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PUBLIC OPINION

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To the public.

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To avoid any misunderstanding,

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I would like to announce

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that I don't appear in this film.

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This is the first serious drama

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written and directed by me.

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A small village in France.

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Marie St. Clair,
woman marked by destiny,

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victim of an unhappy home.

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“I’m locked up.”

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“I have to see you this evening, Marie,

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"about our projects
for tomorrow."

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While making plans for the future,

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they come back to her house.

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"We will be in Paris at noon,

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"and before evening,
We will be married.”

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“He closed the window.”

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"Your daughter has been locked up
outside her home."

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"Perhaps he will provide you
a bed for the night."

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“Don’t bother.”

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“Come to my house.
My mother will shelter you for the night.”

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"I'm going to ask mom
to make your bed."

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“Please don’t wake her.”

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“I don’t know what to do.”

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"Don't worry, my dear,

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"tomorrow we will forget
all these tears."

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“I want to see you, alone.”

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"Bring this woman out
from the house!”

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“What do you mean?

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"I'm going to call mom,
She will understand.”

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"She was locked up
away from home, that's all."

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"I'd better go."

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"There is a train to Paris
at midnight 15.

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“We can take it.”

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“Buy the tickets.
I'm going back to pack my suitcase."

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“Make it quick.”

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“Father, they have decided to get married.

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“Why don’t we do it?”

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“I never want to see him again.”

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“He has some money?”

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“Please say goodbye to him
before he leaves.”

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“Jean, say goodbye to your father.”

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“Quickly, doctor!”

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“Jean, haven’t you left yet?”

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“Is that you, Marie?”

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“A terrible thing has happened.

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“We have to postpone our start.”

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“One moment.”

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A year later, in Paris,

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magic city
where fortune is fickle

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and where women
play with lives...

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Pierre Revel,
a good living

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whose whims
made and destroyed

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the career of more than one woman.

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Marie St. Clair,
passed from his sad village

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to gay Paris.

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"The Bachelor
the richest in Paris."

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“Who is it?”

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"One of the old maids
the richest in Paris."

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“And the man with her?”

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Pierre Revel
studies culinary arts

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just like he does
an art of his life.

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“These scented handkerchiefs
stink up my kitchen."

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Champagne truffles.

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The truffles are dug up
by pigs.

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A delicacy for pigs
and for gentlemen.

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The next day, early in the morning.

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Marie St. Clair's apartment.

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Fifi, a friend,

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young and lively,
leading the life of youth.

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“Marie, what a lazy girl!”

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“Come on, get up.
Spend your life in bed!”

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“Why are you up so early?

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“I didn’t go to bed.”

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The work office
by Pierre Revel.

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Engagements announced

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A marriage that will unite
two big fortunes

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“Isn’t that okay?
complicate things?”

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“The other lady.”

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“Call her.”

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“Who?”

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“The other lady.”

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“Hello, my darling.
I’ll meet you tonight for dinner?”

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“But of course.”

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“She doesn’t know yet.”

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Paulette, another friend.

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“Did Mary see that?”

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“Finally, that’s life.”

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“Don’t worry, darling.

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“Everything will work out in the end.”

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“No need, Peter.
I can’t go out tonight.”

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“I’m so depressed.”

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"You don't worry
for that, at least?”

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“It doesn’t change anything for us.

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“Everything will continue as before.”

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“How can you say that?”

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"I'll see you tomorrow,
when you're in a better mood.

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“Good evening.”

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That evening, in the Latin Quarter.

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“Mary,
I'm in a friend's workshop.

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“Why not join us?”

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“What’s going on?”

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"Just a quiet little party,
with a few friends."

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“You will find it easily.

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"The workshop on the left,
or the right, I don’t know.”

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“Well.”

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Time transforms intimates
as foreigners,

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and formalism conceals
their real emotions.

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“How beautiful you are.”

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"I see that you have become
a true artist."

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"So it's understood,
Are you going to paint my portrait?”

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“Here is my address.

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"If you come by tomorrow,
We will work out the details.”

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The next morning.

