1 00:00:58,167 --> 00:01:03,376 THE RAVEN 2 00:01:58,917 --> 00:02:04,126 A small town... anywhere. 3 00:03:45,709 --> 00:03:47,584 - Mother's safe. - The baby? 4 00:03:50,459 --> 00:03:52,584 You didn't do that, Doctor? 5 00:03:52,917 --> 00:03:55,667 I did it... honestly. 6 00:03:55,834 --> 00:03:58,292 If you want a grandson, 7 00:03:58,501 --> 00:04:01,959 tell your son-in-law to have another try. 8 00:04:02,792 --> 00:04:04,001 He can't... 9 00:04:04,167 --> 00:04:05,959 A neighbour will help. 10 00:04:07,126 --> 00:04:10,876 Don't cry, Grandma. You have your daughter. 11 00:05:12,126 --> 00:05:15,001 - Hurry up! - I've finished. 12 00:05:18,459 --> 00:05:20,959 - Stop moaning. - I can't get up. 13 00:05:21,126 --> 00:05:22,792 Then lie down. 14 00:05:28,584 --> 00:05:30,667 Don't get excited. 15 00:05:30,834 --> 00:05:33,251 - She's a nasty woman. - My sister. 16 00:05:33,417 --> 00:05:36,209 Oh... then she's a bad sister. 17 00:05:36,376 --> 00:05:39,667 She's unhappy... always has been. 18 00:05:39,834 --> 00:05:41,209 Read that. 19 00:05:41,376 --> 00:05:44,876 Aren't you Doctor Vorzet's wife? 20 00:05:45,042 --> 00:05:46,542 He works here? 21 00:05:46,709 --> 00:05:49,042 In the mental ward. 22 00:05:49,709 --> 00:05:52,876 - I'd like to change... - Your bed? 23 00:05:53,042 --> 00:05:55,042 I don't like the number. 24 00:05:55,209 --> 00:05:58,584 Something will happen to me here. 25 00:05:58,751 --> 00:06:02,542 Don't talk nonsense! Someone to see you. 26 00:06:11,209 --> 00:06:13,001 Hello, François. 27 00:06:13,376 --> 00:06:15,084 Hello, mum. 28 00:06:18,626 --> 00:06:20,959 I've brought your razor. 29 00:06:35,709 --> 00:06:37,042 Why scold them? 30 00:06:37,209 --> 00:06:39,667 - And Dr Germain? - What? 31 00:06:39,834 --> 00:06:43,834 You come here too much. I'll tell Michel so. 32 00:06:44,001 --> 00:06:47,251 - My husband doesn't mind. - Well, I do. 33 00:06:47,417 --> 00:06:49,042 But it's my job. 34 00:06:49,209 --> 00:06:51,584 You're a tramp... 'Morning, Doctor. 35 00:07:00,251 --> 00:07:01,459 Well? 36 00:07:02,167 --> 00:07:03,584 I saved the mother. 37 00:07:03,751 --> 00:07:06,042 - What, again? - Why again? 38 00:07:06,209 --> 00:07:07,876 Third time in a month. 39 00:07:08,042 --> 00:07:10,084 If you don't trust me... 40 00:07:10,251 --> 00:07:12,417 I won't in future. 41 00:07:12,584 --> 00:07:13,667 Now, now... 42 00:07:14,251 --> 00:07:15,626 Squabbling again? 43 00:07:15,834 --> 00:07:16,959 I ask you... 44 00:07:17,126 --> 00:07:20,667 Leave me out of it. I've enough trouble. 45 00:07:20,834 --> 00:07:22,417 Madame Delorme again? 46 00:07:22,584 --> 00:07:25,209 She's a terror! 47 00:07:25,376 --> 00:07:28,501 Thank God I have my pipe and the odd drink... 48 00:07:28,667 --> 00:07:32,501 Come with me, I've a gangrene to show you. 49 00:07:32,667 --> 00:07:35,626 It's so far gone... it's almost a joke. 50 00:07:35,792 --> 00:07:38,209 I don't care for jokes. 51 00:07:38,626 --> 00:07:41,542 Your loss, Dr Bertrand's gain... 52 00:07:41,751 --> 00:07:43,876 - You'll be sorry. - I'm sure. 53 00:07:44,042 --> 00:07:46,834 Come on, it's fantastic! 54 00:08:03,834 --> 00:08:06,751 Make yourself at home. Give me that! 55 00:08:06,917 --> 00:08:11,876 I was just emptying the pockets of your coat. 56 00:08:12,334 --> 00:08:14,626 Why do you read my letters? 57 00:08:15,834 --> 00:08:18,001 Why do you write to my sister? 58 00:08:18,292 --> 00:08:19,667 None of your business! 59 00:08:19,876 --> 00:08:21,834 Laura's a real viper! 60 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:24,084 N°13 says he can't sleep. 61 00:08:24,251 --> 00:08:27,501 Cancer of the liver! He won't last long. 62 00:08:27,667 --> 00:08:30,876 - Morphine? - I just gave it him once. 63 00:08:31,042 --> 00:08:34,209 - Go on with it. - It didn't do any good. 64 00:08:34,376 --> 00:08:37,376 The doses I prescribed have been withdrawn. 65 00:08:37,542 --> 00:08:41,209 I don't know if you use or sell them, but find them! 66 00:08:41,376 --> 00:08:44,084 - Doctor, I... - By tomorrow! 67 00:09:09,376 --> 00:09:11,376 - Not had lunch? - Yes, sir. 68 00:09:11,542 --> 00:09:14,626 - And now? - I'm having tea. 69 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:16,042 Ah, Doctor... 70 00:09:18,917 --> 00:09:20,292 I've someone ill. 71 00:09:20,459 --> 00:09:22,209 - Rolande? - My sister. 72 00:09:22,751 --> 00:09:25,542 Would you knock at her door? 73 00:09:29,876 --> 00:09:32,459 - D'you mind? - I'm a doctor. 74 00:09:32,626 --> 00:09:34,876 Want me to box your ears? 75 00:09:35,209 --> 00:09:37,126 Be careful, Fernand! 76 00:09:37,959 --> 00:09:39,792 They're young. 77 00:09:40,459 --> 00:09:42,042 - Don't like children? - No... 78 00:09:42,209 --> 00:09:45,959 - Why lodge at school? - It's bad luck! 79 00:09:49,959 --> 00:09:52,459 Playing the spy? 80 00:09:52,834 --> 00:09:57,376 No, I just happened to be here. I saw you coming... 81 00:10:03,584 --> 00:10:04,792 Your aunt's ill? 82 00:10:05,959 --> 00:10:07,626 Denise? 83 00:10:07,876 --> 00:10:11,334 Yes... so they say. 84 00:10:16,167 --> 00:10:18,084 I left... 85 00:10:18,292 --> 00:10:21,417 a letter for you on your desk. 86 00:10:53,417 --> 00:10:55,209 The air does me good. 87 00:10:55,709 --> 00:10:57,959 It's for me... not you. 88 00:10:58,209 --> 00:11:00,667 Can't stand the noise. 89 00:11:02,501 --> 00:11:04,876 - Is that perfume? - Do you mind? 90 00:11:05,042 --> 00:11:07,459 I should've left the window open. 91 00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:11,751 - Where's the pain? - Everywhere! 92 00:11:11,917 --> 00:11:15,709 I've a temperature and I feel tired. 93 00:11:16,792 --> 00:11:19,834 I've a pain in the back... up here. 94 00:11:20,001 --> 00:11:21,334 There? 95 00:11:22,542 --> 00:11:24,042 Or there? 96 00:11:24,376 --> 00:11:25,876 Well... 97 00:11:26,376 --> 00:11:28,292 Between the two? 98 00:11:28,501 --> 00:11:31,667 - Perhaps. - Undress. 99 00:11:33,417 --> 00:11:36,251 Outer clothes only. 100 00:11:40,126 --> 00:11:41,501 Breathe in. 101 00:11:46,001 --> 00:11:47,542 Cough. 102 00:11:49,667 --> 00:11:51,084 Again. 103 00:12:00,001 --> 00:12:01,667 Say "33". 104 00:12:05,084 --> 00:12:06,459 Not so loud. 105 00:12:10,501 --> 00:12:12,209 Stretch out. 106 00:12:15,292 --> 00:12:16,376 Handkerchief? 107 00:12:16,542 --> 00:12:20,667 - Isn't my nightdress sufficient? - No! I'll use mine. 108 00:12:24,709 --> 00:12:26,251 Breathe in. 109 00:12:28,584 --> 00:12:29,917 Again. 110 00:12:35,376 --> 00:12:37,542 Breathe normally. 111 00:12:45,751 --> 00:12:48,126 - Excuse me. - Come in! 112 00:12:48,292 --> 00:12:50,084 I brought the papers. 113 00:12:50,292 --> 00:12:52,001 - You can stay. - No! 114 00:12:53,251 --> 00:12:56,292 Leave me alone with Miss Saillens. 115 00:12:56,459 --> 00:12:58,542 But of course. 116 00:12:58,709 --> 00:13:00,709 Just 30 seconds. 117 00:13:03,126 --> 00:13:06,501 - What I have got? - Nothing at all! 118 00:13:06,709 --> 00:13:07,709 I'm not ill? 119 00:13:07,959 --> 00:13:13,126 You just wanted examining. But it's not a doctor you need... 120 00:13:13,792 --> 00:13:16,459 Not me, in any case. Goodbye. 121 00:13:17,667 --> 00:13:18,709 Joseph! 122 00:13:20,501 --> 00:13:22,251 My name's Rémy. 123 00:13:26,167 --> 00:13:27,584 You can go in now. 124 00:13:28,751 --> 00:13:30,792 I'll not tire her too much? 125 00:13:31,292 --> 00:13:32,959 No, you won't tire her. 126 00:13:33,126 --> 00:13:36,501 Wait... it's no use pretending. 127 00:13:36,667 --> 00:13:39,167 The papers were an excuse to see you. 128 00:13:39,459 --> 00:13:41,084 You don't need one. 129 00:13:41,292 --> 00:13:43,001 You think so? 130 00:13:43,834 --> 00:13:47,876 Well, you're wrong. It's no longer true... 131 00:13:48,042 --> 00:13:50,334 - And it's your fault. - Pardon? 132 00:13:50,501 --> 00:13:53,334 You're very reserved, Doctor... 133 00:13:53,501 --> 00:13:57,501 but you must have said something... 134 00:13:58,417 --> 00:14:01,626 They're saying at the hospital 135 00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:04,251 that I'm your mistress. 136 00:14:04,417 --> 00:14:05,292 Who does? 137 00:14:05,584 --> 00:14:08,459 I've received an anonymous letter. 138 00:14:08,626 --> 00:14:11,334 I'm obliged to avoid you. 139 00:15:05,917 --> 00:15:09,042 Stop playing around with Laura... 140 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:11,709 I see everything. 141 00:15:11,959 --> 00:15:15,501 The Raven 142 00:15:22,417 --> 00:15:27,042 Take the bags. Put his trunk in the yard. 143 00:15:28,334 --> 00:15:32,584 Nothing's so mad as a congress of doctors, except... 144 00:15:32,792 --> 00:15:35,917 a congress of psychiatrists. 145 00:15:36,084 --> 00:15:39,334 Nobody listens to anyone else, thank God... 146 00:15:39,501 --> 00:15:43,792 because if they did, it would be a farce. 147 00:15:43,959 --> 00:15:46,959 Only a public of ill people would 148 00:15:47,167 --> 00:15:49,167 listen to such rot! 149 00:15:49,334 --> 00:15:52,667 The only useful purpose of these events 150 00:15:52,834 --> 00:15:56,584 is to allow provincial doctors to cheat on their wives 151 00:15:56,751 --> 00:15:58,334 with Parisian girls. 152 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:02,834 As I'm too old for that, I came back. 153 00:16:03,834 --> 00:16:07,042 Well, Laura, aren't you listening? 154 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:10,126 I told you about yesterday's letter. 155 00:16:10,292 --> 00:16:11,959 What of it? 156 00:16:12,376 --> 00:16:14,667 There's one for you today. 157 00:16:27,001 --> 00:16:28,376 3 sheets of stamps. 