All language subtitles for Maigret S02E06 The Lost Sailor_Track03-eng

{man chatters)

{boots squeak)

{car horn honks)

{car whirs)

- What's the matter with you?

You all right?

{man shouts in French)

(woman speaks in French)

- Did you see that?

He took something off here

Hey, hey.

{man shouts in French)

He took something off me

Come on.

Here, what do you think you're up to?

- What do you mean by
taking stuff from my shop?

- Thieving, that's what it is

Come on, why don't you speak?

You knows very well you pay
for the stuff you took,

that stuff we saw you take.

Why don't you answer me?

(people chatter)

I'll put the police on you,

that's what I'll do.
- All right, all right

- Who are you?

- Police.

- Oh, goed

- This man just stole a cake from my shop

- He took some stuff from me as well.

(people chatter)

{dramatic orchestral music)

{dramatic orchestral music)

{match strikes)

(soft accordion music)

- All right, let's start again.

Deutsche?

- Espagnol.

- [Maigret] Italiano”

- [Torrance] Russki

- Not a flicker in any language

{Torrance speaks in Chinese)

What?

- Well, he could be Chinese, couldn't he?

- I think we'll drop this line of inquiry.

Stand up a minute, skipper, will you?

Borrowed clothes, I should say

Let's have the jacket off a minute

Label's removed.

No name, no papers, no money, no tongue

- Maybe he's come from outer space.

- Dr. Paul's just arrived

- Good.

- Nothing in the Paris hospitals

- Well, one thing's certain,

he didn't come from Mars with that.

Look at these hands.

They've done a lot of hard work,

but these clothes haven't.

Maybe some dust in the pockets

Yes, there is.

Get it analysed.

- Right.

- And see if they can find
out where the coat was made.

- Right, patron

- All right, skipper, sit down

Ah, Dr. Paul

- Maigret
- How are you?

What do you make of this”?

(Dr. Paul whistles)

- Hm.

Beautiful.

- In what way”?

- That was a bullet wound.

It should've killed him.

It's a brilliant piece of surgery.

I'd like to meet the man who did it.

- So would I.

- I mean the one who
performed the operation

- Any suggestions?

- Surgeons don't sign their handiwork

Pity, hm.

Has someone tried to kill him?

- Presumably, and someone
tried to save him.

This someone dressed him
up in borrowed clothes,

took him to a doctar, and then what?

- Interesting, but he can't speak?

- Not a syllable

Will he ever, do you think?

- Oh, there may be irreparable
damage to the brain

It may be just shock.

I can't give a definite opinion

until I've seen x-rays

He might even recover any minute

- Shall we put out a photo call, patron”

- Yeah, ah, but like that.

{soft accordion music)
(gulls squawk)

{broom sweeps)

- Excuse me, Doctor

- Carry on, my dear.

{checkers click)

- Oh, no

(checker clicks)

{Julie sighs)

- Julie.

(suspenseful orchestral music)

Come back, Julie

Well, what was all that about?

- Well, it must've been something

she saw in the paper, I should think.

(soft acoustic guitar music)

{Julie sighs)

- [Lannec] Louis, Big Louis

- Huh?

- [Lannec] Down there, Louis?

Have a look at this paper.

- Huh?

(Louis groans)

{Louis spits)

{Louis grunts)

{paper rustles)

(suspenseful orchestral music)

(suspenseful orchestral music)

- [Elaine] Is there something
in the paper, Ernest?

- No, my dear, nothing of interest

When are you going back to school, Armand”?

- Thursday, Papa

- Dr. Carnot thinks he
ought to stay at home

for another two days

- Carnot? Hm.

You look well enough now

I think you should go back tomorrow

We owe it to the school, Armand

We have our position to think of

Never forget that

{door opens)

- We got the name of the surgeon

Runs a small clinic near
Monet, a Dr. Pascal,

specialises in brain surgery

- Well, he's wasted there.

- He doesn't think so.

They found Joris on the
steps about three months ago

He'd been dumped there
like an abandoned baby,

1,000 francs pinned to his
pocket, and that's all.