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"Here is the dress in which
I would like to be painted.”

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“John, who are you mourning?”

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“From my father.”

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“When did he die?”

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“The night you left.”

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“Give some to Monsieur,
in the next room."

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“Why explain?
You wouldn’t understand.”

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“You conclude too quickly.
I understand perfectly."

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“You’re too smart.”

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“But be careful.”

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“So, will it be the silver dress?”

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As the days pass,
the portrait was nearing completion.

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“Aren’t you tired?”

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"You promised
not to look at the board

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“before it’s over.”

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“Why revive the past?”

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“I knew you better, then.”

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“I love you, Mary,
despite everything, I love you."

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"We can get married
and start our lives again."

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Marie St. Clair
has a problem in mind:

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marriage or luxury?

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"Nothing to do,
It’s not a life.”

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"It's not such a bad life:
You have everything you want.”

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“Not all.”

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“Poor little woman.”

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"The problem,
it's that you don't know

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“what you really want.”

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"I want a real home, children,
and a man who respects me."

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“You never take me seriously.”

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“Come on, what’s wrong?”

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“I am very unhappy.

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“What does life bring me?
Nothing.”

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“Why this nervous breakdown?
What does that mean?”

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“That we must separate.”

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“Who is it?
This young painter?"

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“It doesn’t matter who it is.

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“He loves me and he’s going to marry me.”

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“Do you like it?”

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"Yes !"

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"Liar."

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“I love it.”

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"I'll see you tomorrow night,
at dinner."

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“You’ll never see me again.”

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"Very well,
call me sometime."

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An eternal problem.
Mother and son.

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“Okay, I won’t marry him.
Stop insisting.”

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"It wouldn't matter to me,
but this kind of woman..."

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"I told you,
I won’t marry him.”

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“I only think about your future.”

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"Yes, you think about my future
when it concerns yours."

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“Why be so upset?”

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“You’re too gullible, Mom.

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“I wouldn’t marry him, of course.”

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“But you asked him.”

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“Yes, in a moment of weakness.”

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“Maybe you’re right.
It was a moment of weakness.”

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“Don’t be ridiculous.”

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That evening, Pierre Revel consoled himself
with Marie's friend.

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“Pierre is there with Paulette.”

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"And she said
that she is Marie's friend."

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“At Mademoiselle’s apartment.
I'm going home on foot."

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And that evening, Marie consoles herself.

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“He’s still outside, ma’am.”

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“Therese, call him.”

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“Call her.”

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“Did you call?”

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“No, is that you?”

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“Let’s stop this nonsense.
When will I see you again?”

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“You don’t love me anymore.”

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“Tomorrow night for dinner?”

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“Understood.
Good night, my dear."

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The next morning.

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“My darling,
I have so many things to tell you.”

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"You know who was
with Pierre last night?

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“That bitch Paulette.”

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"And she calls herself your friend,
this hypocrite..."

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“Don’t say a word about last night.”

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"He wants me to have dinner again
with him tonight,

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“but I’m worried about Marie.”

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“You don’t know what she’s saying!

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"She's still having dinner
with him tonight."

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"What time do we have dinner tonight?
my darling?

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“At half past seven.”

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“Are you sure you’re not caught?”

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“I have to run away.”

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“Goodbye, darling.”

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The hours pass.

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Remorse and despair
decide the fate of Jean Millet.

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“You look tired, darling.
Don’t come home late.”

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"I don't know which one
of your moods amuses me the most."

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Marie, I have to see you
for the last time.

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“Dead.”

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“Your son had a serious accident.

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“Prepare for the worst.”

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“How old was your son?”

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“Did he live in Paris?”

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“Where is your mistress?”

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"She went
at your son's workshop."

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Time heals wounds,

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and experience shows
that the secret of happiness

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is located
in the service of others.

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“Mom, this is Father!”

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"I see that your family
has a new member."

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"Young woman,
when are you going to get married

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“and have children of your own?”

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"By the way,
What happened to Marie St. Clair?”

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Translation: B. Eisenschitz

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Subtitles: L.V.T. -Paris