158 00:16:28,542 --> 00:16:31,167 300! D'you eat them? 159 00:16:31,667 --> 00:16:34,042 I send them to a Christian mission. 160 00:16:34,209 --> 00:16:37,376 Each sheet saves a Chinese soul. 161 00:16:37,542 --> 00:16:41,251 It's faith which will save the world! 162 00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:44,126 2 stamps please, Rolande. 163 00:16:54,251 --> 00:16:55,834 Now you see it... 164 00:16:56,459 --> 00:16:57,834 now you don't! 165 00:16:58,001 --> 00:16:59,792 Oh, you're back? 166 00:16:59,959 --> 00:17:04,042 An old husband shouldn't leave his young wife alone too long. 167 00:17:04,376 --> 00:17:07,292 - Is that meant for me? - Why for you? 168 00:17:07,876 --> 00:17:09,834 I said it for me and her. 169 00:17:10,001 --> 00:17:12,667 I'll give you back your letters. 170 00:17:12,834 --> 00:17:16,042 May I? I interpret handwriting. 171 00:17:16,209 --> 00:17:17,709 Or mystify it? 172 00:17:17,876 --> 00:17:22,751 Interpretation and mystification go hand in hand. 173 00:17:23,751 --> 00:17:25,542 Odd handwriting! 174 00:17:25,709 --> 00:17:29,126 Intelligence... lots of intelligence... 175 00:17:29,292 --> 00:17:31,001 A bit too much. 176 00:17:31,709 --> 00:17:36,209 And sensuality... much too much sensuality. 177 00:17:36,376 --> 00:17:41,042 Combined with a lack of flexibility... 178 00:17:41,209 --> 00:17:43,917 You're not very forgiving, my friend. 179 00:17:44,084 --> 00:17:47,626 A block... a handsome block... but a block. 180 00:17:48,042 --> 00:17:51,001 You can't have many friends. 181 00:17:51,167 --> 00:17:54,084 Neither friends nor enemies. 182 00:17:55,709 --> 00:17:59,334 - Know any? - An enemy... yes. 183 00:17:59,501 --> 00:18:01,417 - Who? - Excuse me, Doctor. 184 00:18:01,626 --> 00:18:04,876 Sorry to intrude, but you're hogging the letterbox. 185 00:18:05,376 --> 00:18:07,626 - Good trip? - Yes, thank you. 186 00:18:07,792 --> 00:18:09,667 See you later. 187 00:18:12,584 --> 00:18:14,584 Enemy, you said? 188 00:18:16,542 --> 00:18:19,209 My wife received an anonymous letter. 189 00:18:19,376 --> 00:18:20,917 She told you? 190 00:18:21,084 --> 00:18:24,167 She hides nothing from me. My age, you know. 191 00:18:24,334 --> 00:18:28,501 Anyhow, I received another myself today. 192 00:18:28,751 --> 00:18:32,584 - The same? - Yes, with a few extra details... 193 00:18:33,167 --> 00:18:37,334 such as the suggestion that you made Laura pregnant... 194 00:18:37,501 --> 00:18:39,417 Calm down... 195 00:18:39,626 --> 00:18:42,876 and that you took advantage of my absence to get rid of... 196 00:18:43,042 --> 00:18:45,417 the inconvenience by surgical means. 197 00:18:47,001 --> 00:18:48,292 - Want one? - No. 198 00:18:48,459 --> 00:18:51,459 Delorme, as house surgeon, received 199 00:18:51,626 --> 00:18:53,459 a similar letter. 200 00:18:53,626 --> 00:18:58,792 You're accused of carrying out abortions... 201 00:18:59,084 --> 00:19:01,626 Forewarned is forearmed. 202 00:19:01,959 --> 00:19:04,917 - The bastard! - Why use such words! 203 00:19:05,084 --> 00:19:08,084 I know something of the problem. 204 00:19:08,251 --> 00:19:12,001 I've often acted as expert in affairs of anonymous letters. 205 00:19:12,167 --> 00:19:17,459 Believe me, what we have here is a mental case. 206 00:19:17,626 --> 00:19:21,542 - I'll deal with him. - Find him first. 207 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:27,376 It might be the Public Prosecutor over there... 208 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:30,167 or Mr. Fayolle withdrawing money. 209 00:19:30,334 --> 00:19:34,001 Eh, Mr. Fayolle... it might be you? 210 00:19:34,167 --> 00:19:37,001 - What? - Shh! It's a secret. 211 00:19:37,167 --> 00:19:39,334 Always making jokes! 212 00:19:39,501 --> 00:19:42,042 If it's neither of them, 213 00:19:42,209 --> 00:19:44,792 it might be Dr Germain himself! 214 00:19:44,959 --> 00:19:47,042 But I'm a victim! 215 00:19:47,209 --> 00:19:52,084 Madmen sometimes accuse themselves. It often happens. 216 00:19:52,251 --> 00:19:53,376 Outrageous! 217 00:19:53,542 --> 00:19:56,334 Of course, I don't think you're guilty. 218 00:19:56,501 --> 00:19:57,334 How kind! 219 00:19:57,501 --> 00:20:01,251 But you must keep your eyes open. 220 00:20:01,417 --> 00:20:04,126 When this sort of thing starts, 221 00:20:04,292 --> 00:20:06,917 the whole town may suffer. 222 00:20:07,084 --> 00:20:09,417 - To think... - What? 223 00:20:09,584 --> 00:20:11,834 Nothing... So long. 224 00:20:13,917 --> 00:20:16,334 You might even be the Raven. 225 00:20:17,501 --> 00:20:19,292 Why not? 226 00:20:30,626 --> 00:20:33,001 Oh, it's you, sir. Sorry, sir. 227 00:20:33,292 --> 00:20:35,584 Don't worry. Sit down. 228 00:20:36,126 --> 00:20:38,626 Bonnevi, I'm troubled. 229 00:20:38,792 --> 00:20:41,126 Nothing serious, I hope. 230 00:20:41,292 --> 00:20:44,417 - I've had another anonymous letter. - Again? 231 00:20:44,584 --> 00:20:49,751 This one accuses not only Germain... Well, I'll read it. 232 00:20:50,042 --> 00:20:52,751 I'm most honoured, sir. 233 00:20:53,209 --> 00:20:56,709 "Old drunkard"... That's his style. 234 00:20:56,876 --> 00:20:57,876 Of course. 235 00:20:58,042 --> 00:21:00,417 "You're so drunk you can't see 236 00:21:00,584 --> 00:21:04,334 "how your hospital is dishonoured by Germain 237 00:21:04,501 --> 00:21:07,959 "and fiddled by your bursar, 238 00:21:08,126 --> 00:21:09,751 "the bastard Bonnevi! 239 00:21:10,292 --> 00:21:13,334 "Ask him how he obtained 240 00:21:13,626 --> 00:21:16,834 "the statement dated January 15th, 241 00:21:17,001 --> 00:21:18,751 "signed The Raven." 242 00:21:18,917 --> 00:21:20,376 What do you say? 243 00:21:22,959 --> 00:21:24,876 And you, sir? 244 00:21:26,209 --> 00:21:29,584 To tell the truth, I'm worried... 245 00:21:29,751 --> 00:21:31,417 very worried. 246 00:21:31,626 --> 00:21:34,292 Between you and me, 247 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:38,292 there was something a little... irregular on January 15th. 248 00:21:39,626 --> 00:21:43,001 It poses a very real problem. 249 00:21:43,167 --> 00:21:44,167 Understand? 250 00:21:44,959 --> 00:21:49,459 Yes, particularly as I'm in a similar situation. 251 00:21:50,542 --> 00:21:52,917 I too received a letter. 252 00:21:53,084 --> 00:21:56,292 May I read it to you? 253 00:21:56,792 --> 00:21:58,751 Why, go ahead. 254 00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:02,751 "Dirty old swine"... That's his style. 255 00:22:03,209 --> 00:22:04,292 Of course. 256 00:22:04,459 --> 00:22:05,959 "It's just as well 257 00:22:06,209 --> 00:22:09,459 "you're friendly with Germain the abortionist. 258 00:22:09,751 --> 00:22:14,126 "You may need him if your daughter Jeannette 259 00:22:14,292 --> 00:22:18,542 "goes on spending hours in the house surgeon's office. 260 00:22:19,084 --> 00:22:20,876 "Signed: The Raven." 261 00:22:21,042 --> 00:22:23,001 What do you say? 262 00:22:23,501 --> 00:22:27,251 These letters are a tissue of lies. 263 00:22:27,417 --> 00:22:28,876 My mind's made up. 264 00:22:29,126 --> 00:22:31,584 So is mine, sir. 265 00:22:36,542 --> 00:22:39,501 - Wake up! - Let me sleep! 266 00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:40,834 No, that's enough! 267 00:22:41,001 --> 00:22:43,292 - But I'm ill. - You! 268 00:22:43,501 --> 00:22:46,376 I know you. You've had all the lodgers 269 00:22:46,542 --> 00:22:49,459 except the boy scout. And maybe him, too. 270 00:22:49,626 --> 00:22:51,626 Now it's Dr Germain. 271 00:22:53,459 --> 00:22:57,959 Nonsense! He looks like an old umbrella. He must be a lousy lover. 272 00:22:58,126 --> 00:23:01,209 - Why pretend? - I'm not. I'm ill. 273 00:23:01,376 --> 00:23:04,126 Bronchitis and sore throat. 274 00:23:04,292 --> 00:23:08,209 It's true. You do look ill. Temperature? 275 00:23:08,959 --> 00:23:10,501 Throat? 276 00:23:12,167 --> 00:23:13,876 What's that? 277 00:23:14,042 --> 00:23:15,542 A compress. 278 00:23:15,709 --> 00:23:20,417 Iced water? And to think you nearly took me in! 279 00:23:20,584 --> 00:23:22,626 The letter warned me. 280 00:23:22,792 --> 00:23:24,876 - What letter? - Here! 281 00:23:41,584 --> 00:23:44,709 - Not playing? - No, we're talking. 282 00:23:44,876 --> 00:23:48,501 - Fayolle had a letter. - Me too, which is more serious. 283 00:23:48,667 --> 00:23:49,667 Why, more serious? 284 00:23:49,834 --> 00:23:52,167 Because I'm a public figure. 285 00:23:52,334 --> 00:23:57,042 The criminal doesn't respect officials. That says a lot! 286 00:23:57,209 --> 00:23:58,959 Listen to this! 287 00:24:00,584 --> 00:24:02,084 "Slacker"... 288 00:24:02,251 --> 00:24:05,834 I disproved that during my election campaign. 289 00:24:06,001 --> 00:24:08,001 "You administer a town 290 00:24:08,167 --> 00:24:11,084 "poisoned by Germain the abortionist. 291 00:24:11,251 --> 00:24:13,417 "I have three charges. 292 00:24:13,584 --> 00:24:16,667 "First, Germain goes to bed with..." 293 00:24:19,042 --> 00:24:22,251 There follows the name of an honourable lady. 294 00:24:22,417 --> 00:24:26,167 It is not necessary to say more. "Secondly... 295 00:24:27,042 --> 00:24:30,917 "Germain sells morphine and passes the buck 296 00:24:31,084 --> 00:24:35,001 "to Marie Corbin who is innocent." What do you say? 297 00:24:35,167 --> 00:24:38,334 - And thirdly? - Of no importance. 298 00:24:38,501 --> 00:24:41,417 - You're a cuckold! - How d'you know? 299 00:24:41,584 --> 00:24:43,459 I've had a letter too. 300 00:24:43,626 --> 00:24:45,626 Disagreeable lies. 301 00:24:45,792 --> 00:24:48,084 - I don't agree. - Agreeable? 