocher's office and see a button beside the desk." "Wait." "First is the key." "But the key turned to be Maximen's naighbour's key." " Second is the button..." " The button...but it's gone!" "Though I hid it in such piquant place." "But someone was brave enough to..." "Desperate fellow, desperate!" "I have trouble after trouble and you are joking." "Yeah, I have reasons to joke..." "It's all great." "Why should I stay in warm bed?" "Pneumonia will finish me... but this is trivial." "I am absolutely fine." "So what is the third clue?" "The third clue!" "The body on Swan's island!" "And if there is any connection between this body and mine then I'll be able to prove that I TRULY saw a man with the knife in his back!" "How did this button look?" "Button...was round...not too small... reddish color with shell inside." "Central?" "Is it Gadar?" "Grandin speaking..." "Listen, was it your shift when the body from Swan's island was delivered?" "Take a look at the report..." "Didn't his raincoat or jacket have some special buttons?" "You should have guarded your trophy better." " But I didn't think that it's all about the button?" " Of cause it is!" "Optimist!" "So one button is missing on his jacket." "What kind?" "Damn it!" "It matches." "With shell, exactly..." "I won!" "I won!" "Quiet!" "Not it's not for you, it's for the one who runs around with this button like hen with an egg." "Runs around and loses everything." "Yesterday she lost the body, today - the button." "Yes, you are right." "She should be guarded." "It's possible they will want to shut her up once and forever." "I'll leave a policeman with her." "I'll phone to my office, I may find something about "G-N"." "No..." "You have such a long tongue..." "Is there anybody there?" "Don't move!" "You are mute like fish." "Otherwise the rest of your adventure you will share not with me but with..." "Matre Rocher's notary is listening." "Madame Rocher, you scared me so much." " Is my husband busy?" " Yes..." "Actually no, he left for a second." "Sit down." " How do you feel yourself after yesterday?" " Accordingly - you see yourself." "Well, it's all good that ends well." "Isn't that so?" "Oh yeah?" "If it ends..." "Police is here again." "But I didn't tell you anything." "I am fish." " Did they find something?" " "They"..." "They didn't, I did!" "And a lot!" "What do you mean "a lot"?" "I can't tell you this." "You see, it's a secret between me and police." "So keep your secret, mademoiselle Alice." "Article "Body at Swan's island"." "So what?" "What connection between this body and your visions?" "I don't know..." "We are searching..." "I'm afraid there is nothing to search." "Nevertheless I did find!" "Two clues!" "It is the key and the button." "So what?" "Well, the key turned out to be Maximin's neighbor's key, but the button..." "It's from the body found at Swan's island." " I thought it was his initials "G-N"." " What initials, you were saying?" ""G.N."" " Maximin's neighbor." "Thank God..." "I thought it belonged to the man, killed in our office." "But..." "I wasn't lucky." "It depends..." "But who could steal the button?" "At first I thought that somebody wanted something else and grabbed the button as cover... but he could do it more carefully." "Life isn't that simple." "How interesting - this isn't my neighbor's key." "I was surprised yesterday, why would he have his initials here..." "So "G.N." isn't my neighbor." " Madame, I need to ask you some questions." " I am too tired." "I'll go home." "I just phoned to commissariat, they have news." "Have you ever heard the name Julienne Nalestro?" "Do you know this name, madame?" "I don't think so..." "But I meet a lot of people." " Don't look among far acquaintances, look among close ones." " No, I don't know Julienne Nalestro." "Poor fellow." "He is the murdered man from Swan's island." "Imagine that..." "I know." "Fish told you!" "I didn't say anything!" "Mademoiselle just told me about the body on the island and I put it together." "Next body will be yours." "And I'll be the murderer!" "What else did you tell madame Rocher?" "Nothing." "I was sitting like this..." "Now if I need to inform entire Paris I won't resort to newspapers or TV," "I'll just secretly share it with you." " It's all my fault again?" " You are incredibly smart." "Was it Julienne Nalestro who you were seeing at mousier De Sharance's place?" "Yes." " Did you love him?" " We were meant to meet today." "I don't