Two days ago, they let him
dress for the first time,

and they haven't seen him since.

- Small clinic near Monet, huh?

Get all you can from this Dr. Pascal,

and see if anyone in the
town noticed a strange car

wondering about three months ago

They won't, but nevermind,

the driver may have asked to
be directed to the clinic.

- Patron, the girl's here.

- Come in, mademoiselle

- Oh, Captain.

Oh, Captain.

Well, well, you know me.

Well, you must

It's Julie.

What have you done to him?

- We have done nothing, but
he's been shot in the head.

- Shot?

But that can't be true.

No one would hurt the captain

Everyone loved him.

- Look, I'm afraid somebody didn't

Now, come and sit down

Tell me his name.

- It's Captain Joris

He was harbormaster at Honfleur.

- Honfleur?

- No, when did they come?

- Yeah.

So, how well did you know him?

- Well, I've worked
for him since I was 16.

He treated me like a daughter

He was still at sea then.

He retired last year and
got the job of harbormaster

- When did he disappear?

- Oh, about three months ago

One morning, I made his coffee,

and he just wasn't there to drink it.

- Did anyone try to find him?

- By the sea in the
fog, it's easy to drown

They dregged the harbour

- Mm-hm.

He had nc enemies, huh?

- Never in his life.

- He drink much?

- Maybe one glass with friends
over cards, but that's all

- He have much money?

- Well, he'd saved enough
to build a little house

- Lucas.

- There wasn't much over.

He won't be like this always, will he?

He'll be cured.

I mean, I take care of him.

Can I take him back to Honfleur?

- By the next train.

- The lab report on the jacket

Made in Norway.

- Norway?

Traces of dried cod's roe in the pockets

- Well, he's a sailor

- Who is?

He's not wearing his own clothes

{soft acoustic guitar music)
(gulls squawk)

{car doors close)

{car door closes)

{car door closes)

(car rumbles)

(footsteps click)

- Captain, Captain, you're home.

This is where you live

He knows his own chair.

Captain, Captain, look,
here are your slippers

He's beginning to remember

Look, you see the bird
of paradise you brought

from New Guinea a long time ago?

And here's the little elephant

that always brought you luck

You watch his face, he knows

I forgot, you have a letter.

(letter clicks)

Can't you read?

- I can.

(envelope tears)

{paper rustles)

How much money did he have in the bank?

- Perhaps 1,500 new francs

- This letter's from his bank,

it says that 5,000 has just
been paid into his account

-5,0007

Captain, who gave you that money?

Captain, who did this?

- [Maigret] He's tired.

- Yes, I'll take him up to bed

- Come on, skipper

- Come along, you're going to sleep now

- Louis.

{door closes)

- Evening, Monsieur Lannec

- It'll be a foggy one, Andre

- Hope you're wrong, Monsieur

- He doesn't speak, he
just lies on his bed

but he smiles at me, Monsieur

Do you think he'll get better?

- Perhaps if he were to see me,

another familiar face.

- Oh, yes, yes, he
always liked you so much

- He worked for me for many years

- I'm going to take him his milk

I'll see if he's awake.

(people chatter)

(soft clarinet music)

(people laugh)

- Hello, ma'am

Cognac.

{cork squeaks)

- Ah, Doctar, drunk again

- But of course.

(Dr. Carnot laughs)

It was your move, Captain.

- What did I tell you?

How can I move when you take the board,

you silly old fool?

All right

- Fog's gonna get thicker

- Yes, I know.

I know, i's thick as the
night Captain Joris left

- It's the inspector from Paris

- Hm?

Oh, good evening, Inspector

- Good evening

- Gonna be a dirty night.

- Yes, do you have a lot
of fog around these parts?

- Oh, we're famous for it

- Have a glass

- Thank you, no, we're still
on duty "il 10:00 tonight

when the tide turns.

It's the only time we can get
the boats through the canal

Oh, uh, Captain Delcourt, harbormaster

- Bernard, customs

- How do you do?

- Carnot, a doctor of legs.

- [Maigret] Dr. Carnot?