302 00:24:48,251 --> 00:24:51,751 Not all lies. There's some truth. 303 00:24:51,917 --> 00:24:53,834 I sell bad medicine! 304 00:24:54,001 --> 00:24:58,084 It's not you, but the person whose name is mentioned in each letter. 305 00:24:58,251 --> 00:25:01,626 I won't slander a colleague, 306 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:06,709 but I had a talk with him today which troubled me... 307 00:25:07,084 --> 00:25:11,751 For my first time in office, I have an interesting case. 308 00:25:11,917 --> 00:25:14,084 We can't just arrest him. 309 00:25:14,251 --> 00:25:16,834 No, we must investigate the hospital. 310 00:25:17,001 --> 00:25:20,417 Not at the hospital. Nothing doing. 311 00:25:20,584 --> 00:25:21,834 You can't oppose 312 00:25:22,042 --> 00:25:23,417 the Public Prosecutor. 313 00:25:23,584 --> 00:25:27,167 No! But your father can box your ears if you carry on. 314 00:25:27,334 --> 00:25:28,959 - Is that so? - Yes! 315 00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:32,709 I have my duty to do, papa. 316 00:25:32,876 --> 00:25:36,542 Your only duty, young man, is prudence. 317 00:25:36,709 --> 00:25:38,584 Temperature's rising. 318 00:25:38,751 --> 00:25:43,042 The town's temperature, I mean. Here's the chart. 319 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:47,584 Amusing, eh? In two days we're up to 38.2... 320 00:25:47,751 --> 00:25:52,917 It's only a beginning. You don't operate at that temperature. 321 00:25:58,626 --> 00:25:59,876 Doctor... 322 00:26:00,876 --> 00:26:03,667 - What are you doing here? - Waiting for you. 323 00:26:03,834 --> 00:26:08,584 We can't talk at the hospital. Please forgive me. 324 00:26:08,751 --> 00:26:12,084 - Forgive you? - I was nasty to you. 325 00:26:12,251 --> 00:26:16,792 I thought you'd been imprudent, but you were a victim. 326 00:26:16,959 --> 00:26:18,709 Please forgive me. 327 00:26:18,876 --> 00:26:22,417 - Nonsense! - We might be seen. 328 00:26:22,626 --> 00:26:24,376 What's the harm in that? 329 00:26:24,542 --> 00:26:27,376 None, but we must be careful. 330 00:26:27,709 --> 00:26:32,042 Now that we can't meet in public, 331 00:26:32,209 --> 00:26:36,417 we should find a more secret place. 332 00:26:37,667 --> 00:26:42,042 The town's against you. I could help you to fight. 333 00:26:42,959 --> 00:26:47,876 I'll manage alone. It's kind of you, but I know about solitude. 334 00:26:48,751 --> 00:26:51,292 What did your letter say? 335 00:26:52,751 --> 00:26:56,001 - What letter? - The one you tore up. 336 00:26:56,959 --> 00:26:58,417 It was about me. 337 00:26:58,584 --> 00:27:01,167 But it was addressed to me. 338 00:27:01,667 --> 00:27:04,917 I was not going to send it. 339 00:27:08,001 --> 00:27:10,626 I'm sure she's watching us. 340 00:27:15,876 --> 00:27:18,751 Have you guessed who the Raven is? 341 00:27:19,501 --> 00:27:21,334 Beware of her! 342 00:27:32,292 --> 00:27:38,584 The lodger's ears must have been burning this afternoon. 343 00:27:38,834 --> 00:27:41,209 That'll teach him! 344 00:27:41,376 --> 00:27:43,251 You think it's true? 345 00:27:43,417 --> 00:27:44,542 What? 346 00:27:44,709 --> 00:27:47,251 The things they're saying... 347 00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:49,876 It's not a subject for children. 348 00:27:50,042 --> 00:27:52,667 Don't you remember when you were my age? 349 00:27:53,709 --> 00:27:55,334 Go and see. 350 00:28:00,501 --> 00:28:02,917 It's the doctor. Morning, Doctor. 351 00:28:03,084 --> 00:28:06,459 We were just talking about you... Doctor. 352 00:28:06,876 --> 00:28:09,751 - Denise's ill? - It's true this time. 353 00:28:09,917 --> 00:28:12,126 - Can you cup? - Of course. 354 00:28:12,292 --> 00:28:15,167 Do it then. She loves it. 355 00:28:17,376 --> 00:28:18,501 So you've done it... 356 00:28:18,667 --> 00:28:21,542 Yes, I wanted to be treated. 357 00:28:21,709 --> 00:28:24,251 - Odd person! - That makes two. 358 00:28:24,417 --> 00:28:28,917 Just 'cause I don't jump into bed with the first woman who offers... 359 00:28:29,084 --> 00:28:31,167 Thanks very much! 360 00:28:31,542 --> 00:28:33,167 You know what I mean. 361 00:28:33,334 --> 00:28:36,959 Yes, to do that, you must be really in love. 362 00:28:37,751 --> 00:28:41,417 No, in that case I'd run even quicker. 363 00:28:41,584 --> 00:28:44,334 Then why not take your pleasure? 364 00:28:44,501 --> 00:28:46,376 Nothing much... 365 00:28:47,251 --> 00:28:48,876 A ghost... 366 00:28:49,042 --> 00:28:51,209 or rather two ghosts. 367 00:28:51,376 --> 00:28:54,834 - Does that hurt? - A little. 368 00:28:55,209 --> 00:28:58,334 All I want is peace and quiet. 369 00:28:58,876 --> 00:29:00,167 You're wanted. 370 00:29:00,542 --> 00:29:03,459 Me? I'll be right back. 371 00:29:09,417 --> 00:29:11,126 Oh, it's you? 372 00:29:13,167 --> 00:29:16,459 Sorry, but when you know why I'm here... 373 00:29:16,626 --> 00:29:17,501 Come with me. 374 00:29:20,001 --> 00:29:23,251 - Fine office! - Do you like it? 375 00:29:23,417 --> 00:29:25,876 I love good furniture. 376 00:29:26,042 --> 00:29:29,167 But on the pay we get, 377 00:29:29,334 --> 00:29:32,751 I can't afford this kind of thing. 378 00:29:32,917 --> 00:29:37,084 You must have considerable private means? 379 00:29:37,751 --> 00:29:41,126 - Fair! - That's what I told them. 380 00:29:41,792 --> 00:29:42,626 Told who? 381 00:29:43,001 --> 00:29:45,834 People who asked me just now. 382 00:29:46,001 --> 00:29:47,626 About my means? 383 00:29:47,792 --> 00:29:51,917 Your means... and your past. 384 00:29:52,084 --> 00:29:56,834 You understand... people are inquisitive. 385 00:29:57,501 --> 00:30:02,084 Send the inquisitive ones to me. I'll tell them. 386 00:30:03,959 --> 00:30:06,667 Before coming here, 387 00:30:06,834 --> 00:30:11,417 you said you were in practice at Grenoble. 388 00:30:11,584 --> 00:30:13,501 No doubt I did... 389 00:30:14,417 --> 00:30:19,042 Some fool looked up your name in the medical directory. 390 00:30:20,001 --> 00:30:23,167 There was no Dr Germain there. 391 00:30:25,834 --> 00:30:29,542 Tell the fool that inclusion in the directory 392 00:30:29,709 --> 00:30:31,084 is not compulsory. 393 00:30:31,417 --> 00:30:34,334 The only Germain in Grenoble 394 00:30:34,501 --> 00:30:36,751 left 15 years ago 395 00:30:36,917 --> 00:30:39,167 and became Germain Monatte, 396 00:30:39,667 --> 00:30:42,209 - the brain specialist. - I knew him. 397 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:45,876 Well, that's something. 398 00:30:46,126 --> 00:30:49,667 It might be useful if it comes to an investigation. 399 00:30:53,959 --> 00:30:55,376 You're right, 400 00:30:55,584 --> 00:30:57,459 they're fragile. 401 00:30:57,626 --> 00:31:01,542 All I was asked to get was information. 402 00:31:01,709 --> 00:31:02,584 Who asked? 403 00:31:02,751 --> 00:31:07,501 Well... a lot of other fools. There are plenty. 404 00:31:07,709 --> 00:31:10,042 I'll be off. It's late. 405 00:31:10,209 --> 00:31:12,167 And who is the Raven? 406 00:31:12,459 --> 00:31:15,917 They think it's Marie, my sister-in-law. 407 00:31:16,084 --> 00:31:19,126 She's got it in for you, of course... 408 00:31:19,292 --> 00:31:20,917 but I don't think so. 409 00:31:21,334 --> 00:31:25,917 I used to be engaged to her. I knew her well. 410 00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:28,667 Or she has changed a lot. 411 00:31:30,417 --> 00:31:31,709 Do you mind my coming? 412 00:31:31,876 --> 00:31:35,126 Not at all. I thank you for doing so. 413 00:31:35,959 --> 00:31:38,251 Don't overdo it. 414 00:31:38,876 --> 00:31:41,042 I hope you'll live long, 415 00:31:41,209 --> 00:31:44,542 but not long enough to become President of the Medical Association 416 00:31:44,709 --> 00:31:48,542 which involves disagreeable duties. 417 00:32:01,209 --> 00:32:02,626 I thought you were in bed. 418 00:32:02,792 --> 00:32:05,667 - I was coming to see you. - Me? 419 00:32:05,834 --> 00:32:10,209 If Vorzet came, it must be serious. 420 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:13,584 - What do you care? - Always pleasant. 421 00:32:13,751 --> 00:32:15,876 Go to bed. You'll get cold. 422 00:32:16,042 --> 00:32:18,209 What do you care? 423 00:32:28,751 --> 00:32:29,584 So what? 424 00:32:31,334 --> 00:32:33,876 My brother and I had an accident when we were kids. 425 00:32:35,042 --> 00:32:38,417 He lost an arm and I got a coxalgia. 426 00:32:39,001 --> 00:32:41,292 Does it stop me being attractive? 427 00:32:41,917 --> 00:32:45,001 Does it stop men from wanting me? 428 00:32:46,626 --> 00:32:49,042 Does it stop you wanting me? 429 00:32:53,876 --> 00:32:55,542 Goodnight, Denise. 430 00:32:56,917 --> 00:32:59,209 You won't sleep, you know. 431 00:32:59,584 --> 00:33:01,834 You're too worried. 432 00:33:02,376 --> 00:33:04,501 Does it show that much? 433 00:33:04,751 --> 00:33:07,792 You said you wanted peace. 434 00:33:07,959 --> 00:33:10,501 Yes, and quiet. 435 00:33:11,042 --> 00:33:13,167 I can't offer you that. 436 00:33:13,584 --> 00:33:16,126 But a few hours of forgetfulness... 437 00:33:16,584 --> 00:33:17,417 Shut up. 438 00:33:36,417 --> 00:33:39,084 She's writing to her Emile. 439 00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:43,417 Better to be safe than sorry. 440 00:33:43,584 --> 00:33:44,751 There he is. 441 00:33:47,876 --> 00:33:49,292 How is she? 442 00:33:49,459 --> 00:33:52,584 You needn't have come. She's gone out. 443 00:33:52,751 --> 00:33:54,584 She had a temperature! 