know what happened." "Don't you think that your husband out of jealousy could..." "No." "My husband knew everything." "2 months ago we agreed that each one of us..." "Even if we imagine that Nalestro was murdered here could mademoiselle Postic take him for Maitre Rocher?" "No, they are so not like each other." "I was informed in commissariat that Nalestro wore Italian hat..." "I remember!" "You said Italian hat?" "I saw him!" "I saw him in that hat!" " Where?" " Downstairs, in the hall." " When?" " Two or three days ago." "He was standing beside mailbox..." "When he saw me, he asked if it was Maitre Rocher's notary" "I told him "Yes, but today it's already closed." "Come tomorrow morning."" "And what did he say?" "He said something...but I forgot what..." "I remembered!" "He told me "Thank you."" "It looks like Nalestro was already in the building and, probably, yesterday at 18:30 between him and your husband happened a tragic scene." "Investigation came up with such outcome." "At 18:30 your husband was expecting the faulty Dutchman." "May be that was your Nalestro?" "Oh God, I don't know..." "But the only thing that can save my husband is that truly, there was a Dutchman, called Van Berg." "He had an appointment." "For my husband that would be an alibi." "You may be right." "But your husband..." "Not a sound, please." "Inspector!" "You are here again." "I was waiting for you." "I didn't know that..." "I went out to get some cigarettes, met a friend..." "Any news?" "Another vanished body?" "This time real one." "It was found this morning at Swan's island." " I don't see any connection." " But I do." "Klara, is that you?" "You came to collect me?" "What a surprise." "How nice of you, thank you." "No matter what you say, it was you with the knife in your back!" "How stubborn you are, mademoiselle Postic." "It was quit dark in the room...it was dusk, and she imagined..." "How?" "How do you know it was dark in the room?" "It means it was you." "Admit it, Maitre..." "Show us your back, Maitre." " What?" " Show your back." "You think I walk with the hole in my back?" "Not a hole." "You can kill me!" "You can cut my tongue off, but it was..." "A great idea!" "About the tongue!" "We'll go now, my dear..." "I am ready." "What's with you, Klara?" "Are you that tired?" "Do you know Julienne Nalestro?" " No." " It's useless to deny it." "You wife told us." "I see..." "That's better." "I thought that my wife's lover was my clerk, mouser De Sharance..." "I was sure that he was crazy about her." "It seems I was wrong." "What are you saying!" "Have you ever met Nalestro?" "Mouser Grandin, may I swear before you like before the judge?" "I mean, like under the oath?" "Why not?" "I swear that I have never seen mouser Nalestro and never spoke to him." "I swear." "Are you satisfied?" "Ask about Van Berg." "Yesterday at 18:30 you had a meeting with somebody." "Yes." "Ah, mademoiselle Postic knew about it." "The name of the man I was expecting is Van Berg." "He sent me a letter... and offered to reveal the name of my wife's lover for big sum of money." "It was typed." "No signature." " So was Van Berg here?" " No." ""I can tell you the name of your wife's lover..."" "Letters "b" and "r" are barely seen." "It is the same." "This letter was typed on this typewriter." "You mean to say that I was blackmailed by one of my workers?" "Possibly." "Or you typed it yourself and created unexciting Van Berg to create your own alibi." "How do you dare?" "!" "Innocent should always stay calm." "Justice rarely makes mistakes." "Isn't it clear?" "The same man who sent me this letter played my role to frame me." "Do you see now?" "I think so." "But who?" "Who would need to confuse everything?" "Everything still leads to the murder of Nalestro." "Oh, hell, I swore to you that I have never seen this Nalestro!" "I swore to you that I have never seen Nalestro alive!" "In other words..." "If I got you right..." "You saw him only dead." "Did you mean that when you swore?" "Inspector, I beg you, don't leave me!" "I have no strength." "You have strength for lovers however!" "What a day it was!" "We didn't work at all." "As if you work any other time." "Police turned Paris up side down." "They even searched at my place." "I was so scared." "Two men, at night..." "How rude." " Why me?" " You adore Maitre Rocher." "Tell everybody that he is innocent..." "That is a good reason enough to give him refuge." "I think he is hiding to