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A missive from the Galaine house.

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The provisions of the will

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could be a motive for the crime.

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It mentions a certain James,

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the family solicitor.

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I'd like you to investigate
the solicitor

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and the possible provisions.

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THE PHANTOM OF THE RUE ROYALE

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Part Two

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Sit down, Nicolas,

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though I'm sure
your time is precious.

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I'm glad to see
you're getting better.

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It was indeed a close thing.

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I had time, previously,

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to enquire into the case,
as you asked.

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The city is angry with the king,
and some are stirring up feeling.

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The Paris parliament, in particular,

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with the vile provost Bignon
lurking in the background.

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In these power games,

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where neither friendship
nor reason belong,

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it is you, Nicolas,
who are in danger.

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Danger is part of my job.

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I know, Nicolas. I know.

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But...

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the Galaine house does not have
a spotless reputation.

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I fear it is a net
into which you have fallen.

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That fact has not escaped us.

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This is no doubt of little worth.

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However, during the brawl,

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the one who seemed to be
their leader came close.

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I grasped his tunic

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and seemed to rip off an object.

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A button.

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Silver.

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Which seems brand-new.

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Indeed, but they adorn
countless uniforms.

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We must find the tunic
that matches this.

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We must.

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These City gentlemen
are mixed up in this.

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Who doubted it?

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All we need now is proof.

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You didn't see fit to tell me?

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Why should I have done?

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You know all that happens
in the city

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and at court.

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So now we find you
in the clothing trade.

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Obviously you are,
as Mr de Sartine likes to say,

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a many-sided coin.

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Every trade has its value, sir.

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Unlike every man.

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My mother had me study
with the nuns.

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I learnt sewing
and the art of dressmaking.

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Add to that Le Paulet's savoir-faire,

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my contacts in society
and the demimonde,

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my good taste
and the excellence of my work,

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and it is enough to ensure
sufficient custom

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for me to live comfortably.

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But would you rather, sir,

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that I continue living off my charms?

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No.

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It all seems perfectly suitable.

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But what is my place in this scheme?

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Your place?

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Well...

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the only, the unique place.

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The one assigned by nature

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that now belongs only to you.

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Between my legs, sir.

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Your servant, sir.

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Would you share our supper?
We have only just begun.

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If you can call it supper.

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I fear, Commissioner,
that the gruel is thin

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and the fowl scrawny.

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You pay your way, sir.
We are drinking only water.

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Water from the pump,
which costs nothing.

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We never saw such a thing
when our father was alive.

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He expanded the family domain

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and did not risk his business
on rash speculation

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or the vagaries of the seas.

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Sir, where did you acquire

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the signet ring you wear
on your ring finger?

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A relative of mine
bequeathed it to me.

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Though not familiar,
I know that coat of arms.

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- You're not drinking, sir?
- I don't feel like it.

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You don't eat, you don't drink.

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It so happens
you find us all together.

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Do you intend to question us?

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I cannot see the point.

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Do you fear
we have consulted each other?

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You have had more than enough time.

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Madam,

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I intend to interview your daughter.

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I fear, sir,

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that like me, the poor child
can be of no help to you.

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You seem to have displeased her.
Fear her anger.

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She is a fearsome creature
when defending her flesh.

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To the point of committing murder?

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Yes, to that point.
And far worse.

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That's enough, mademoiselle.
Too much.

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Go to your room.

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You wished to see me?
Your wish is granted.

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See to me, sir.

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See to me!

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What is all this fuss in aid of?

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Well, sir...

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Well, sir?

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Sir?

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Just as you pray in church,

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I invoke the shades of my ancestors.

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Hoping these shades
will pull you from the hole

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in which you find yourself?

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For the rue Royale murder,

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I will give you an exact version
of what I know.

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I was in the closet.

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After the frugal supper served

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by that harpy of a cook,

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I fell into a profound stupor.

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My dreams were filled
with cries and with pain,

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mingled with calls.

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I woke up to the sudden noise
of cannon fire,

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accompanied by violent flashes,
lights and howls

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that reminded me of the battlefield.

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I saw, on leaving,

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a man dressed in my clothes

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carrying a young, lifeless woman
that looked like Elodie.

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- Was he alone?
- A woman was with him.

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I lost them in the crowd.

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I cannot swear,
but it seems to me

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I saw you among the emergency relief.

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Totally exhausted,

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I returned to the Two Beavers.

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In front of the shop

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were the men you know,
who seized me.

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You know the rest,

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since you plucked me
from their clutches.

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Who are you?