444 00:33:54,751 --> 00:33:59,584 Young people... She was alright today. Excuse me. 445 00:33:59,876 --> 00:34:04,084 Come in. I'll be right with you. 446 00:34:04,417 --> 00:34:08,001 - Dr Bertrand's bag! - Well, if you know it... 447 00:34:08,167 --> 00:34:12,126 - So she's gone out with him. - I didn't say so. 448 00:34:12,292 --> 00:34:14,667 You've changed doctors? 449 00:34:15,376 --> 00:34:20,584 To tell the truth, I didn't want to. But with all the rumours 450 00:34:20,751 --> 00:34:25,084 that are going around... although they may be lies... 451 00:34:25,251 --> 00:34:28,626 - I understand. - My niece is a good girl. 452 00:34:31,751 --> 00:34:35,542 Send me your bill, Doctor. 453 00:34:35,709 --> 00:34:38,584 We'll see if that criminal dares to. 454 00:34:40,709 --> 00:34:43,751 Germain is a charlatan, a thief, 455 00:34:44,001 --> 00:34:47,376 a liar and an abortionist... The Raven. 456 00:35:01,501 --> 00:35:02,709 Back already? 457 00:35:02,876 --> 00:35:04,876 - As you see. - What're you doing? 458 00:35:05,709 --> 00:35:08,251 Watching the kids play. 459 00:35:08,584 --> 00:35:10,542 You like kids now? 460 00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:15,501 I don't know, but it's nice to rest a bit. 461 00:35:26,417 --> 00:35:28,876 You're not very kind today. 462 00:35:31,042 --> 00:35:34,084 - Listen, Denise. - Not "Darling"? 463 00:35:34,292 --> 00:35:37,459 It's all a misunderstanding. 464 00:35:37,626 --> 00:35:40,209 I liked you yesterday. 465 00:35:40,751 --> 00:35:46,001 But I was depressed. I stayed with you because I was discouraged. 466 00:35:46,167 --> 00:35:47,376 You understand? 467 00:35:47,542 --> 00:35:51,167 - Sure I do. - I don't think you do. 468 00:35:52,042 --> 00:35:54,084 I'm leaving this town. 469 00:35:55,959 --> 00:35:57,751 An avowal of guilt! 470 00:35:58,251 --> 00:36:01,292 - Once it's all settled. - And till then? 471 00:36:01,459 --> 00:36:04,084 - We'll be friends. - Friends? 472 00:36:04,251 --> 00:36:08,626 Me a friend of yours? After last night? 473 00:36:09,084 --> 00:36:11,251 My dear, you underestimate me. 474 00:36:11,417 --> 00:36:14,126 - Think! - I've thought. 475 00:36:14,292 --> 00:36:18,792 You're a coward, a weakling... weaker than me. 476 00:36:18,959 --> 00:36:21,001 But I won't give in. 477 00:36:21,167 --> 00:36:25,251 Believe me, when I have my shoes on, I can walk like anybody else. 478 00:36:25,417 --> 00:36:29,709 It took me 5 years, but now I can get any man I want. 479 00:36:29,876 --> 00:36:34,584 Me, a cripple! It's my revenge on life. 480 00:36:34,751 --> 00:36:38,876 Do what you like. You know what I am. 481 00:37:15,001 --> 00:37:18,084 - What're you doing here? - I'm in the corner. 482 00:37:18,251 --> 00:37:21,542 - Not seen a bit of paper? - No, sir. 483 00:37:21,709 --> 00:37:23,792 How can you be sure? 484 00:37:23,959 --> 00:37:26,542 Because I looked, sir. 485 00:37:58,917 --> 00:38:00,709 Did you put it there? 486 00:38:02,209 --> 00:38:04,584 Do you recognise this? 487 00:38:06,251 --> 00:38:08,584 What are you doing? 488 00:38:09,417 --> 00:38:11,626 It's like this. 489 00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:16,209 I want to ask you a favour. Lend me 100. 490 00:38:16,709 --> 00:38:19,042 - To save my honour. - Goodness! 491 00:38:19,209 --> 00:38:21,792 Don't laugh, it's serious. 492 00:38:21,959 --> 00:38:25,917 Just now, I saw in a shop window 493 00:38:26,084 --> 00:38:28,626 some English embroidery I wanted. 494 00:38:29,167 --> 00:38:32,251 I took 100 Francs from the Post Office, 495 00:38:32,417 --> 00:38:35,584 thinking I'd replace them from my savings. But... 496 00:38:35,751 --> 00:38:36,917 But? 497 00:38:37,084 --> 00:38:39,917 - But my grammar's empty. - Grammar? 498 00:38:40,084 --> 00:38:41,709 Money box. 499 00:38:42,959 --> 00:38:44,584 Take the stuff back. 500 00:38:44,751 --> 00:38:47,959 I can't. I've stained it. 501 00:38:50,042 --> 00:38:52,667 Here you are... you liar! 502 00:38:52,834 --> 00:38:54,584 Thank you, Doctor. 503 00:38:55,709 --> 00:38:57,542 Take that too! 504 00:39:31,042 --> 00:39:33,334 Here you are at last. 505 00:39:34,126 --> 00:39:37,251 Come kneel beside me so no one notices us. 506 00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:42,334 I couldn't come sooner. Your sister was watching... 507 00:39:42,501 --> 00:39:44,751 The situation you put me in! 508 00:39:44,917 --> 00:39:47,751 I should've shown your letter to my husband. 509 00:39:47,917 --> 00:39:49,376 What letter? 510 00:39:49,792 --> 00:39:52,167 I came because you wrote me a note. 511 00:39:52,334 --> 00:39:53,834 What note? 512 00:39:56,751 --> 00:39:58,292 This note. 513 00:40:02,001 --> 00:40:04,917 Have you any idea who the Raven is? 514 00:40:05,084 --> 00:40:08,376 It's a forgery! Here's what you sent. 515 00:40:13,542 --> 00:40:15,167 And you came all the same! 516 00:40:15,334 --> 00:40:18,459 I was hurt... yet I've forgiven you. 517 00:40:18,626 --> 00:40:22,334 Women always excuse an affair like this. 518 00:40:22,501 --> 00:40:23,917 Do I disappoint you? 519 00:40:24,084 --> 00:40:27,751 I thought you so far above all that. 520 00:40:28,167 --> 00:40:29,834 We're much the same. 521 00:40:30,001 --> 00:40:33,334 - But I'm not free. - Someone else? 522 00:40:33,501 --> 00:40:37,334 I carry a burden. I'll explain one day. 523 00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:41,209 I ask nothing. I have my pride. 524 00:40:41,376 --> 00:40:44,209 I want to know why this meeting was set up. 525 00:40:44,376 --> 00:40:47,959 I certainly won't prolong it. Goodbye, Germain. 526 00:40:48,501 --> 00:40:51,876 Goodbye, Laura. Don't be angry with me. 527 00:40:52,042 --> 00:40:54,709 If you need me, say so. 528 00:40:56,334 --> 00:40:57,167 Denise! 529 00:40:57,417 --> 00:40:59,417 - Surprised? - You here! 530 00:41:00,251 --> 00:41:04,376 I see your morals don't stop you from running after a married woman. 531 00:41:04,584 --> 00:41:07,084 That bitch! Congratulations! 532 00:41:07,334 --> 00:41:12,501 This meeting is a trap into which you've fallen. 533 00:41:12,751 --> 00:41:14,084 Why did you come? 534 00:41:14,251 --> 00:41:17,251 I was informed about you. 535 00:41:17,417 --> 00:41:19,876 - I had a letter. - From the Raven? 536 00:41:20,042 --> 00:41:23,084 Why not? Don't talk to me. 537 00:41:23,251 --> 00:41:26,251 You stole my lover. Everyone shall know. 538 00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:29,001 - Quiet! - The Raven is right. 539 00:41:29,167 --> 00:41:32,459 No, I'll say what I like... You swine! 540 00:41:32,626 --> 00:41:35,209 Not in the House of the Lord. 541 00:41:35,626 --> 00:41:37,001 It's you I wanted. 542 00:41:37,584 --> 00:41:39,709 - You knew... - I saw you come in. 543 00:41:39,876 --> 00:41:43,251 Bed n°13 has committed suicide! 544 00:41:43,834 --> 00:41:47,292 An anonymous letter told him he was done for. 545 00:41:47,459 --> 00:41:49,459 He cut his throat. 546 00:42:07,584 --> 00:42:08,709 Well? 547 00:42:08,876 --> 00:42:12,459 It's Marie Corbin. She hated n° 13. 548 00:42:12,626 --> 00:42:14,667 We all think so. 549 00:42:14,834 --> 00:42:18,626 The idiot! As if I hadn't enough trouble... 550 00:42:18,792 --> 00:42:21,792 Give him a good funeral. Today's Friday. 551 00:42:21,959 --> 00:42:24,084 Make it Sunday so everyone can go. 552 00:42:24,251 --> 00:42:26,459 - It's St. Robin's Day. - Cancel it. 553 00:42:26,626 --> 00:42:30,126 The priest won't accept a suicide. 554 00:42:30,292 --> 00:42:35,417 Dr Vorzet will sign a lunacy certificate. N° 13 was mad, eh? 555 00:42:35,584 --> 00:42:39,209 As mad as everybody... You and me. 556 00:42:39,376 --> 00:42:41,042 No joking! 557 00:42:41,209 --> 00:42:43,626 - We shall all attend. - Not me. 558 00:42:43,792 --> 00:42:45,001 Why not? 559 00:42:45,167 --> 00:42:47,209 I hate funerals. 560 00:42:59,792 --> 00:43:01,584 But I told you... 561 00:43:03,001 --> 00:43:05,334 The wreath should be behind. 562 00:43:05,501 --> 00:43:07,751 One moment... 563 00:43:08,209 --> 00:43:10,084 Hold that a second. 564 00:43:11,584 --> 00:43:13,876 You'd be wiser to go back home. 565 00:43:14,042 --> 00:43:15,209 Why should I? 566 00:43:15,376 --> 00:43:19,084 Everybody here thinks you're guilty. 567 00:43:19,334 --> 00:43:21,917 I'll see it through to the bitter end. 568 00:45:30,542 --> 00:45:34,917 N° 13 had already been knocked cold by Germain, 569 00:45:35,084 --> 00:45:37,667 the lover of Laura, Denise, and soon, 570 00:45:37,834 --> 00:45:40,834 young Rolande, the post-office thief. 571 00:45:41,001 --> 00:45:44,209 The Raven is following the funeral. 572 00:45:46,751 --> 00:45:50,126 The anonymous murderer was not satisfied 573 00:45:50,292 --> 00:45:53,667 with breaking up families. 574 00:45:54,167 --> 00:45:58,167 He had to have blood as well. 575 00:45:59,917 --> 00:46:03,292 These little sheets of paper rained down 576 00:46:03,459 --> 00:46:06,001 and made some of you laugh. 577 00:46:06,167 --> 00:46:10,542 Would you have if you had known that a mother would mourn her son? 578 00:46:16,042 --> 00:46:20,084 The whole town shares her grief. 579 00:46:20,417 --> 00:46:25,292 If it were not wrong to talk of justice in the presence of this tomb 580 00:46:25,459 --> 00:46:28,042 which brings us closer to divine justice, 581 00:46:28,376 --> 00:46:33,126 I would say that the whole town wants vengeance. 582 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:40,292 Just as the owl used to be nailed to the barn, 583 00:46:40,459 --> 00:46:44,167 you will be nailed to the cemetery gates, 584 00:46:44,334 --> 00:46:46,001 bird of blood 585 00:46:46,667 --> 00:46:50,042 and darkness... The Raven. 