conceal his wife...it's her." "I don't think it's her." "I think it is..." "I am from police." "They held me for half a day." "Luckily I have nothing to do with it." "Confess who the murderer is!" " Where is mademoiselle Alice?" " They took her to identify Nalestro's body." "That is a serious reason." " It is horrible." " What?" "I wouldn't be able to look at the body." " God day." " Good day, madame." " What's new." " Nothing yet, but inspector should come soon." " Nothing about my husband?" " Alas, nothing." " He is hiding somewhere." "What is he hoping for?" " That real murderer will be found soon." " Did they found who is Van Berg?" " No." "Mystery." "But I think the key is in it." "Tell me who is Van Berg and I'll tell you who the murderer is." "Is that true, mademoiselle Susanne that you spent your vacation in Holland?" "In Maitre's absence I am responsible for the notary." "Work...work!" "For a few words..." "Why did you dare to say than that you love me." "Because it is true, madame." "Incredible..." "You offer your flat for my dates and yet say that you love me." "You do anything when you love." "Your generosity is suspicious." "I prefer to be suspect instead of you being one." "What does it mean?" "Somebody is coming." "Quiet." "Body identification is always hard..." "She recognized Nalestro without doubts." "It was that young Italian, who appeared here three days ago." "Alas, madam, there is no doubts now." "But who killed him?" " I am afraid..." " You suspect Maitre Rocher, of cause?" "I see it your eyes - he disappeared, ran away." "It means he is the murderer." " But I don't have enough..." " What?" "If there is a suspect, clues can be found." " But my inner voice tells me..." " What?" "You also have the inner voice?" "I see sometimes like a sweet dream how I could conduct this investigation without you." "Ungrateful!" "What would you do without me!" "?" " I was conducting the major investigation!" " You don't have a right to conduct an investigation!" "It's my job!" "And I vote for armatures." "I should put you in jail." "You would squawk there." " Rusty forehead!" " Damn hen!" "What's happening?" "I want to know!" "I just got the information that Nalestro knew some secret..." "That's was his death sentence." "He phoned to his friend, a lawyer and told him that he got himself into a trouble and that he needs an advise." "He didn't mention any details." "He also said that he wanted to come to the notary to share something with Maitre Rocher." "But somebody is expecting him with the knife at the staircase..." "Nalestro is dead." "There is a question before the murderer..." "What to do with the body." "He opens the small door with the second key and pulls the body into Maitre Rocher's room" "Coming back, Maitre Rocher discovers his wife's lover's body." "So here he is... innocent person, decides that he has to dispose body right away." "and also to collect his wife to go with her to theater." "He tries to open the door - doesn't work." "There is a key form the other side." "Maitre panics." "He has to act faster." "The only exit is to pass through the office." "But there to his misfortune, there is mademoiselle Alice." "What is there to do?" "She has to be off the scene." "But how?" "Knowing that she faints easily, he decides to frighten her." "He attaches the knife to his back, and acts as a dying man." "Mademoiselle Alice didn't have visions." "She did see Maitre Rocher,... not dead, but pretending to be dead." "Finely!" "As he expected, mademoiselle Alice faints" "No he can carry body out without troubles." "He takes it to Swan's island, and an hour later appears before us healthy and in one piece, completely disproving the entire story." "The receptionist becomes a butt, and the investigation turns into vaudeville." "But!" "He didn't consider that he deals with mademoiselle Alice," "With Megre in skirt." "She finds the key and the button, and the investigation goes on." "Maitre Rocher is scared and he steals the clue from her." "But he gives himself out saying that he saw Nalestro dead, he disappears, thinking that he is considered to be murderer." "And at this time the real murderer is free." "But Maitre Rocher is Innocent." "Riri, you are a genius." " Should we let him out?" " Where is he hiding?" "In my apartment, in the wardrobe behind my old dresses." "Freedom to the innocent, ah?" "Door #8, first floor." "From left to right." "He is innocent." "I always knew