- I shall be delighted to
drink with you, Inspector

- [Maigret] Why not?

- Sit down, Inspector

- Thank you

- So, you have found
Joris for us, Inspector

- Not exactly, he found me

Tell me, how far up the
canal do the boats go?

- Oh, not very far, just through
the lock, into the basin.

- No further?

- Uh, there us nothing further

They just turn round and come back

- Hm, so, if one wanted to
go, for example, to Monet

- Only by road

- Right.

Slainte, Doctor

- Slainte.

- I think I've just
seen your mayor outside

- Oh?

I wonder where he was off to.

- Well, well, not duck
shooting tonight, at any rate.

(sailors laugh)

- It wouldn't be so.

- They an important family around here?

- Oh, he runs this part of the world,

for what it's worth.

- Rich?

- Well, there was a rumour a few years ago

that things weren't so good

Then he got married, and now,

he owns half the ships
you see in the harbour

Captain Joris worked for him for years,

'til he became harbormaster.

- And now you've got the job

- Well.

{soft orchestral music)

- He's drunk some of the milk.

Captain, Captain, it's the mayor.

He's come to see you.

- Joris.

Joris?

- He remembers you, I'm sure

- Do you remember me”?

Do you remember?

- Captain, Captain.

- Poor fellow.

(people chatter)

- Captain Joris seems a good sort of man

- Oh, one of the best, Monsieur

- What about Julie?

Was there anything between them?

- Never, Inspector

- All right, any men friends?

- Oh, not Julie, she's a good girl

- Mm.

Who's Louis?

- Louis?

Oh, that's her brother

Big, hulking fellow.

- Yes, he killed @ man in a fight once

He got eight years for it.

- Where is he now?

- Oh, he's a deckhand on the Saint Michel

I haven't seen him for weeks.

- Well, you will, tomorrow

She's due in from Faucon.

{horn blows)

Oh, back to duty,

that's the last one for tonight

- Doctor, Doctor, I want the doctor

It's Captain Joris,
he's dying, he's dying

{dramatic orchestral music)

(soft acoustic guitar music)

- Doctors can win battles,

but they always lose the war.

- But I, I thought he was getting better

He recognised the mayor, I'm sure he did

- It could've happened at any time,

with thrombosis, and the added shock.

- Shock?

- Tokyo, Santiago, Valencia,

sailor's postcards

Pass me the letters, will you, Bernard?

{bell rings)

And see who that is, will you?

I don't want to be interrupted

unless the matter's urgent

(envelope tears)

- The inspector, Monsieur le Maire

- Ah, Chief Inspector Maigret, of course.

- Monsieur.

- Forgive me for not making
your acquaintance yesterday,

but the duties of a mayor, you know

- Mm-hm, and magistrate, presumably

- As you see.

I was just conducting a
preliminary investigation

Can I get you a cognac, Inspector?

- Thank you, no

- Unfortunately, my wife is away

She had to take my son
to his school at Rouen.

She decided to go on and
spend a few days in Paris

Well, this is a sad business, Inspector.

- Were you friendly with Captain Joris?

- Friendly?

That implies a social relationship

He was cone of my captains for many years

A reliable man.

- Did you see him on September the 16th,

the day he disappeared”

I don't mean socially, of course

- I didn't see him at all.

- But you came to see him yesterday.

- Oh, yes, that was a duty.

At least he saw a friendly
face before he died

- Yes, of course

Do your ships carry cod's
roe, dried cod's roe?

- No.

- I have some more questions, Monsieur.

- Is this an interrogation, Inspector?

- Dried cod's roe comes from Norway

Do your ships go to Norway?

- Very seldom

- Did Captain Joris ever go there”

- I can't see what affair
it is of yours, Inspector,

but, as a matter of fact
his last trip was to Norway,

to Tromso.

- Tromso? Why Tromso?

- He was carrying fish-canning
machinery from Howe

Now, if you'll excuse me, Inspector,

I really have a great deal of work to do.

- Perhaps I can assist you in
your investigation, Monsieur

I have here Captain Joris's will

He left various items to friends,

but the bulk to Julie.