586 00:46:52,209 --> 00:46:55,292 In the name of the angry populace 587 00:46:55,542 --> 00:46:58,626 and of the authorities I represent, 588 00:46:58,792 --> 00:47:00,334 I proclaim 589 00:47:00,501 --> 00:47:04,501 that the wretched victim of a nameless murderer 590 00:47:04,667 --> 00:47:06,376 will be avenged! 591 00:47:06,626 --> 00:47:07,584 It's her! 592 00:47:07,792 --> 00:47:09,459 No, it's not true! 593 00:47:09,751 --> 00:47:11,709 The letter comes from you. 594 00:47:11,876 --> 00:47:15,001 - There are others. - You dare to say... 595 00:47:15,167 --> 00:47:18,251 You held the wreath... You wrote it! 596 00:47:26,292 --> 00:47:29,334 The ink which makes blood flow 597 00:47:42,001 --> 00:47:45,417 - They'll smash the gates. - I fear so. 598 00:47:45,584 --> 00:47:48,542 - And you read! - I don't mind noise. 599 00:47:53,834 --> 00:47:55,751 Dear friends... 600 00:47:56,667 --> 00:47:58,959 - Shut up, you! - Let me speak. 601 00:47:59,126 --> 00:48:01,501 Let's have Marie Corbin first. 602 00:48:01,709 --> 00:48:05,001 She's gone... We've sacked her. 603 00:49:18,417 --> 00:49:19,626 In prison 604 00:49:42,542 --> 00:49:45,834 Utter calm! Marie is in prison. 605 00:49:46,001 --> 00:49:50,376 Temperature is back to normal and even lower. 606 00:49:50,542 --> 00:49:55,709 No more letters to the hospital. It's heartening... or disturbing. 607 00:49:55,917 --> 00:49:58,042 Nobody suspects your sister. 608 00:49:58,209 --> 00:50:01,626 Everybody does and that's encouraging. 609 00:50:01,876 --> 00:50:03,709 I can prove her innocence. 610 00:50:04,501 --> 00:50:06,792 You begin to worry me. 611 00:50:07,084 --> 00:50:08,251 You know something? 612 00:50:08,501 --> 00:50:11,584 Rolande has told me something terrible. 613 00:50:11,834 --> 00:50:12,959 She's cried for 2 days. 614 00:50:13,126 --> 00:50:15,959 This accusation of theft is frightful. 615 00:50:16,417 --> 00:50:17,626 Sadly, it's true. 616 00:50:17,792 --> 00:50:21,126 She took the money, but only one person knew about it. 617 00:50:21,334 --> 00:50:23,459 - It wasn't Marie Corbin. - Who? 618 00:50:23,959 --> 00:50:26,209 - Dr Germain! - Just a moment... 619 00:50:26,792 --> 00:50:31,501 Did Dr Germain lend her the money to pay it back? 620 00:50:31,667 --> 00:50:34,792 - You knew? - If that's why you suspect him 621 00:50:34,959 --> 00:50:37,292 you can suspect me as well. 622 00:50:37,459 --> 00:50:39,834 I lent her 200 last month, 623 00:50:40,001 --> 00:50:43,959 and so did Laura, for the same reason. 624 00:50:44,126 --> 00:50:45,792 It's her little game. 625 00:50:45,959 --> 00:50:48,209 The little bitch will pay for that! 626 00:50:48,376 --> 00:50:51,334 No, she's just a neurotic little girl. 627 00:50:51,501 --> 00:50:54,001 - How old is she? - 14 and a half. 628 00:50:54,167 --> 00:50:57,917 Marry her off as soon as you can. 629 00:50:59,084 --> 00:51:01,584 - Leaving? - You bet I am! 630 00:51:01,751 --> 00:51:03,626 - Why? - Because of the welcome. 631 00:51:03,792 --> 00:51:08,209 But now that Marie's in prison, you're a saint! 632 00:51:08,376 --> 00:51:12,709 I won't stay here. Pass me the file there. 633 00:51:15,501 --> 00:51:18,917 - The file? - The cardboard thing! 634 00:51:20,251 --> 00:51:23,417 - You must think I'm stupid. - No, very nice. 635 00:51:25,501 --> 00:51:27,376 You're leaving all the same. 636 00:51:28,251 --> 00:51:30,584 - You're sure? - Absolutely! 637 00:51:30,751 --> 00:51:32,876 Nothing can change your mind... 638 00:51:33,042 --> 00:51:35,626 - Well, I love you. - No! 639 00:51:35,876 --> 00:51:37,626 - Don't believe me? - No. 640 00:51:37,792 --> 00:51:39,501 - Think I'm a liar? - Yes. 641 00:51:39,751 --> 00:51:41,126 - Idiot! - So be it. 642 00:51:41,292 --> 00:51:42,667 Listen, Rémy! 643 00:51:42,834 --> 00:51:46,501 I called you "darling" all night long. Give me 3 minutes. 644 00:51:46,667 --> 00:51:49,417 Don't pack your shoes like that. 645 00:51:49,584 --> 00:51:53,834 Put your socks in. They take up less space and keep their shape. 646 00:51:54,459 --> 00:51:58,792 Darling... People think you are unbending. 647 00:51:58,959 --> 00:52:02,209 But I know you are tender as a child. 648 00:52:02,792 --> 00:52:05,876 I held you in my arms... 649 00:52:07,417 --> 00:52:09,876 Since then, I love you... 650 00:52:14,792 --> 00:52:17,251 ...because that's how it is. 651 00:52:17,917 --> 00:52:19,292 - I love you. - No! 652 00:52:20,417 --> 00:52:25,376 You've never loved. You're just playing the farewell scene. 653 00:52:25,959 --> 00:52:28,709 - I love you. - The others too? 654 00:52:28,876 --> 00:52:30,667 No, I didn't love them. 655 00:52:30,834 --> 00:52:33,792 Sure! You expect me to believe that? 656 00:52:33,959 --> 00:52:38,542 People don't change. A decent man remains a decent man, and a... 657 00:52:38,709 --> 00:52:42,542 ...whore remains a whore, eh? You may be right. 658 00:52:42,834 --> 00:52:44,209 I'm sorry for you. 659 00:52:44,376 --> 00:52:48,751 For you'll always remain the saddest of creatures. 660 00:52:48,917 --> 00:52:50,292 A fool? 661 00:52:50,459 --> 00:52:53,292 Oh no... a bourgeois! 662 00:53:24,584 --> 00:53:27,584 Don't worry, he's not gone yet. 663 00:53:29,501 --> 00:53:32,501 - Read that when I've gone. - What is it? 664 00:53:32,667 --> 00:53:35,917 The letter I tore up two weeks ago. 665 00:53:36,292 --> 00:53:38,251 Why give it to me now? 666 00:53:38,751 --> 00:53:40,459 Because I'm going... 667 00:53:40,876 --> 00:53:44,126 and I wouldn't write it now. 668 00:53:44,292 --> 00:53:48,876 You're leaving with a gay heart, with no regrets. 669 00:53:49,042 --> 00:53:51,001 None at all! 670 00:53:51,751 --> 00:53:53,459 Not even her? 671 00:53:55,042 --> 00:53:58,376 Denise... whose lover you were. 672 00:53:58,542 --> 00:54:00,626 Perhaps, one day. 673 00:54:01,042 --> 00:54:05,501 Otherwise, could you still write this letter? 674 00:54:06,001 --> 00:54:07,626 Possibly. 675 00:54:11,084 --> 00:54:12,376 Pity! 676 00:54:13,584 --> 00:54:16,626 Time for mass, Laura. 677 00:54:17,001 --> 00:54:21,334 Excuse me, I knew my wife had a caller. I didn't know it was you. 678 00:54:21,501 --> 00:54:22,876 I was saying goodbye. 679 00:54:23,042 --> 00:54:25,667 Won't you come to mass with us? 680 00:54:25,834 --> 00:54:27,334 I'm a non-believer. 681 00:54:27,501 --> 00:54:31,084 Yes, you have the atheist's security. 682 00:54:31,251 --> 00:54:33,126 You're a believer? 683 00:54:33,376 --> 00:54:35,626 Better to be safe than sorry. 684 00:54:35,792 --> 00:54:38,584 It costs so little to take out insurance. 685 00:55:21,251 --> 00:55:23,001 Saint Michael... 686 00:55:23,167 --> 00:55:24,584 Pray for us. 687 00:55:26,709 --> 00:55:29,459 Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world... 688 00:55:29,626 --> 00:55:31,334 Have mercy upon us. 689 00:55:36,917 --> 00:55:39,417 Lord, deliver us from sinners 690 00:55:39,584 --> 00:55:41,876 and evil men. 691 00:55:43,292 --> 00:55:47,667 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit... 692 00:55:48,001 --> 00:55:52,251 The spirit of evil descended on our town 693 00:55:53,042 --> 00:55:55,126 because of your sins. 694 00:55:55,292 --> 00:55:57,167 The son hated the father 695 00:55:57,334 --> 00:56:00,251 and discord submerged the city. 696 00:56:00,417 --> 00:56:05,251 But God, in his infinite mercy, has tempered the wind. 697 00:56:05,542 --> 00:56:08,209 Let your hearts, free from fear, 698 00:56:08,376 --> 00:56:09,959 rise towards Jesus 699 00:56:10,459 --> 00:56:13,917 to thank Him for His grace. 700 00:56:31,542 --> 00:56:34,417 It reads thus: "To the parishioners... 701 00:56:34,584 --> 00:56:39,542 "Some have been too hasty. It can't be Marie. 702 00:56:40,417 --> 00:56:43,834 "I shall continue to clean up the town. 703 00:56:44,001 --> 00:56:47,334 "All iniquities will be revealed 704 00:56:47,501 --> 00:56:50,292 "as long as you've not thrown out 705 00:56:50,459 --> 00:56:52,084 "that filthy Germain. 706 00:56:52,292 --> 00:56:56,042 "Your brother in Christ, The Raven." 707 00:56:56,209 --> 00:56:57,709 Typical blasphemy! 708 00:56:57,876 --> 00:56:59,542 No respect for religion. 709 00:56:59,709 --> 00:57:04,292 I may add that the writing is the same as that of the rest. 710 00:57:04,459 --> 00:57:07,209 This rules out Marie Corbin. Right, Doctor? 711 00:57:07,376 --> 00:57:09,751 - Yes, indeed. - So we begin again. 712 00:57:09,917 --> 00:57:12,334 But we start from a certainty. 713 00:57:12,501 --> 00:57:16,167 The envelope fell from the gallery 714 00:57:16,334 --> 00:57:19,751 where there were 18 people whom I've assembled here. 715 00:57:19,917 --> 00:57:22,876 - You accuse us! - Why not arrest us? 716 00:57:23,084 --> 00:57:25,459 Germain's too proud to go now. 717 00:57:25,626 --> 00:57:28,626 We protest most strongly. 718 00:57:30,042 --> 00:57:32,501 Silence! The mass isn't over. 719 00:57:34,459 --> 00:57:36,501 - Another! - And another! 720 00:57:36,667 --> 00:57:38,626 - The 17th! - And a postcard! 721 00:57:38,792 --> 00:57:41,584 - One for general delivery. - Everyone's at it. 722 00:57:41,751 --> 00:57:45,126 A kid sent one to my wife, I clipped her ear. 723 00:57:45,292 --> 00:57:47,084 - The kid's? - My wife's! 724 00:57:47,251 --> 00:57:51,542 - Do we go on delivering them? - Unless we're ordered not to. 725 00:57:51,709 --> 00:57:53,251 We're accessories! 726 00:57:55,459 --> 00:57:58,542 Don't you know that 727 00:57:58,709 --> 00:58:01,584 in any case a letter entrusted to us 728 00:58:01,751 --> 00:58:04,292 must always be delivered? 729 00:58:04,459 --> 00:58:09,251 That's the greatness of the postal service. Here's one for me. 730 00:58:12,876 --> 00:58:14,001 For the boss? 731 00:58:14,167 --> 00:58:19,084 No, his wife. She'll never see it. Decadence of the postal service! 