All language subtitles for Maigret S04E06 The Flemish Shop_Track03-eng

(piano playing)

- Marguerite, perhaps you
should learn to do this

Now this is the way Joseph
likes his place set

The glass on the left
because he's left-handed.

Put it there.

No, the left.

And the soup spoon the other way

The other way

That's right.

- Why have you stopped, Maria”?

(piano playing)

- That's a clever girl

You've learned very quickly

And now it's time to
warm Joseph's slippers

Well, you know where they are.

- Marguerite knows Joseph's ways already

- Yes, she's going to
make him a very good wife

- You must always remember, Marguerite,

that Joseph has a great future

He's going to be a very important man

- A lawyer's wife

Think of that, Marguerite.

- How nice it would be, Maria?

If you could teach
Marguerite to play the piano

Then she could play to
Joseph when they're married

- He can't, he can't marry her.

You know he can't.

It's a sin, a deadly sin

(dramatic music)

(match striking)

{words drowned out by music)

(window breaking)

{upbeat music)

{water splashing)

(door closing)

- Oh, I quite understand, Chief Inspector.

When our lords and masters
move the pieces on the board,

well, they send you here.

But I'm here already

And that's it, isn't it?

We must both make the
best of it, mustn't we?

Of course, you understand, our methods

are a little different here.

We rely a great deal on local knowledge

I can put my finger on almost
any person in this town

and say, income, so much, habits,

such and such, criminal
tendencies, if any

Now, take the Peeters family

I could have prophesied Joseph Peeters

would get a girl into
trouble one of these days

- This girl, Germaine Piedbeouf

- 23, unmarried, with a two-year-old baby.

Lived with with her brother,

Gerard Piedbeouf, typewriter mechanic

In fact, a no good drunk

Not that that gives anyone
the right to kill his sister.

- Is she dead?

- Well, we can't be sure, of course,

until we've found the body

It'll be thrown in the river.

You see, that's the natural
thing to do with a body here

Unfortunately, we've had floods

She could be in the North Sea by now.

The thing is, 11 days ago, she
walked into the Peeters' shop

at nine at night and that's
the last anyone's seen of her

- Tell me more about the Peeters.

Where do they come from?

- They're Flemish and a very
close little family circle

There's the mother, Anna,
the elder daughter, Maria,

the one who's in the convent and Joseph

They make a living out of the

Flemish barge people going through

Not many of the locals use their shop

All that Dutch gentlemen respectability

turns me up, personally

(door closing)

(dramatic music)

- Three franc 20 and 4.50, thank you

(man laughing)

- Marguerite, weren't you going
to put the flowers in water?

- They're for Joseph

- Yes, there's a vase in the kitchen

He's here.

(bell ringing)

- Close the shop

- Mademoiselle Peeters?
- Yes

- Chief Inspector Maigret

May I have a word with you?

- I must close the shop at once

We'll have ta close the shop, I'm sorry

I'm sorry, you'll have to go.

I must close the shop

(bell ringing)

Please.

(door closing)

This is my mother.
- Madam.

- Please sit down, Inspector.
- Thank you

- Offer the Inspector some cognac, Anna

Or perhaps he prefers gin

- Uh, cognac, thanks

Your son at home?

- My brother's at Nancy

He's studying the law

He visits us when he can.

- How often is that?
- On Saturdays

He visits us on his motorcycle

But not always

He has to work very hard.

- My son has a fine brain

He has a great future

- I'm sure.
- Cognac, Inspector.

- Thank you

Is he coming heme tonight?

- I've told him you're here.

Marguerite, this is a visitor from Paris.

He's come to see Joseph

This is Mademoiselle
Dammaerts, my brother's fiance

- How do you do?

- Say how do you do, Marguerite

- How do you do?

Go back to the kitchen now, Marguerite”

Marguerite comes from a fine,
local family, Inspector.

She will make Joseph a good wife.

- She's Flemish?
- Of course.

We've very little to do with the French

They hate us

- [Maigret] And this girl whe is missing,

Germaine Piedbeouf, she is French?

- Yes.

I know what you're thinking

- Joseph had nothing to do with her

- What they say is a lie

The child is not Joseph's

- I see.

I believe that Germaine came
here the night she disappeared.

- Yes
- What did she want?

- Money
- And Joseph gave it to her?

- Joseph was not here.

I gave it to her.

- Oh, so you do acknowledge the baby?

- No.

Joseph was kind to her once.

He had pity for her.

- You must know my son to understand

he is noble and generous.

- Did Germaine knows about Marguerite”

Are you sure it was
only money she came for?

- [Anna] What else would
a woman like that want?