it!" "You were hiding Maitre Rocher since yesterday?" "He told me everything and everything happened exactly as you described!" "You hid the witness and didn't say a word?" "You, who chatter all the time!" "I speak when I want, or when it's needed for business." "But when I'm told to shut up instead of saying something that I need to say and I don't speak, I am silent than I don't speak at all!" "Well, mademoiselle Alice, you excelled all expectations." "Mouser inspector, I found Maitre Rocher." "Inspector, I ask you to forgive me for my disappearance." " It's all my fault..." " Let's forget about it." "Everything is in harmony now..." "Everything is balanced." "I am guilty too..." "I ask for forgiveness also you, mademoiselle Alice..." "I frightened you so much." "It's all right." "I have a good story to remember." " Forgive me for stilling you button." " I knew it was a man's hand." "I have to say it was quit a brave act." "You can't fool me!" "You hear, damn Riri!" "You can't fool me!" "Viva police and me!" "I took a short course of magic and foretelling, while seating in the wardrobe." "When were you born?" " In March." " Beginning or end?" "Middle." "Why?" "You are lucky." "Next year is a year of Pig, it is your year." "You will be well off you will be promoted and healthy." "You should meet New Year in the bright but not new suit, with close but not new friend." "After clock strikes twelve it is very important to swallow acorn, scratch your year, grunt three times and step on friend's foot." "New Year will bring you new adventures, mademoiselle Susanna, change of your attitudes but you have to restrain your temper, that's what horoscope says." "Everything is simple with you - you will have a raise." "And I promise you that." "That's worth celebrating!" "You, Robert, will change your apartment, but in whole...this isn't your year." "Be careful." " What about me." " Female fashion will change... that will take all your time." "Also you will be divorced." " But I am not married yet." " You will have enough time for both." " Klara, my dear, Pig year is also your year." " What do you mean, dear?" "We'll talk about it home." "The subject is to delicate and pleasant for us both." "Just one minute, I'll take my things." "Maitre..." "Do you need anything else?" " Oh, I do..." "I need your devotion, your effort." " You can always count on it." "You cry again, even when you being treated tenderly." "I am such a sensitive person, that always ruins me." "Maitre, don't you think that my salary doesn't match my skills?" "I do, I do..." "I can't let you starve, that would be cruel." "I have only one request for you - don't come to work late next year." "It's too much for me, but I'll try." "Maitre..." "I didn't express myself in this story in any way..." "I was in love with your wife." " Don't worry, it wasn't mutual." "I am resigning..." "I'm not taking your resignation." "Workers are divided to two categories," "Some can't do anything, others can do everything." "I prefer the second." "I am satisfied with your work." "See you in the new year, I wish you the best." "To our holiday." "I would prefer not to see him any more" "That's why I let Robert stay, now he is harmless." "Ladies and gentlemen, in a couple of days you will be invited to police to testify..." "See you in New Year." "And I would like to drink to... the new clue." " Dear Klara, we have dreamed about cruise for so long." "Isn't it time to travel?" " With pleasure." "Don't forget to send me a card, proving my raise." "I wish you the best, mademoiselle Postic." "I was glad to meet you." "Maximin, I have a delicate task for you." "Should we continue drinking coffee?" " In different cabins, my dear?" " Better in different oceans." "Would you stick mustard plaster on my back?" "Me?" "!" "With pleasure." "Are you staying, mademoiselle Alice?" "Yes, I need to clean up..." "Wait..." "So who murdered Nalestro after all?" "Explain to me finally what's your plan." " Quiet, quiet!" "Tell me did Maximin leave?" " Yes." " In police car?" " Yes, yes." "Terrific!" "It means they think that I am here alone." "So what else did you come up with?" "You just chirped something into my ear." "Riri..." "I created the case, I conducted the investigation..." "I protected the innocent..." "And I will catch the murderer!" "Which way?" "Do you remember my toast? "To new clues."" "So there..." "It is the lure...which the murderer should bite." "He will come