- I see.

Inspector Maigret, I am not
a professional investigator,

of course, but I do know this district.

In fact, I might say

that my family created this district

Let me warn you against trying

to do too much on your own

- I accept the warning.

Monsieur.

{door opens)

- Ah, how's the Lamont affair, Torrance?

- Oh, it's all sewn up,

and now, he's in hospital,

having his face sewn up

(Lucas chuckles)

- Anything else?

- No, nothing.

- Nothing?

In that case, I can safely leave you

and Janvier in charge

I'm off to Honfleur to join the patron

He said the fog there is too thick

for one man to see through

- Aye, aye, aye, is a very,
very glamorous bit of beachwear.

- Beachwear?

Pure silk pyjamas.

Cost me a week's salary.

I keep them under the
pillows in case of fire

{Torrance laughs)

{soft piano music)

{table bangs)

(glass bangs)

- Shut up, I'm walking here.

What are you saying about me?

- We wrere discussing the cards, Louis

(bowl clatters)

{people gasp)

- You were talking about me

Joris is dead.

Who killed him, who?

- Out, out you go
- If I find out, I'l-

- Out.

Take him back to his boat.

- Come on, Big Louis, don't be a fool

- Oh, imbecile

The police are coming.

- Go on, get him out the back way.

- [Bernard] Come on, Louis,
Louis, come on, please

- Oh, evening, Inspector

- Evening, Captain Delcourt.

Another foggy night

- Well, I told you, we're famous for it.

- Sergeant Lucas, Captain Delcourt

- Monsieur.
- Monsieur.

- Sit down, Inspector

- Thank you

- Oh, not that chair.

It's a bit shaky, I'm afraid

- Yes.

Who was doing all the
shouting in here just now?

- Shouting”?

Oh, it was Big Louis, I expect.

- Julie's brother?

- Yes.

- Which way did he go?

- 1, uh, didn't see

- You got that list I asked you for?

- Right away, here it is.

You can see for yourself.

Captain Joris put 11
ships through the canal

on the 16th of September

- Hm, and then?

- Well, then, he just
disappeared in the fog,

and was never seen again.

- Where are all these boats now?

- Bordeaux, Amsterdam, Howe, anywhere.

- I see the Saint Michel is among them.

- Yes, I believe she is

- She's back in Faucon.

- That's right, yes, she's,
uh, anchored a bit on

- Well, I'd like to go aboard it

Can you arrange that for me?

- Very well, I will.

- [Lucas] Why not now?

The tide's right.

-Soitis.

All right, I'l take you
myself nove, if you like

- Thank you

- Shall I come with you, patron?

- No, I can manage the harbour

-What'll I do”?

- Contact Torrance, get him
te check on any car hired

or stolen in the Cannes
area 16th of September

- Any idea of the driver?

- Someone who deals in cod's
roe, Norwegian, probably

- A Norwegian, and then?

- The mayor

- What about him?

- He sent his son back
to school two days early,

and his wife to Paris.

Find out where she's staying,

and why he wanted them
both out of the way

- Perhaps he's expecting
something tonight

- Or someone.

Lucas.

- Right.

Ah. I knew I wouldn't need my pyjamas

- Pyjamas?

- They'd look very good on you, madame

(Marthe laughs)

{Lucas laughs)

Bonsoir.

- Bonsoir

{horn blows)

{water sloshes)

{horn blows)

- Ahoy there, Saint Michel

Captain Delcourt here.

- Come aboard.

- After you

{horn blows)

{horn blows)

{Louis sighs)

- All clear, men?

- Clear enough

- Come on down, Inspector Maigret

- Ah.

Are you Julie's brother?

- Yes.

I killed a policeman once.

- Hm, hope once is enough

- [Lannec] You'll have a drink?

- Thank you

(horn blows)
{drink pours)

- Your health then.

- Slainte.

(Maigret sighs)

How well did you know Captain Joris”

{Louis spits)

- Well enough

- Yesterday, when your
sister was in Paris,

you went into his house

- Well, why shouldn't I?