- Perhaps a father for her child

How did she behave?

- She made a scene.

She threatened to kill herself.

- What did you do?
- I gave her money

I told her it was the
last and I put her out

- After she'd threatened
to commit suicide?

- Yes.

- [Maigret] Did you see where she went”?

- I don't know.

Across the quay?

- Did you watch”?
- It was dark.

There was no light on the quay

The power had failed
because of the floods.

- I see.

So for all you know,

she might've gene straight into the river

- She's not dead
- How do you knows?

- They're capable of anything, anything

- Who?

Who else was in the house?

You, Madam?

Your brother, you say, was in Nancy”?

- Yes.

- And alone.

Is this your other daughter, Maria,

the one who's in the convent?

Was she here?

She's allowed to visit you

- Maria knew nothing--

- Maria was here but I didn't
want her to meet that woman.

I took Germaine up to my room.

- I see.

So you are the only one who can say

what happened between you?

- Yes.
- Thank you

- The door's locked.

{door opening)

(bell ringing)

I want a call to Namur.

- Pray for me, mother of God

Help me, help me

{door knocking)

- All right, all right, I'm coming

{baby crying)

Okay, I'm coming

(muttering quietly)

- Madam.

- What do you want”?

{words drowned out by baby crying)

Are you the police?

- That's right.

- It's no good coming in.

He's not here.

- You better shut the door.

You'll freeze the house.

(door closing)

- I told you he was out.

Better try the bars (chuckling)

That's where you'll find that one

Oh, all right, all right.

I'm coming, I'm coming

Oh, what have you done, now?

Spilled it all

What do you think I buy ya nice food for?

Come on, eat it up.

You're lucky to get it

Aw, that poor little mind

- (chuckling) Hello, hello.

You all right, hey?

{baby crying)

Is that child the--

- What do you think?

- That's that poor murdered
girl's baby, that is

- What makes you so sure
his mother's been murdered?

{coin clattering)

- What else do they do with her?

They had to get rid of her, didn't they?

So Joseph could marry
his rich, fancy piece

- So Joseph's quite a lad with the girls?

- After the money, like all the Flemish.

As if they didn't make
enough money after the shops

and robbing the rest of us

I'll bet you he could have
married that poor girl

He could have made her a decent groom

Oh, but, no

Oo, she wasn't good
enough for the Peeters

Well, Mademoiselle Anna,

she's got no cause to be so stuck up.

- Tell me why, Madam.

- Oo, ask Master Gerard,
if you can find him.

- We'll try

Au revoir, Madam, good health.

(loudly coughing)

- And another thing, Joseph's alibi

about being in Nancy on the night

- You've broken it?

- No, but a witness had a
motorbike crossing the quay

by the Peeters' shop at the right time.

- Did he see who was riding it?

- It was after dark.

You wouldn't expect him to

- Have some more cheese.

Has it struck you that you
haven't got a murder yet?

You haven't even got a death.

- I'l tell you what has stopped me

We might be looking for the
body in the wrong place

- The wrong river?

- Why shouldn't it still
be in the Peeters' house?

I want to carry out a snap search,

first thing in the morning.

- You do that.

Ah, Lucas, have you found Master Gerard?

- Chased him through 10 bars.

He's been in all of them, one ahead of me.

- Have you tried the Dersu?

- Twice.

Ah, thank you

{speaking in a foreign language)

He could be in one or the other.

- He wasn't tonight

- Well, I've got work to do

Thanks for the meal, Chief Inspector

And goed hunting

- Mademoiselle (clapping).

- You won't find Piedbeouf
by sitting there

- Well, do you mind if I
have something to eat first?

- There's some cheese left.

- (sighing) I'll tell you one thing

Everywhere he goes, he's
telling the same story

- What's that?

- Says he's gonna sue the Peeters family

for half-a-thousand francs, new ones

- Why?

- [Lucas] Compensation for
the loss of his sister.

- That's what he gained by it?

- Have you left any of this?

- [Maigret] We had a good dinner.

- I'll tell you another thing

If I have to do any mare
foot sloughing after

Gerard Piedbeouf, I'm
gonna buy some Gumbos

This place is waterlogged

- I'd help you, only I'm
waiting for the noble Joseph

- Oh, from what I hear he's one Casanova

Casanova was a saint compared to him

- Maiden Farrell.

- You've got it wrong

I had it from his mother that shows him

as a cross between
Einstein and an archangel

The white hope of Europe

- Inspector Maigret?

- Yes.

- They told me to come here.

I'm Joseph

(dramatic music)

(door shutting)

- (chuckling)

Get out.

And keep your mouth shut.