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Here, I am nobody,

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a hideous, grotesque mask
I must carry around with me.

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I my land, I am son of the chief

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of a tribe
allied to the kingdom of France.

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As for the fuss you mentioned,
aside from his leadership,

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just as your king's power
comes from God

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and not from men,
my father is a man...

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Here, he would be called
a great sorcerer.

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Another question,
no doubt more dangerous:

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what was Elodie Galaine to you?

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The woman entrusted to me
by her father and the gods

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to cherish and protect.

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I am surprised he has
his liturgical objects.

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I received orders
from Mr de Sartine himself

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that Naganda be treated
with deference

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and that all personal effects seized

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not germane to the case
be immediately returned.

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Also, his food comes from outside.

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Is the Demon closing in on you?

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You are as pale as death.

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Could you send
for our friend Semacgus?

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With ease:
he is in the lower gaol.

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You ordered me to assist him
in examining Elodie's body.

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These blotches...

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As I predicted, they appeared
after our initial observations.

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They trace the geography
left by the killer's hands.

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We are, Commissioner,
a hair's breadth from the truth.

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May we obtain an imprint?

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Couldn't be simpler.
A transfer onto gauze

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will outline the contour.

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Then go ahead.

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As for this business of haunting,

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there is no phenomenon
that our reason cannot enlighten.

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When that fails, animal instinct
can be a substitute.

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- Animal instinct?
- Yes.

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If you so insist,
de Noblecourt will lend you his dog.

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Should your spirit wander,

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the innocent dog,
by its passivity,

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will convince you
your fears are futile.

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How are our investigations
progressing?

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The Prosecutor General's report
is damning.

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He says the dead number
in their hundreds.

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The weight of collated elements

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lays responsibility
for the disaster

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on the negligence and unpreparedness
of the City's men,

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led, if one might use the term,
by Major Langlumé.

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Good.

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The fruit seems to be ripening.

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What of the Galaine family solicitor?

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The provisions of the will are clear.

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On his death,
Galaine left a huge fortune,

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earned trading fur.

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Everything was to go
to his daughter Elodie,

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with 2 special clauses.

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One: she inherit at the birth
of her first son.

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Two: only if he be born
within marriage.

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Could Charles Galaine have known?

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No doubt. That's why he intended

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his son Jean to marry his cousin.

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What if these conditions
weren't met?

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Nothing is stipulated.

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I suppose it comes under common law.

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The crime is established.
We have the motive.

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The rest follows naturally.

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Rubbed down and combed
like a dashing courtier,

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you seem truly serene, Nicolas.

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Sated would be more appropriate.

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So my Cyrus will pass, temporarily,
under your command,

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officer of the law.

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If you authorise it, sir.

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As a magistrate's dog,
it serves him right.

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I so authorise.

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En garde!

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En garde!

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Sir?

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Sir?

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It's me.

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Come.
A misfortune has occurred.

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Nicolas...

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The coldness, the stiffness...

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Death seems real and constant,
and yet,

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a breath of life remains
in the patient.

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What do you conclude?

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Off the top of my head,

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only poison
could cause such a thing.

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The substances used by hunters
in the Amazon

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to immobilise their prey.

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Is it reasonable to think
one might survive it?

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Not totally unreasonable.

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He has a robust constitution.
With a powerful emetic...

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What is the reason
for this sudden intrusion?

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Naganda's everyday fare
was supplied by you?

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Yes, sir. It was permitted.

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The man is dead, sir.

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In atrocious convulsions
attributed to poison.

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Do you think us so foolish,

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as to draw suspicion upon ourselves

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and try to kill him?
To what advantage, sir?

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Having eliminated the mother
along with the child,

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you also eliminated the father,

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leaving your succession open.

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The father?

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I want your household
assembled immediately.

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I doubt,
given the circumstances,

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that my brother's wife
will agree to appear.

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Madam is busy.

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Madam is busy?

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We'll see how busy Madam is!

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What happened?

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Last night,
on the 12 strokes of midnight,

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the spirit that inhabited
this poor body took its leave.

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My poor child was suddenly
seized by convulsions,

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which seemed to augur well.

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But it was her life retreating.

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I told you it was useless
to expect anything from her.

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Wrongly, however,

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for while gathering her things...

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She had lost the use of words,

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but she sometimes drew
in coloured crayon

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portraits and scenes
that speak of her horror.

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The cellar, of course.

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The pelts' stench
shows their state of putrefaction,

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attesting to the sorry state
of Galaine's business.

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Commissioner, sir!

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Take the remains to the lower gaol.