back now to kill me." "Do you see?" "The witnesses have to be finished off!" "So..." "Riri, you will be my witness and...a guardian, right?" " Of cause!" " Hide." "Mademoiselle Alice, you are inventive and brave!" "No, my dear Lili, I can't let you risk yourself!" "You said "Dear Lili" or I misheard it?" "There is a moment in life..." "Seducer..." "If you didn't have a wife and five children I could consider..." "Be serious!" "Do you have ideas?" "Is it man or woman?" "If madame Rocher was able to prove that her husband killed her lover..." "She would become free and wealthy, but... will she have enough courage to come back here?" "I'll explode on your stove!" "I beg you don't sneeze, be quiet as a mouse." "Are you asleep?" "I beg you don't sleep, otherwise after you wake up you'll find...my dead body." "Are you asleep?" "He's coming." "Oh!" "You are still here, mademoiselle Alice?" "!" "I had to come back for the umbrella." "Bad sign, but what can I do?" "Strange..." "There is no umbrella..." "Maybe it's in mademoiselle Susanna's room?" "No." "I don't understand..." "Did you see my umbrella?" " Maybe it's in Maitre's room?" " Maybe..." "No umbrella anywhere!" "Mademoiselle Alice, could you lend me your umbrella?" "With pleasure, but it's very small and covered with flowers." "No...not with flowers..." "What a weather we have today, ah!" "Yes, the weather..." "What's wrong with the weather?" "corresponding the circumstances." "Which circumstances?" "Inspector just left." "I wanted to tell him such an important thing." "So what did you discover for the investigation?" " You won't tell anybody?" " No." "You know, when I met Nalestro downstairs" "I spoke to him for quit some time." "Do you know Nalestro?" "What an idea!" "So no?" "You know he was a very nice young man." "Though he had such an ugly scar." "Across the whole face." "I advise you to be silent about it." "You mixed it up again." "Nalestro didn't have any scars." "How do you know?" "You murdered Nalestro!" "Of cause..." "More than that, it was me who introduced him to madame Rocher." "I knew that they would like each other, I even offered them my apartment." "And you blackmailed him?" " I was going to reveal his name to Maitre..." " For money." "But Nalestro decided to go around me." "I had to finish him off and deliver his body to the dearest patron as a Christmas gift." "To finish the lover and the husband with one stroke." "Later you make two or three compliments to the lady and you are the owner of the notary." " Not bad, isn't it?" " Beautiful..." "It would happen exactly this way, if it wasn't for you... dear Alice." "You have a very long tongue to stay in this world." "You will dare to strangle a woman!" "?" "Alas, I don't have other choice." "You locked the door!" " Brake it, Riri, brake it!" " Doesn't work!" "Good old building..." "Yes, new building would collapse right a way..." "Open!" "By the name of law!" "Shut up, bold pig!" "You'll be next." " Look, police!" " That kind of jokes is for you stupid inspector." "Hands up!" " Do you talk to me?" " I talk to you." "I'm opening, Riri." "Come out!" "Did you die?" "What's that?" "Robert, is that you?" "You are so beautiful, when you are silent." "After this case you'll be promoted to commissar." "Maybe..." " Definitely." "I'm taking him, chief?" "Maximin has steal grip." "We shouldn't be in his way now." "What a joy it will be for you wife and five girls." "You see Lili..." "You have done such a thing for me... that I simply can't..." "I have never been married, and I don't have children." "Why did you lie to me?" "You know, it's weired to be bachelor at my age." "Do you remember that time in "Blue Ostrich"" "you promised to marry me?" "Is that true?" "My memory betrays me..." "No, you betray your memory." "You disappeared for twenty years." "I was waiting for you so badly..." "I almost got old!" "Slap in the face!" "On duty!" "Listen..." "This music..." "It seems..." "Yes, this music played in "Blue Ostrich"." "This is my favorite." "Twenty years ago we didn't finish our dance." "Forgive me." "Georgette..." "It is great that you phone." "I'll tell you such a story, you'll die." "I am resigning from the notary and becoming a private detective." "Yes, I will work with inspector Grandin." "He proposed to me and I said "yes"." "What kind of...can I make?" "Even a man can become a human with a good woman beside him." "Alice - Sofico Chiaureli" "Grandin- Leonid Kuravlev"