Don't talk, anyway

Monsieur Gerard, Monsieur Gerard, wake up.

You've slept it off

{Gerard mumbling)

You're all right.

You're with friends.

I'm the best friend you've got

- (coughing) Where am 1?

- On the barge Modality

Gustav Cassin, skipper.

They're looking for you, the police

- The police?

- [Gustav] Yes, the new lot from Paris

- I've got nothing to (coughing).

I'l tell them.

I'll tell them what I told the others.

Those Belgians, they killed her

- Yeah, you can't prove that, can you?

You don't know that.

You can't prove it unless
they find the body

And if they don't find
the body, what then?

You'll never lay your hands on
that 100,000 francs, will ya?

Not unless you have a bit of luck

and find a witness.

- What?

- Who saw what happened to
the poor girl (chuckling)

{glass clinking)

(dramatic music)

- A witness says that he
saw you on your motorcycle

going towards your mother's shop

What do you say to that?

- No, no, I was at Nancy

I was working

I've got to pass my exams.

- Did anyone see you there, any friends?

- I haven't got any friends

- This girl you're going to marry,

Marguerite, do you love her?

- Yes.

I, she

- Do you?

- It was all fixed up.
- Who by?

Or need I ask?

And Germaine, did you love her?

Did you?

- I don't know.

- How did you meet her?

- It was a dance.

I can't dance and she came up to me

She was different, different.

- The child is yours

- I don't know.

- Anna said--
- Never mind Anna.

Are you the father?
- I suppose so

- Didn't you want to
marry Germaine after that?

- I don't know.

Anna said--
- What did Anna say”?

- Germaine had had
others and so I needn't.

And then it was all
fixed up with Marguerite

- But you loved Germaine

She'd had your baby

- It costs money

Setting up as a lawyer
costs a lot of money

- Yes.

Is Germaine dead?

- I don't know.

(phone ringing)

- Hello, Maigret.

Oh, yes, yeah

Ask him to hold on a minute, will you?

All ight, you can go

- Back to Nancy?

- Yeah, I think it's
the best place for you

And make sure you're still
there when we want you

- But I've got to come home on Saturday

- No, I'm all ears

Right, put him through

Saturday, what for?

- That's the day I'm getting married

- Hello, Reverend Mother

- All I knows, Chief
Inspector, is that Maria

is suffering greatly from
anxiety for her family

It seems very natural.

- Are you sure it's
nothing more than that?

- If it is then she will tell me,

when she is ready fo do so.

- Unfortunately, Reverend Mother,

I can't afford your patience

I must see the girl as soon as possible.

- You are free to come, Monsieur

But the child has been taken
ill suddenly, this afternoon

I would prefer you to wait

- Taken ill?

Tell me, did she receive
a telephone call today?

She's allowed to do that?

- Yes, she received a
call from her sister.

I will warn Maria you are coming

- Won't be necessary

She's been warned already.

(dramatic music)

- Fine day, is it not, Monsieur?

- Mademoiselle, indeed it is

Thank you
- Merci.

Ah, good morning, Inspector

- Ah, I didn't hear you come in

Gerard Piedbeouf, picked
him up in the Dersu Cafe

- Where was he last night?

- He doesn't remember.

- I can believe that.

- I don't have to talk to you

- You drink your coffee

You'll need it.

Well, what's your story”?

- Says he last saw his sister

when she left the house
to go to the Peeters.

He sat minding the baby
waiting for her to come back

Says he's still waiting.

- She was in the way, they killed her

- I thought you didn't want to talk

- I take it you've
finished your breakfast

- I haven't started.

That's my breakfast.

- Oh, pity because I got
another little job for you

Checking up on Joseph's alibi

- Oh, now, Nancy, the roads are flooded.

- Well, haven't you got the gumboots?

- Gumboots?

You'll need a rowing boat for that job

- Tell me about Germaine
and Joseph Peeters

- You've seen the baby, haven't you?

- Well, the Peeters deny it's his

- Then why did they pay to keep it quiet?

He was gonna marry her once.

Did they tell you that?

No, they wouldn't

He was gone on her, all right

They even exchanged tokens

You know, those medals they wear.

Germaine for him, Joseph for her

She wore hers.

She was wearing it when she (sighing).

- What do you live on”?

- I've got a business.

I sell typewriters.

- How's business”?

- I've been ill.

- You lived on your sister, didn't you”

And what she got from the Peeters

- That's a dirty lie

- And then you heard that Joseph denied

that he was the father of Germaine's baby

and that he was gonna
marry Marguerite instead

So no more nice, little income from them

Pass the jam, would you?

Now you're gonna sue them
a hundred thousand francs.