732 00:58:19,251 --> 00:58:23,084 The situation's bad. It's no laughing matter. 733 00:58:23,251 --> 00:58:25,334 You make me laugh. 734 00:58:25,501 --> 00:58:28,459 Let us give the impression of doing something. 735 00:58:28,626 --> 00:58:31,209 - Or I fear the worst. - Meaning? 736 00:58:31,376 --> 00:58:34,751 I'll lose my seat on the Council. 737 00:58:35,001 --> 00:58:39,709 A pity for you but a narrow point of view. 738 00:58:39,876 --> 00:58:44,251 This epidemic is spreading day by day. 739 00:58:44,417 --> 00:58:46,792 Doctor, you're an expert. 740 00:58:47,001 --> 00:58:50,376 - What d'you think? - I've no opinion, sir. 741 00:58:50,542 --> 00:58:53,917 As I don't care for advancement, 742 00:58:54,084 --> 00:58:55,959 why should I have one? 743 00:58:56,292 --> 00:58:59,292 - Well, I've an idea. - That's youth for you! 744 00:58:59,459 --> 00:59:03,876 Germain's the target of the Raven. We can't get rid of the Raven. 745 00:59:04,042 --> 00:59:08,417 Why not get rid of Germain? That might stop the letters. 746 00:59:12,376 --> 00:59:15,084 - So long, young man. - Goodbye, Doctor. 747 00:59:15,459 --> 00:59:17,084 Next patient. 748 00:59:21,417 --> 00:59:23,126 Sit down, Madam. 749 00:59:33,251 --> 00:59:34,542 Well? 750 00:59:35,459 --> 00:59:37,209 Well, Doctor... 751 00:59:38,126 --> 00:59:40,167 my husband has tuberculosis. 752 00:59:40,667 --> 00:59:44,834 The slightest shock might do him harm. 753 00:59:45,042 --> 00:59:48,126 I shouldn't cause him any emotion. 754 00:59:49,167 --> 00:59:52,042 - Right? - Of course, but... 755 00:59:52,334 --> 00:59:55,542 I've not seen him for a year and... 756 00:59:57,626 --> 00:59:59,167 I'm pregnant. 757 01:00:02,042 --> 01:00:03,876 I said no, Madam! 758 01:00:04,042 --> 01:00:08,626 You may have heard that I get rid of inconveniences. 759 01:00:08,792 --> 01:00:10,417 It's not true. 760 01:00:16,209 --> 01:00:17,292 It's you! 761 01:00:18,042 --> 01:00:19,501 What? 762 01:00:19,959 --> 01:00:22,709 It's you! It really is! 763 01:00:23,334 --> 01:00:25,376 You don't remember me? 764 01:00:25,542 --> 01:00:30,251 You saved my life after a car accident 5 years ago. 765 01:00:30,751 --> 01:00:33,376 - You're mistaken. - No, I'm not. 766 01:00:34,084 --> 01:00:38,084 What is a great surgeon like you doing in a town like this? 767 01:00:38,376 --> 01:00:41,917 Don't worry. I won't give you away now. 768 01:00:42,126 --> 01:00:44,126 So this was a trap? 769 01:00:44,292 --> 01:00:48,417 I'm a poor woman. I was offered 10,000. 770 01:00:48,667 --> 01:00:50,417 If you had accepted, 771 01:00:51,376 --> 01:00:53,417 they'd have got you. 772 01:00:53,667 --> 01:00:56,251 Who are they? 773 01:00:56,917 --> 01:01:00,376 No, Doctor. I'm not a sneak. 774 01:01:05,167 --> 01:01:06,751 Paris newspapers, sir. 775 01:01:06,917 --> 01:01:10,834 I'll read you the headlines to amuse you. 776 01:01:12,084 --> 01:01:14,417 We're for it again. 777 01:01:16,501 --> 01:01:17,626 Prefect Removed 778 01:01:17,792 --> 01:01:19,917 The press is awful. 779 01:01:21,667 --> 01:01:24,709 - Nothing new. - May I? 780 01:01:30,126 --> 01:01:31,501 Good God! 781 01:01:31,792 --> 01:01:34,042 Removed! I've been removed! 782 01:01:34,209 --> 01:01:36,542 And I learn it from the newspaper! 783 01:01:37,126 --> 01:01:39,417 Just to appease the public! 784 01:01:39,584 --> 01:01:44,084 If it restores calm, it's a worthwhile sacrifice. 785 01:01:44,251 --> 01:01:46,209 Public interest first. 786 01:01:46,376 --> 01:01:49,667 - Leave me alone! - We're all very sorry. 787 01:01:49,834 --> 01:01:53,709 Well, I'm delighted. Glad to leave the place. 788 01:01:53,876 --> 01:01:57,667 I've enough to live on. I don't know why I came to this hole. 789 01:01:57,834 --> 01:02:00,334 - It was a mouse hole. - Meaning? 790 01:02:00,501 --> 01:02:03,584 The Raven has informed me about you. 791 01:02:03,751 --> 01:02:06,209 Just repeat what you said! 792 01:02:06,417 --> 01:02:08,542 15 to 1 on the Prefect! 793 01:02:08,792 --> 01:02:09,834 Don't you start! 794 01:02:10,042 --> 01:02:12,167 Let's get back to business. 795 01:02:12,334 --> 01:02:14,209 With my successor. 796 01:02:14,376 --> 01:02:18,667 It appears I am not up to my task. 797 01:02:25,126 --> 01:02:27,209 Sorry to interrupt... 798 01:02:27,751 --> 01:02:30,751 I've only a few words to say. 799 01:02:31,751 --> 01:02:33,709 Congratulations! 800 01:02:33,876 --> 01:02:37,126 Instead of finding the letter writer, 801 01:02:37,376 --> 01:02:39,667 you persecute his victim. Very smart! 802 01:02:39,834 --> 01:02:44,042 - Your tone... - I can't help it if you dislike it. 803 01:02:44,209 --> 01:02:47,501 I confess. I'm not a gynaecologist. 804 01:02:47,792 --> 01:02:49,917 3 years ago, I'd never delivered. 805 01:02:51,584 --> 01:02:54,251 I am not Dr Germain. Satisfied? 806 01:02:54,417 --> 01:02:56,334 You want to get rid of me? 807 01:02:56,501 --> 01:02:59,209 - If you think you... - Secondly... 808 01:03:00,959 --> 01:03:05,376 3 years ago I was a specialist in brain surgery in Paris. 809 01:03:06,126 --> 01:03:08,709 - Brain surgery? - Germain Monatte? 810 01:03:08,917 --> 01:03:13,084 Yes, half my name was true. So I'm only half guilty. 811 01:03:13,792 --> 01:03:16,876 I had a wife then... 812 01:03:17,084 --> 01:03:19,542 not a virago like yours, 813 01:03:19,709 --> 01:03:22,501 nor a dry bigot like yours, 814 01:03:23,167 --> 01:03:24,876 but a woman. 815 01:03:25,376 --> 01:03:27,126 A real one. 816 01:03:27,667 --> 01:03:33,042 She was expecting. I entrusted her to a famous surgeon. 817 01:03:33,876 --> 01:03:35,626 Things went wrong. 818 01:03:35,792 --> 01:03:41,459 And the idiot, in trying to make an impossible delivery... 819 01:03:42,001 --> 01:03:45,084 killed both the mother and the child. 820 01:03:45,792 --> 01:03:48,417 And Dr Monatte too... 821 01:03:50,751 --> 01:03:53,501 for he became Dr Germain, 822 01:03:53,667 --> 01:03:56,584 at the service of mothers in a small provincial town. 823 01:03:56,751 --> 01:04:00,126 And his conscience is quite clear as to his actions! 824 01:04:00,292 --> 01:04:01,667 That changes things. 825 01:04:01,834 --> 01:04:04,959 Quite! You suspected Dr Germain 826 01:04:05,126 --> 01:04:08,001 but Monatte calls you all foolish... 827 01:04:08,167 --> 01:04:10,167 And incompetent! 828 01:04:23,834 --> 01:04:26,667 Now you've done it, you idiot! 829 01:04:28,626 --> 01:04:32,042 You need a good hiding. Must be mad. 830 01:04:32,209 --> 01:04:35,251 Let me die. I want to die. 831 01:04:35,459 --> 01:04:37,876 - What's up? - She fell in the pool. 832 01:04:38,042 --> 01:04:40,584 - Accident? - I'm afraid not. 833 01:04:41,709 --> 01:04:44,459 We must do something. 834 01:04:44,626 --> 01:04:46,001 It's you, Annette? 835 01:04:46,167 --> 01:04:49,792 - Let me die. - But why? 836 01:04:49,959 --> 01:04:52,876 - My daddy's not my daddy. - Who said so? 837 01:04:53,042 --> 01:04:55,459 Daddy got a letter. Mummy left. 838 01:04:55,792 --> 01:04:58,001 Now go back home. 839 01:04:58,167 --> 01:04:59,834 This is all lies. 840 01:05:00,001 --> 01:05:03,001 Tomorrow I'll go and see your dad. 841 01:05:03,167 --> 01:05:05,626 The letter writer will be punished. 842 01:05:05,792 --> 01:05:08,751 Take her back home please. 843 01:05:09,167 --> 01:05:13,167 Well, Germain, taking up arms? 844 01:05:13,626 --> 01:05:18,209 I'm disgusted. If I had a chance, I wouldn't hesitate. 845 01:05:18,584 --> 01:05:21,751 - But the police... - ...could not succeed. 846 01:05:21,917 --> 01:05:26,959 They're looking for someone with a logical motive. That's idiotic! 847 01:05:27,126 --> 01:05:32,084 An anonymous letter writer... acts upon mysterious motives 848 01:05:32,251 --> 01:05:35,459 that the ordinary man cannot understand... 849 01:05:35,626 --> 01:05:39,542 far less the ordinary policeman. 850 01:05:40,334 --> 01:05:43,417 In all the cases I have studied, 851 01:05:43,584 --> 01:05:46,917 the guilty person had the same complex: 852 01:05:47,084 --> 01:05:50,834 more or less sexually inhibited. 853 01:05:51,001 --> 01:05:54,709 - Old maids. - Yes, people like my sister-in-law. 854 01:05:54,876 --> 01:05:57,167 Or widows... impotent men... 855 01:05:57,334 --> 01:06:01,459 disgraced old men... cripples... 856 01:06:01,959 --> 01:06:05,001 Even a hidden deformity... 857 01:06:05,167 --> 01:06:09,417 often leaves the seeds of venom. 858 01:06:11,917 --> 01:06:14,917 - Hello, Dr Vorzet. - Good day, Miss. 859 01:06:22,209 --> 01:06:24,667 - Well, old man... - Pardon me. 860 01:06:26,334 --> 01:06:28,126 You think the Raven... 861 01:06:28,292 --> 01:06:31,292 The Raven case is more complicated. 862 01:06:31,459 --> 01:06:37,459 850 letters in capitals written in two months... 863 01:06:37,626 --> 01:06:39,834 I wonder if one person, 864 01:06:40,001 --> 01:06:45,126 even with lots of leisure time, could have done it. 865 01:06:46,001 --> 01:06:50,209 There are odd cases of family contagion. 866 01:06:50,376 --> 01:06:53,334 Can't you imagine a husband and wife, 867 01:06:53,501 --> 01:06:55,542 or brother and sister, 868 01:06:55,834 --> 01:07:00,042 getting together every evening to write poison? 869 01:07:03,876 --> 01:07:06,167 - What are you thinking about? - Me? 870 01:07:06,417 --> 01:07:08,834 I've thought of that too. 871 01:07:09,001 --> 01:07:11,709 We mustn't jump to conclusions. 872 01:07:11,876 --> 01:07:16,292 But I know how we can get at the truth. 