- No, sit down, we needn't argue.

You had a meal there.

- I was hungry

- And you left a note warning her

that Joris was in danger

- Well, she was gonna bring him back,

back here, where he'd already
been shot in the head.

- Howr do you knows he'd
been shot in the head?

Was it in the local paper?

- Well, must've been

- So it was here, in this
port, that he was shot

- I didn't say the port

- Another part of Honfleur?

Did you see it happen?

- If I had, I would've
told you, wouldn't [?

{metal clangs)

- That loose block's rattling again.

Go up and see to it, Celestin

Straighten the bunks, Louis.

{horn blows)

- How many of you sleep down here?

- Three of us,

me, Celestin, Big Louis

- Mm-hm, no more, huh?

Tell me, on the 16th of September,

the ship was here, on the
day that Joris vanished

Where did you go then, Norway?

- No, Hamburg

- Put on your cap, Louis

Well, now, which one of you
lot uses a clothes brush, eh?

- That's no clothes brush.

We use that for scrubbing the table

Show him, Louis

(pale clatters)

{brush scrapes)

- I'm sorry, Inspector,
there's another boat due.

I must go

- I'm just coming

Captain Lannec, do you own this boat?

- Yes, I bought it eight years ago

- Mm, must be the first
time in eight years

you've ever had the table scrubbed

with a brush like that.

- I got it in the street in
Amsterdam for a few francs.

- Tortoise shell and silver?

(Maigret chuckles)

- You say this is-
- My dinghy, it's gone

I've gotta get ashore

- I think somebody else
wanted to get ashore, too

Your passenger was in a hurry.

- I don't carry passengers.

Must've slipped its painter.

Big Louis'll take you
off in the ship's dinghy

{water sloshes)

{horn blows)

- Good night, Inspector

- Good night.

(soft horn music)

Who's there?

{match strikes)

Is that Big Louis”

(suspenseful jazzy music)

{lamp clatters)

- Well?

- I could do with a
drink first, and a cigar

(Louis slurps)

Ah.

{Louis sniffs)

(punch thuds)

(soft jazzy music)

Well?

- All right, all right

{Maigret groans)

(soft acoustic guitar music)

(Maigret grunts)

- What are you doing here”

I'd better go and get the police

(Maigret grunts)

{Maigret spits and grunts)

Well, you better stay there
while I go and get the police

- lam the police.

Here, undo my hands

- You've no idea where
Inspector Maigret is?

- At his hotel.

- He isn't there, I've looked

- Ah, well then he's
gone drinking, hasn't he”?

- You should've been a detective, madame

(Marthe laughs)

Ah, patron

I've been looking for you

You're up early.

Have you had breakfast?

- No.

Cognac, please, large one

- Ah, that's a fine breakfast.

What do you want afterwards?

- Another one.

{Lucas laughs)

- You look as if you had a bad night.

What happened?

- Indigestion

Well, what'd you find out?

- Well, Madame Grandmaison
took her son back to school

near Rouen, as you said.

She did go to Paris

She booked in at the Hotel Lutece.

She was telephone from here,
by her husband, I suppose.

- Well, find out, make sure.

What did Torrance find out about the car?

- Nothing, patron, nor the Norwegian

- You think I'm having
hallucinations, den't you?

There's someone missing
from this puzzle, someone,

someone whom a lot of people

are very interested in hiding,

and I think I saw him last night.

What'd you find out about
Monsieur Grandmaison?

- You were right again, he had a visitor.

- Big Louis?

- Yes.

- Come on.

- Where the hell are they?

At this rate, we'll miss the tide

{footsteps clunk)

- This'll be Louis.

- Where's Louis?

- I don't know.

What do you want him for?

- I want to know who passed
me in the fog last night

just before Big Louis jumped me

- Don't know what you're talking about

- About your passenger.

Captain Lannec, who really owns this boat?

- I told you, I do.

- Get me the ship's papers

- Ship's papers?

- Yes, find them

{horn blows)

- Are they here yet?

- No, they're not here

Come on down, Big Louis

- We'll miss the tide.