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The poor girl had seen it all.

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The intrigue is unravelling.

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All that remains is
to dismantle the sad mechanics.

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00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:44,880
Coming, Nicolas?

266
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,400
He regained consciousness

267
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,760
with the suddenness
of ice cracking.

268
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,240
Leave us, gentlemen.

269
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,600
Your child is dead.

270
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,960
I sensed as much.

271
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,560
Young Geneviève Galaine

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00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,920
passed on, after much suffering.

273
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,160
I know.

274
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,400
Neither my incantations
nor the shades of my ancestors

275
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,360
could shield her
from the darkness.

276
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:06,080
The evil inside her was too powerful
to be beaten by anything but nature.

277
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,360
The soul's torments
are outside my remit.

278
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,840
You remain a suspect
in a murder case.

279
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,800
I have nothing to fear
from the gods' justice.

280
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,480
As for that of men,

281
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,200
I'll leave it up to you.

282
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,640
The talisman I wore at my neck

283
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,920
contained, aside from
herbs and soil from my land,

284
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,800
proof of my innocence.

285
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,160
Alas, it has been stolen.

286
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,600
That is indeed regrettable.

287
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,720
Sir, you have accustomed me

288
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,440
to my chambers being more populated

289
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,360
during your confrontations.

290
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,120
Is the game up, then?

291
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,040
For the most part, yes.

292
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,240
The vigour with which this corset
had been knotted on the body

293
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,040
would have prevented breathing,

294
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:43,200
indicating that the victim
was dressed post mortem.

295
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,680
Who laces your corset,
Mademoiselle?

296
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,360
We hardly have enough staff
to attend to that,

297
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,120
but the cook steps in.

298
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,320
Stand. Show your back.

299
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,720
My duties empower me to use force.

300
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,800
Turn around.

301
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:12,520
Undo your chemise.

302
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,960
The comparison is damning.

303
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,800
The tight double knot at your back

304
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,480
is identical to that
found on the young victim.

305
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,960
I accuse you

306
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,280
of having dressed
young Elodie Galaine

307
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:53,680
shortly after death.

308
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,520
We had to, she died in childbirth.

309
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,560
That's a strange reason.

310
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,520
Would you have me believe

311
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,880
her death was brought on
by natural causes?

312
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,520
Believe what you like.
She did it out of decency.

313
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,160
Was it also out of decency

314
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,800
that you got rid of both mother
and child's bodies?

315
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,720
The sorely-tested honour
of our house was at stake.

316
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:24,920
Despite your duties,

317
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:29,000
would you have any idea of honour
and reputation, Mr policeman?

318
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,480
A vague idea, yes.

319
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,880
So there was no murder,

320
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,600
just the sad consequences
of an accident?

321
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,960
Try to prove it was not, sir.

322
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:49,240
Stand up, sir.

323
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:55,800
Come closer.

324
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,480
You too, Naganda.

325
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:09,920
Show your hands.

326
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:14,640
Take off your gloves.

327
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:18,200
Take off your gloves.

328
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:25,240
As my hands are infected by
corrosive saps and tannins,

329
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,880
I fear their sight may offend you.

330
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:31,720
Show your hands.

331
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:51,120
Ring finger missing.

332
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:55,120
No! It's not missing,
as it has never existed.

333
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,840
Is it now a crime
to have deformed hands?

334
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,160
The crime does not lie
in the deformity,

335
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,520
but in the use they are put to.

336
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,520
At my behest,
an expert assessor

337
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,480
took a tracing

338
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,960
from the neck of your late niece.

339
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,840
The progressive putrefaction
of tissue

340
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,800
revealed this outline
with sinister precision.

341
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,760
It matches perfectly.

342
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,640
More surely than if
you had left your seal,

343
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,360
your fingerprints
on the poor girl's flesh condemn you.

344
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:48,400
Confounded by a gauze?
Most amusing.

345
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:51,680
And the crime's motive?

346
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,240
Self-interest, sir.

347
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,440
Elodie was to inherit
his brother's fortune

348
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,520
when her first child was born,
unless born of adultery.

349
00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:05,760
Therefore Charles Galaine
sought to marry her

350
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,440
to his only son, Jean.

351
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:11,880
Should that not occur,
or should she die

352
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,320
before the conditions be met,

353
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:18,800
the inheritance may revert
to his closest relative.

354
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,400
Under the circumstances, you.

355
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,960
However, resorting to murder
was pointless.

356
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,000
I have here a hand-written exhibit

357
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,440
whose authenticity
cannot be disputed.