873 01:07:21,292 --> 01:07:24,334 As I told you that day in Church 874 01:07:24,501 --> 01:07:28,751 and as I've repeated several times since, 875 01:07:28,917 --> 01:07:32,084 it's obvious that the Raven is one of you. 876 01:07:32,251 --> 01:07:34,167 - Really! - He's right. 877 01:07:34,376 --> 01:07:37,792 I've therefore decided to carry out a test 878 01:07:37,959 --> 01:07:41,167 which our expert, Dr Vorzet will explain. 879 01:07:41,501 --> 01:07:43,001 One moment... 880 01:07:43,251 --> 01:07:48,251 I protested against your conclusions a month ago, 881 01:07:48,417 --> 01:07:53,917 I protest again now and will go on protesting. 882 01:07:55,751 --> 01:07:58,334 If it amuses you to do so... 883 01:07:58,501 --> 01:08:02,376 But that's a lot of protests for very little. 884 01:08:02,542 --> 01:08:07,876 It is just a little dictation. Let me explain. 885 01:08:08,209 --> 01:08:12,417 Nobody can write a thousand letters in capitals 886 01:08:12,584 --> 01:08:16,417 without acquiring a secondary handwriting 887 01:08:16,584 --> 01:08:18,584 automatically. 888 01:08:18,751 --> 01:08:23,501 He may be able to hide his handwriting for an hour or two 889 01:08:23,834 --> 01:08:27,584 or even more, but as he gets tired, 890 01:08:27,751 --> 01:08:31,834 it will force itself from his pen. 891 01:08:32,001 --> 01:08:34,709 So I must warn you 892 01:08:34,876 --> 01:08:38,501 that this dictation will be very, very long. 893 01:08:38,667 --> 01:08:43,251 There are honest people here who don't deserve this treatment. 894 01:08:43,417 --> 01:08:44,584 Dr Bertrand... 895 01:08:45,126 --> 01:08:48,042 Honest people should help the law. 896 01:08:50,459 --> 01:08:54,084 Take up your pens, I'll start. 897 01:08:54,376 --> 01:08:56,459 Letter n° 1. 898 01:08:56,959 --> 01:08:59,459 Dirty old man... 899 01:09:04,834 --> 01:09:07,542 you're playing around 900 01:09:12,501 --> 01:09:18,292 with Vorzet's wife, 901 01:09:22,334 --> 01:09:23,959 Laura the... 902 01:09:25,667 --> 01:09:28,167 Put a "W" and a few dots. 903 01:09:30,042 --> 01:09:34,042 Look out! I see everything 904 01:09:34,251 --> 01:09:36,584 and I'll tell everything. 905 01:09:41,542 --> 01:09:42,709 No school? 906 01:09:42,876 --> 01:09:45,209 School's requisitioned. 907 01:09:46,501 --> 01:09:48,459 - For the morning? - All day. 908 01:09:48,626 --> 01:09:51,626 - Will it be settled? - The Raven's too clever. 909 01:09:52,501 --> 01:09:54,167 The Raven. 910 01:09:57,084 --> 01:10:00,001 Letter n° 53... 911 01:10:08,834 --> 01:10:11,167 Old corpse... 912 01:10:11,751 --> 01:10:15,251 You have cancer of the liver... 913 01:10:16,751 --> 01:10:18,501 a biggie... 914 01:10:25,251 --> 01:10:29,376 which is hurrying you off 915 01:10:30,959 --> 01:10:33,126 to the worms... 916 01:10:38,126 --> 01:10:40,251 ...to the worms. 917 01:10:40,584 --> 01:10:42,626 Germain is making... 918 01:10:43,792 --> 01:10:48,501 fun of you, you old dodderer. 919 01:10:55,584 --> 01:10:59,292 Give my love to the eternal Father... 920 01:11:24,084 --> 01:11:25,792 The Raven. 921 01:11:45,501 --> 01:11:47,542 Why did you faint? From fatigue? 922 01:11:48,626 --> 01:11:50,292 You know why? 923 01:11:50,459 --> 01:11:51,709 So, tell. 924 01:11:51,876 --> 01:11:56,251 I won't tell you why. You suspect me. 925 01:11:56,417 --> 01:11:58,126 I hate you. 926 01:11:59,042 --> 01:12:01,292 Leave her alone. She's tired. 927 01:12:14,209 --> 01:12:16,709 Has she regained consciousness? 928 01:12:16,876 --> 01:12:18,834 She's said nothing. 929 01:12:19,501 --> 01:12:21,126 Think it's her? 930 01:12:21,626 --> 01:12:27,001 While you were upstairs, I had another look at her writing. 931 01:12:27,167 --> 01:12:29,626 There are some similarities. 932 01:12:29,792 --> 01:12:31,792 Nothing conclusive. 933 01:12:31,959 --> 01:12:33,542 This fainting? 934 01:12:33,709 --> 01:12:37,001 It can't be considered proof. 935 01:12:37,292 --> 01:12:41,042 Tell me, do you love Denise? 936 01:12:41,209 --> 01:12:43,167 I don't think so. 937 01:12:43,834 --> 01:12:48,126 I desired her and I still do some nights... 938 01:12:48,376 --> 01:12:50,626 when I can't sleep. 939 01:12:50,792 --> 01:12:53,876 But I'd not hesitate to denounce her. 940 01:12:54,084 --> 01:12:56,417 It's classical tragedy. 941 01:12:56,584 --> 01:13:00,209 You're like Horace without the beard. 942 01:13:00,376 --> 01:13:05,042 And you virtually have a beard... even handsomer! 943 01:13:05,417 --> 01:13:08,584 But when you see a vile beast... 944 01:13:08,959 --> 01:13:12,126 I see one every morning in my mirror, 945 01:13:12,292 --> 01:13:15,792 together with an angel. You're amazing! 946 01:13:15,959 --> 01:13:18,959 You think people are all good or bad. 947 01:13:19,126 --> 01:13:21,709 You think good is light 948 01:13:21,876 --> 01:13:24,126 and evil is dark. 949 01:13:24,292 --> 01:13:27,084 But where does each begin? 950 01:13:27,376 --> 01:13:28,959 Where's the frontier? 951 01:13:29,126 --> 01:13:31,917 Do you know which side you're on? 952 01:13:32,084 --> 01:13:34,876 What a speech! Why not stop the lamp? 953 01:13:35,042 --> 01:13:36,792 You stop it! 954 01:13:39,334 --> 01:13:44,209 You burned yourself. You see, the experiment is conclusive. 955 01:13:44,376 --> 01:13:46,792 I like you a lot. 956 01:13:47,542 --> 01:13:50,126 I'll tell you something. 957 01:13:50,501 --> 01:13:54,042 I take drugs. I inject them. 958 01:13:54,209 --> 01:13:59,334 It was for me that Marie Corbin took the morphine. 959 01:13:59,501 --> 01:14:03,042 Out of love for her ex-fiancé. 960 01:14:03,209 --> 01:14:06,376 And I don't think I'm a monster. 961 01:14:06,542 --> 01:14:10,001 Think about that and examine your soul. 962 01:14:10,167 --> 01:14:12,542 You may be astonished. 963 01:14:12,709 --> 01:14:14,084 I have. 964 01:14:14,417 --> 01:14:16,251 Pride comes before a fall. 965 01:14:16,417 --> 01:14:20,834 Since this whirlwind of hate and calumny started, 966 01:14:21,001 --> 01:14:24,084 all moral values have suffered. 967 01:14:24,251 --> 01:14:27,751 Yours like others. You too will fall. 968 01:14:27,917 --> 01:14:31,792 I don't say you'll strangle your mistress, 969 01:14:31,959 --> 01:14:35,334 but you'd go through my private papers 970 01:14:35,501 --> 01:14:39,209 and sleep with Rolande if she wanted. 971 01:14:39,376 --> 01:14:41,626 There's no choice. 972 01:14:41,959 --> 01:14:43,959 You're used to mad people... 973 01:14:44,251 --> 01:14:46,167 At your service! 974 01:14:51,251 --> 01:14:53,709 Sleep well all the same. 975 01:15:26,084 --> 01:15:27,834 What do you want? 976 01:15:29,959 --> 01:15:32,084 Why are you here? 977 01:15:32,376 --> 01:15:33,584 To dust. 978 01:15:34,251 --> 01:15:38,959 Since my son's death, I've swept the classroom every day. 979 01:15:42,209 --> 01:15:43,667 Didn't you know? 980 01:15:44,376 --> 01:15:48,959 Sorry. You startled me... I've had a bad night. 981 01:15:49,417 --> 01:15:53,417 I know about that. I can't sleep either. 982 01:15:53,584 --> 01:15:56,876 I can't sleep till he's been avenged. 983 01:15:57,042 --> 01:15:59,042 Know who was responsible? 984 01:15:59,209 --> 01:16:02,834 I think so but I must be quite sure. 985 01:16:03,001 --> 01:16:06,542 - Who do you suspect? - You'll soon know. 986 01:16:06,709 --> 01:16:08,501 Recognise this? 987 01:16:09,542 --> 01:16:13,751 François didn't use it much but I will. 988 01:16:14,251 --> 01:16:15,251 You can't... 989 01:16:15,667 --> 01:16:17,251 - Oh no? - No, you can't. 990 01:16:17,417 --> 01:16:18,584 Well, we'll see. 991 01:17:24,959 --> 01:17:26,917 Beloved surgeon, 992 01:17:27,084 --> 01:17:29,792 Denise is pregnant by you. 993 01:17:29,959 --> 01:17:32,542 A fine occasion to operate. 994 01:17:32,792 --> 01:17:34,292 The Raven 995 01:18:21,376 --> 01:18:23,001 18 Rue de la Mairie. 996 01:18:24,251 --> 01:18:26,709 Give it to me, save a stamp. 997 01:18:27,251 --> 01:18:31,126 You here! So you spy on me now? 998 01:18:31,292 --> 01:18:32,792 - Give me that! - Never! 999 01:18:32,959 --> 01:18:35,001 But it's addressed to me. 1000 01:18:35,167 --> 01:18:37,001 I don't want to, now. 1001 01:18:37,792 --> 01:18:40,251 "A fine occasion to operate." 1002 01:18:40,417 --> 01:18:43,917 "Denise is pregnant by you." 1003 01:18:44,084 --> 01:18:45,792 You read it? 1004 01:18:47,917 --> 01:18:49,709 So it's you! 1005 01:18:50,042 --> 01:18:54,334 You're the lunatic who's been poisoning our existence... 1006 01:18:54,501 --> 01:18:56,126 No, it's not me. 1007 01:18:57,251 --> 01:19:00,709 And I'm to have a mad child? 1008 01:19:01,417 --> 01:19:05,459 No, I won't father a lunatic! 1009 01:19:06,209 --> 01:19:08,292 The Raven is right. 1010 01:19:08,459 --> 01:19:10,626 I'll see it doesn't live. 1011 01:19:10,792 --> 01:19:12,084 Rémy! 1012 01:19:17,376 --> 01:19:19,751 It's an odd feeling. 1013 01:19:21,542 --> 01:19:25,167 I didn't think I'd catch you red-handed. 1014 01:19:26,209 --> 01:19:28,376 I'm not the Raven. 1015 01:19:29,084 --> 01:19:31,001 I swear on my baby's life. 1016 01:19:31,251 --> 01:19:34,209 Please, Denise, not that! 1017 01:19:34,501 --> 01:19:36,334 I saw you... 1018 01:19:36,876 --> 01:19:38,751 It's the first time. 1019 01:19:39,126 --> 01:19:41,876 I didn't want to say it to your face. 1020 01:19:42,042 --> 01:19:44,542 So I thought I'd send a letter. 1021 01:19:45,709 --> 01:19:49,917 And I had the idea of imitating the Raven. 1022 01:19:50,292 --> 01:19:51,667 That's all. 1023 01:19:51,834 --> 01:19:56,126 I thought you'd find some excuse. Your kind always does. 1024 01:19:56,292 --> 01:19:58,126 It's ingenious. 1025 01:19:58,292 --> 01:20:01,626 But your obstinacy proves your guilt. 1026 01:20:01,792 --> 01:20:04,459 So, if I own up, I'm innocent? 