- Well, Louis, you've
gone up in the world

I didn't know you owned this boat.

- What of it?

- How much do you pay for it, eh?

Who gave you the money,

the man who was with you last night”

Come on, Louis

- Then Louis.

- A few minutes after
you jumped me last night,

some man telephoned Madame Grandmaison

at her hotel in Paris.

The call came from the local phone box

I might've seen who made it

if I hadn't been got out of the way

Who was it?

The real owner of this boat?

Did he shoot Joris?

- No.

- You're all local men, aren't you”

Who are you afraid of, Grandmaison?

He can't hurt you.

He doesn't own this boat.

- No.

- Well, who does?

What was your last voyage?

Come an, it's easy enough te find out

- Norway

- [Maigret] Tromso, wasn't it?

- Yes.

- Is this boat Norwegian-ovned”?

- The boat belongs to Big Louis

- Yeah, that's what it says here

Well, you're loyal, at any rate.

Lucas.

- Patron.

- I'm going over to Grandmaison

You wait here.

- Good, what am I waiting for?

{horn blows)

- Have a drink?

- I don't mind if I do.

{drink pours)

{Lucas laughs)

Thank you

Now, get back over there
where I can see you

Come on, come on

{horn blows)

- I have already told you, Inspector,

I missed my footing and
fell down the stairs.

- What did you land en?

- The floor, naturally.

- Not Big Louis's fist?

- Get out of my house

- He may be back

You're gonna need protection

- I don't want protection

Now, will you please leave my house?

- Why did Big Louis beat you up, hm?

What do you want from him?

What was In that letter you gave him”

- Inspector Maigret, I am the head

of the most powerful and
important family in this district.

For centuries, no one has
ever questioned our rights

or our duties.

I warn you that, if you do so now,

I have the power and the
influence to ruin you,

and I shall.

- Monsieur Grandmaisen, let me remind you

that an apparently harmless
man has lost his life

in very strange circumstances,

and it's my job to find out why

Now, wha phoned your wife

at the Hotel Lutece last night?

- 1 did.

- From a call box?

I have checked with the exchange.

- I was away from the house,

and I was anxious.

- Did you tell her to
collect your son from school?

She did so an hour ago in a car.

- Yes, ves, I did.

- Why?

- Well, because he

That is my affair, Inspector

- Where are they going?

To the Saint Michel?

Who are they gonna meet”?

Who are they gonna meet”?

The owner of the boat?

- The owner is Big Louis

- And who is this man?

- There is no one, no one.

- Captain Lannec, Captain
Lannec, we're here

Run, Raymond, run

- Don't do it, Raymond

Welcome aboard.

{dramatic orchestral music)

- I have nothing more to say, Inspector.

- Madame Grandmaison?

- Yes.

- This is a surprise
I wasn't expecting you

- Who are you?

- Chief Inspector Maigret

- Why are you so surprised

that I should visit my own home?

- It is just a visit, then

You're not staying

- Well, are you staying?

- No.

I came to say goodbye.

- This is the end of my family

- The end of what?

What Is a family but
people who love each other?

It would be slightly ridiculous

for us to start speaking about love now,

wouldn't it, Ernest?

If you mean it's the end of your business,

don't worry, you can keep the money.

- Your money?

- Yes.

- How much?

- Alot.

- YWhat were the terms of
the marriage settlement?

Did you keep control of the money?

- Yes, but I never stopped him using it

ta keep the shipping line going

After all, that's what he married me for,

to keep the family from bankruptcy,

to save its honour.

- What honour have I left now?

- Goodbye, Ernest.

- Patron
- One moment, madame

- I've got your man

He is a Norwegian.

He had the boy Armand with him.

Do you want him in?

- Yeah.

- [Lucas] Bishop

- What is your name?

- Raymond Martineau

- Martineau, from Norway?

- Naturalised, French by birth.

- Ah, what do you do for a living?

- I've several factories in Tromso,

fish canning, processing

- Do you deal in powdered cod's roe”?

- Yes, I do.

It's used for bait.

- We found some in the pockets

of the clothes that
Captain Joris was wearing

They'd fit you well.