358
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:51,120
It is a certificate of marriage
from the church in Louiseville

359
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:55,200
between Elodie Galaine
and Master Naganda

360
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,720
countersigned by
Mr Julien Galaine himself.

361
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,160
Your son could never
marry your niece

362
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,880
as she was already married,
before God and man.

363
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,680
- What does this matter?
- Do you not know?

364
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,560
Had I known,
it would have changed nothing.

365
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,400
So my vile brother
played with me all the way.

366
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,040
Self-interest, you said?
Yes, without doubt.

367
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,320
But what do you know of the rage,
humiliation and hatred

368
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,040
that attend a deformity, sir?

369
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:32,960
A father's abandonment,
the collapse of a business,

370
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,280
a wife's loose living?

371
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:41,720
The incessant torture
of a house where madness dwells,

372
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,720
vile and repugnant
in the features of childhood?

373
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:52,480
I do not fear hell, sir,
because I am familiar with it.

374
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,360
May you never suffer
such torments,

375
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,640
which neither those involved here

376
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:04,080
nor those of the torturer's wheel
can compare.

377
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,240
As for these 2 women

378
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,000
I claim full responsibility
for their acts

379
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,720
as for my own.

380
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:15,320
They were but one instrument
in my hand,

381
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,000
indistinct and docile.

382
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,760
It seems your thunder is stolen, Commissioner.

383
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,560
Lest your meticulousness suffer,
we will end this here.

384
00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:32,720
Dismiss.

385
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:49,800
Sir, would you be so good
as to grant me an interview?

386
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,400
You may withdraw, Commissioner.

387
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,560
What a handsome rider!

388
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,600
Would you guard your virtue
a moment yet?

389
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,240
Are you not ready,

390
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,480
you who are so martial,
so resolute?

391
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,800
Duty calls both of us.

392
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,800
You seem expert in such objects,

393
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,520
put on a more warlike tunic.

394
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,120
I want your assistance
in an operation

395
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,440
that requires your talents.

396
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,600
A police operation?

397
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:53,880
My talents?

398
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,560
Rather like fate, after all,

399
00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:05,840
Major Langlumé
can wait a few moments.

400
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:56,160
Have you lost your mind, sir?
Do you know who I am?

401
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,360
Who you were, sir.

402
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:03,160
I request from you
a final few moments of calmness.

403
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:07,200
The missing piece.

404
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:12,200
By what right...?

405
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,000
The right I have to imprison you.

406
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:16,720
On what charge?

407
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,320
This button,
ripped off by Mr de Noblecourt,

408
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,800
will convict you
of attempting to murder

409
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,400
the king's magistrate.

410
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:28,840
Other than serious negligence,
you face other charges

411
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,200
of trading in men.

412
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:36,320
Your entertainments are over, sir.

413
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:41,360
It is entirely your fault
if this arrest

414
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,240
gets out of hand.

415
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,400
I expected no less of you.

416
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:53,920
And I'm grateful.

417
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,480
By Jove, you appear to have
all the strength and intelligence...

418
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:13,720
of an ox.

419
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,000
Have fun by all means, Major,
but mind your manners.

420
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,000
Undressed.
And with a lady present!

421
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:49,560
Your servant, sir.

422
00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:08,160
Mr de Sartine told me
of your princely status.

423
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,080
On your father's death,
you will reign

424
00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:14,840
over vast territories in New France.

425
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,840
Would you be my ally,
sir prince?

426
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,680
Sire, I am your vassal.

427
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,960
The king needs no vassals.

428
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,520
The court's fill of them.
He needs allies.

429
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,080
Then willingly, sir.

430
00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:35,000
Come, brother,
I must tell you about an affair

431
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,760
that involves our English enemies

432
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:39,880
and worries us greatly.

433
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,480
How long have you known of
Naganda's noble extraction?

434
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,000
When you asked to
distribute his portrait.

435
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,080
Certain details in his dress,

436
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:57,800
the tattoos on his face...
I was intrigued.

437
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:01,840
With the tattoos,
the portrait was an open book

438
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:05,720
to which I asked the Comte de Buffon
for a translation.

439
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:11,480
You impress me, sir.
How erudite!

440
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,440
The original credit is yours, Nicolas.

441
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:18,480
However,
for once you must suffer me

442
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,600
to wear the peacock's plumage alone.

443
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:25,120
What finer manner
to re-enter the king's grace

444
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:26,960
than to give him this ally?

445
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:31,240
You should know that crowns
do not fit two heads,

446
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,000
Monsieur le Marquis.

447
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:43,760
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