1027 01:20:04,626 --> 01:20:09,251 You think too much, Rémy. You've no feelings. 1028 01:20:10,334 --> 01:20:12,376 If you want to know the truth, 1029 01:20:13,334 --> 01:20:14,917 look me in the eyes. 1030 01:20:15,084 --> 01:20:16,917 No need, I know! 1031 01:20:18,876 --> 01:20:20,917 Just look at me. 1032 01:20:36,251 --> 01:20:37,542 Well? 1033 01:20:39,167 --> 01:20:40,917 I don't know. 1034 01:20:41,542 --> 01:20:44,834 - I don't know any more... - You see? 1035 01:20:46,417 --> 01:20:48,584 Listen, Rémy... 1036 01:20:49,626 --> 01:20:53,042 I'm not as intelligent as you, but I feel things. 1037 01:20:53,209 --> 01:20:56,001 I'm frightened. Things are going so fast. 1038 01:20:56,792 --> 01:20:59,251 Go and see Laura straight away. 1039 01:20:59,417 --> 01:21:01,042 Why Laura? 1040 01:21:01,292 --> 01:21:03,876 She's received a letter today 1041 01:21:04,042 --> 01:21:07,751 containing a threat... a death threat. 1042 01:21:08,834 --> 01:21:10,917 You've seen her today? 1043 01:21:13,959 --> 01:21:16,001 She telephoned me. 1044 01:21:17,251 --> 01:21:19,084 Please go to her. 1045 01:21:23,042 --> 01:21:24,667 Kiss me. 1046 01:21:33,834 --> 01:21:36,917 You're up early today! What's wrong? 1047 01:21:37,084 --> 01:21:40,209 I've come because you're in danger. 1048 01:21:40,376 --> 01:21:41,959 What danger? 1049 01:21:42,459 --> 01:21:45,126 - The threatening letter. - What? 1050 01:21:45,292 --> 01:21:49,709 - You phoned no one? - No, what's all this? 1051 01:21:49,917 --> 01:21:53,584 I've been taken in. Goodbye, Laura. How stupid of me. 1052 01:21:53,751 --> 01:21:56,334 Oh no, I want an explanation. 1053 01:21:56,501 --> 01:21:58,376 Later. I must go. 1054 01:22:00,959 --> 01:22:03,626 This is a very odd visit. 1055 01:22:04,376 --> 01:22:05,959 I know. 1056 01:22:06,792 --> 01:22:08,167 Wait! 1057 01:22:11,459 --> 01:22:13,292 Well, I say! 1058 01:22:17,042 --> 01:22:19,251 - May I? - Please do. 1059 01:22:28,001 --> 01:22:29,876 "Last warning. 1060 01:22:30,292 --> 01:22:34,334 "If you don't stop your adultery with Germain, 1061 01:22:34,501 --> 01:22:38,376 "the twin of this bullet will get you." 1062 01:22:40,834 --> 01:22:43,584 Everything is clear. To send me here, 1063 01:22:44,334 --> 01:22:46,501 she must have known about this. 1064 01:22:46,667 --> 01:22:49,959 And so, she must have written it. 1065 01:22:50,209 --> 01:22:51,501 Who sent you? 1066 01:22:53,626 --> 01:22:54,501 Denise! 1067 01:22:55,126 --> 01:22:56,751 Impossible! 1068 01:22:58,376 --> 01:23:01,251 It's all a horrible mistake. 1069 01:23:01,417 --> 01:23:04,042 There's no mistake possible. 1070 01:23:04,501 --> 01:23:06,042 Denise couldn't have! 1071 01:23:06,209 --> 01:23:08,459 Got another explanation? 1072 01:23:08,626 --> 01:23:10,001 Poor thing! 1073 01:23:10,167 --> 01:23:15,459 It was well planned. If the letter had arrived in time... 1074 01:23:15,751 --> 01:23:17,667 What can I say? 1075 01:23:17,959 --> 01:23:20,709 Yes, it's rather frightening. 1076 01:23:20,876 --> 01:23:22,334 Darling... 1077 01:23:33,751 --> 01:23:35,834 - You write in bed? - What? 1078 01:23:37,209 --> 01:23:39,959 You've already ink on your fingers? 1079 01:23:41,834 --> 01:23:43,667 From that dictation. 1080 01:23:46,834 --> 01:23:49,751 I'm sorry, but that ink is still wet. 1081 01:23:52,334 --> 01:23:55,626 And you wash your hands before varnishing your nails. 1082 01:23:57,542 --> 01:23:59,917 Laura... did you do it? 1083 01:24:00,084 --> 01:24:02,542 What's the matter with you? 1084 01:24:03,792 --> 01:24:08,376 If you wrote that letter and put it in the box yourself... 1085 01:24:08,626 --> 01:24:11,251 If you really did telephone... 1086 01:24:12,584 --> 01:24:14,792 then, poor Denise... 1087 01:24:15,167 --> 01:24:17,417 I feel sorry for you, Rémy. 1088 01:24:26,334 --> 01:24:29,001 You're the one to feel sorry for. 1089 01:24:29,501 --> 01:24:30,459 You! 1090 01:24:30,709 --> 01:24:31,542 What's up? 1091 01:24:37,126 --> 01:24:39,126 Last warning 1092 01:24:39,292 --> 01:24:41,792 If you don't stop your adultery 1093 01:24:42,209 --> 01:24:44,751 I don't understand. It's a trap. 1094 01:24:44,917 --> 01:24:47,876 Why play-act? I have proof. 1095 01:24:48,042 --> 01:24:50,501 Don't go. I've found the answer. 1096 01:24:50,667 --> 01:24:53,251 Denise does her writing here. 1097 01:24:57,001 --> 01:24:58,626 What's all this? 1098 01:24:58,792 --> 01:25:02,959 Look! This is your wife's blotter. 1099 01:25:03,917 --> 01:25:06,084 I knew it. Laura is mad. 1100 01:25:06,251 --> 01:25:11,167 I caught her but I haven't had the guts to report. 1101 01:25:17,126 --> 01:25:22,042 A young wife with an old husband. That's it. 1102 01:25:22,209 --> 01:25:27,334 Basically, I'm responsible. I shouldn't have married her. 1103 01:25:27,501 --> 01:25:29,751 When we were first married, 1104 01:25:30,084 --> 01:25:32,501 her youth made me ardent 1105 01:25:32,667 --> 01:25:37,834 and into the flames I threw all that remained of desire. 1106 01:25:38,917 --> 01:25:41,501 Then gradually... 1107 01:25:42,959 --> 01:25:47,126 I became just the friend of my wife. That was not enough for her. 1108 01:25:47,292 --> 01:25:52,292 But she had learnt virtue and was faithful to me. 1109 01:25:52,459 --> 01:25:56,084 Then you arrived. She took an interest 1110 01:25:56,251 --> 01:26:00,501 and to attract you she wrote the first letter. 1111 01:26:00,667 --> 01:26:04,626 As that didn't work, she got mad. 1112 01:26:04,792 --> 01:26:07,626 She got her knife into you 1113 01:26:07,792 --> 01:26:10,292 and into Denise whom you loved. 1114 01:26:10,459 --> 01:26:14,376 She knew her sister was watching her. 1115 01:26:15,209 --> 01:26:18,417 Anger turned to madness 1116 01:26:18,584 --> 01:26:21,917 and finally lunacy. 1117 01:26:24,167 --> 01:26:29,376 And now, for God's sake, take that to the police. 1118 01:26:29,542 --> 01:26:31,292 I've not the strength. 1119 01:26:31,876 --> 01:26:35,542 Nor have I. Care for her! 1120 01:26:35,709 --> 01:26:38,917 You say that! You, the man of principle! 1121 01:26:39,167 --> 01:26:42,376 I've learnt a lot since this morning. 1122 01:26:43,084 --> 01:26:46,001 This sort of disaster has its uses. 1123 01:26:46,459 --> 01:26:50,959 It's like an illness from which you rise stronger. 1124 01:26:51,251 --> 01:26:54,126 Evil is a necessary thing. 1125 01:26:54,542 --> 01:26:56,792 - Look after Laura. - It's too late. 1126 01:26:56,959 --> 01:26:59,334 But you're a psychiatrist... 1127 01:26:59,501 --> 01:27:04,834 But I cannot sign a confinement order for my own wife. 1128 01:27:05,626 --> 01:27:08,751 - Give me a sheet of paper! - You will? 1129 01:27:16,751 --> 01:27:18,251 Yes, it's me. 1130 01:27:24,792 --> 01:27:27,167 Yes... straightaway. 1131 01:27:27,417 --> 01:27:28,792 Get an ambulance. 1132 01:27:28,959 --> 01:27:31,292 Thanks, for her and me. 1133 01:27:31,459 --> 01:27:33,042 Now you must go. 1134 01:27:33,209 --> 01:27:36,626 Denise has fainted again coming downstairs. 1135 01:27:36,792 --> 01:27:39,001 - She's had a bad fall. - Did it... 1136 01:27:39,209 --> 01:27:41,959 Go now. Immediately. 1137 01:27:43,209 --> 01:27:46,834 That's too easy! You won't get me that way. 1138 01:27:47,001 --> 01:27:50,209 He's the Raven, the one to be put away. 1139 01:27:50,376 --> 01:27:52,084 You hear me, Rémy? 1140 01:27:52,251 --> 01:27:55,084 He's right about the first letter 1141 01:27:55,251 --> 01:27:58,376 but all the others... he wrote them. 1142 01:27:58,542 --> 01:28:00,042 He dictated them. 1143 01:28:00,209 --> 01:28:02,709 Look! He's gloating. 1144 01:28:02,876 --> 01:28:05,459 Germain, you must go. 1145 01:28:05,667 --> 01:28:08,251 Go on, they're waiting for you. 1146 01:28:08,876 --> 01:28:11,126 Listen to me... listen! 1147 01:28:11,292 --> 01:28:13,251 Calm down, darling. 1148 01:28:13,751 --> 01:28:15,209 Be quiet! 1149 01:28:16,709 --> 01:28:18,626 - Liar! - Shut up! 1150 01:28:21,959 --> 01:28:24,584 Get me the hospital. 1151 01:28:29,917 --> 01:28:31,292 Well? 1152 01:28:32,917 --> 01:28:35,584 You're alright, but I was very anxious. 1153 01:28:35,792 --> 01:28:37,292 About me? 1154 01:28:37,459 --> 01:28:38,917 Both of you. 1155 01:28:39,084 --> 01:28:42,417 - You want the child? - I need it. 1156 01:28:42,584 --> 01:28:46,709 We nearly lost it. I threw myself down the stairs. 1157 01:28:47,084 --> 01:28:49,001 I thought as much. 1158 01:28:49,626 --> 01:28:51,376 I thought only of you. 1159 01:28:51,542 --> 01:28:56,876 The delivery which killed my wife was not such a crime. 1160 01:29:00,501 --> 01:29:02,709 We must think of the future. 1161 01:29:03,126 --> 01:29:06,542 So you'll kill me to have a son? 1162 01:29:06,709 --> 01:29:08,126 Perhaps. 1163 01:29:08,542 --> 01:29:11,376 But I was forgetting Laura. 1164 01:29:11,542 --> 01:29:13,126 Forget her. 1165 01:29:13,292 --> 01:29:14,709 Laura is the Raven! 1166 01:29:14,876 --> 01:29:16,417 You're mad! 1167 01:29:17,001 --> 01:29:19,292 What are you thinking of? 1168 01:29:19,459 --> 01:29:23,834 Laura knows the Raven. I guessed that, but it's not her. 1169 01:29:24,001 --> 01:29:27,042 - She's afraid of him. - She fooled you. 1170 01:29:27,209 --> 01:29:31,501 I'm not that stupid. Laura really was afraid. 1171 01:29:33,917 --> 01:29:35,417 Could it be... 1172 01:29:36,709 --> 01:29:39,292 No, leave me alone! It's not me! 1173 01:29:39,459 --> 01:29:43,334 No, leave me alone! It's not me! 1174 01:30:27,459 --> 01:30:29,251 The curse is lifted. 1175 01:30:29,417 --> 01:30:32,126 So it was Vorzet! 1176 01:31:03,792 --> 01:31:06,501 Subtitling: Eclair Media