We know how he's lost his life, you know

- You're wrong about that, Inspector

He wasn't killed by the shot

- No, by shock

By the shock of seeing
the man who fired it.

- Have I your permission, Inspector?

- You're not leaving the house, monsieur.

- No.

- On your honour?

- My honour

- Sit down, please

What's your real name?

- You know it, of course.

Grandmaison, Raymond Grandmaison

Emest is my cousin

- Why did you go to Norway?

- I once worked for Ernest as a clerk.

I was the poor relation

who wanted to live like a rich one,

so I borrowed money from the firm.

Ernest found out.

He gave me 24 hours to get out of France

He was to preserve the evidence,

and so would have me arrested

if ever I set foot back here.

- Armand is your son, isn't he?

It would be quite easy to check on dates

- Today's the first time
I've ever seen Armand.

It's also the first time
I've seen Elaine in 14 years

- Did Ernest know about the child?

- Oh, I suppose Elaine's money
was more important to him,

and he had a position to keep up

- And you, madame?

- What else could I do?

I didn't know where Raymond was.

There was no word from him.

- I wrote, but Ernest
is a power in this land

Obviously, Elaine never got my letters.

- When did you first hear about your son?

- A few months ago

Captain Joris came to Tromso

with some machinery for my factory.

It was his last trip

before he retired and became harbormaster.

Anyway, he told me

I nearly went out of my mind

- [Maigret] So Captain Joris arranged

for you to buy the Saint Michel

- Well, that was the only thing to do

Joris and I had always been good friends

He arranged with Louis
and the crew fo help me

They were to get the ship ready

while Joris and I broke in here.

We knew that Ernest was out duck shooting,

but, unfortunately, clear weather, foggy,

he came back unexpectedly, and caught us

Maigret, I don't think

that Ernest meant to kill me,

but he was surprised, and he had a gun,

and Joris stood between us.

Ernest even helped to
carry Joris in the house

I had to leave the boy.

I thought Joris was dying

- He shot Joris?

- Mm.

So, you thought you had a
dying man on your hands

What'd you do then?

- Well, the man was wounded

He needed help.

I had to find a doctor.

I went to Dr. Carnot.

He advised me to take Joris
to the clinic at Monet,

and there, I left Joris on the steps,

I rang the bell, and went away

- Poor devil.

- Well, I thought, if he lived,

I could collect him in a couple of months,

but you found him first,

and that gave me my second chance

With you on the scene,

I knew that Ernest would
be terrified of a scandal

so I blackmailed him through Big Louis

- Then I got in the way, huh?

- Oh, well, I'm sorry
about that, Inspector

- I should think so, too

Did you tell him to get rough
with Grandmaison as well?

- No, no, no, no, no, no,

I simply said to threaten
him with the police

unless he wrote a letter
to my son's school,

handing the boy over to me.

There was no need for violence,

but Big Louis was a friend of Joris, too

{gun fires)

- Ernest.

Don't you realise what he's done?

He knew he'd have to stand trial

for the death of Joris.

The poor man.

Poor, poor man

(Elaine whimpers)

- Take her down to the Saint
Michel before the tide turns.

Monsieur Martineau,

your son is in the hall.

I think you better take him with you

- Thanks.

(soft acoustic guitar music)

- Ah, another cognac, monsieur?

- Thank you, madame, no.

Now, I need some sleep, eh

{door closes)

- Monsieur?

- Mademoiselle.

- Is Inspector Maigret here?

- I'm waiting for him

Do sit down.

- Thank you

- Glass of wine?

- No, thank you

- Captain Joris's death
was a very big shock

for you, wasn't it?

- Yes.

They tell me Monsieur
Grandmaison's dead, too, shot.

- That's right.

- Well, who did it?

- Well, we don't suspect foul play

- I have his handkerchief here.

I ought to take it up to the house,

but there's no one there.

I expect he left it in the room

when he came to see Captain Joris

- How do you know it's his?

- Well, it has his crest on it.

- The family crest, en”?

Still looks like any other
dirty linen, doesn't it?