- It's for the baby

They killed his mother

- Are you so sure that she's dead?

- What else could she be?

What else could have happened?

- Might've disappeared

People do that in many ways.

Sometimes people hide them

- Are you suggesting that--

- I'm just thinking aloud,
as my habit at breakfast

This whole accusation against
the Peeters started with you

You stood to lose by your sister's death

But you also stood to gain

I'm just wondering whether

she's worth more to you alive than dead

- Now, just a--
- Ah, Chief Inspector

I have some news for you

- You found something
in the Peeters' house.

- No, no, nat actually there

Something better

A witness who saw the murder.

- Show me.

- I told you, I told you--

- Sit down and drink your coffee.

(dramatic music)

{doors closing)

- Welcome aboard, gentlemen.

- This is the man.

- Gustav Cassin, skipper of the Modality.

She's not very grand but she's home

The floating home of a floating man.

- Tell the Chief Inspector
what you told me

- Hows about a little drop
of the red stuff first?

Come on in, gentlemen

Make yourselves at home

There we are.

Something to keep out the damp.

- Nevermind that.

Let's have your story

- Yeah.

Well, it was that night, see?

It was the night that you're on about,

when the girl went off

It was about nine o'clock, see?

And I was just coming back
across the quay from the Dersu

- Sober?

- Well, of course, I'd had a few

But I could walk straight
and I could see straight

- Come on, just what happened?

- Ah, I saw this girl standing
on the quay under the lamp

It was one of those two from the shop

Not the bossy one, the other one

- Maria.

- Yeah, that's right

I could tell by her clothes
she's going to be a nun.

- Did she see you?

- No, no, I nipped
behind the customer shed.

There's only one thing that'd bring a man

out on the night like this to see a girl

I said, (chuckling) I
might see a bit of fun

- He's been convicted for Peeping Tom

- There's no harm in looking.

And we all have our little
troubles, Inspector

It's lucky for you that I
did because I was wrong, see?

She wasn't waiting for a man

She was looking to see
if the coast was clear.

- How could you tell?

- Well, I could see her
standing there under the lamp.

She looked up and down
and then after a minute,

two people came out of the
house, a man and a girl

They were carrying
something long and heavy

They were staggering

They crossed the quay and they chucked it

in the river, right under my barge

- This was 11 days ago.

Why didn't you report this before?

- Like my old father said,

if there's a stink on another
man's barge, steer around it

But when I heard that one of the knobs

was coming from Paris--
- Yes, all right.

Well, that pretty well ties it up

Knowing this man's reputation,

I thought it wouldn't hurt
if I put the grills on him

That's what I mean by a local knowledge.

- Right?

You say you saws this
girl's face under the lamp”

- That's right.

- Opposite the Peeters' shop.

- That's the place.

- About nine o'clock.

- Yeah.

- That lamp wasn't working
between eight and 10

because of the flood.

Another bit of local knowledge

(dramatic music)

- Monsieur.

(bell ringing)

Inspector Machere was here this moming

- I know.

- He examined the well in the yard

and the water tank on the roof.

- He's very thorough

I'd like a word with you

- Mama.

- You haven't been frank
with me, Mademoiselle

Why did you telephone
your sister at Namur

warn her not to speak to me?

- On the contrary.

I told her to expect you

- And now she's conveniently ill

- I told you, she knows nothing

- Not even about Joseph and the baby?

- We tried to protect her from that

Someone must be innocent
and she's going to be a nun

- Who decided that?

- 1 did.

- You also decided that
Joseph would be a lavyer

- Yes.

- And that he would marry

that simple-minded girl for her money

- Well, no one else will

She'll be happy

- You decide a lot of
things for this family

- Is there anything else, Inspector?

- Yes.

You told me that when Germaine came here,

you took her to your room.

- Yes
- Where is that?

- On the first floor, facing the stairs

- Where were the others?

- Ch, my mother was sitting there

and Maria was playing the piano

- What was she playing?

Oh, Sultan's Song, I expect

My mother likes it

It's Joseph's favourite.

- Can you play it?
- Yes.

- Wonder if you'd help me

I'd like to do a little experiment

Play it.

(piano playing)

Play

- Why are you playing”?

(items clattering)

- Thank you, Mademoiselle

You play very well

(drawer slamming)

(door closing)

- So. she still kept it

She didn't give it to you, did she?

Nah.

She'd be torn to bits first.

- Tell me about it.

- It's old history

Before Germaine had the
brat, two years ago

Things would have been different
then, before I was ill

She wasn't so stuck up then

Oh, very friendly, the Peeters and us

- Well, what happened?

- You mean, when it happen (chuckling)

We went on a picnic, you
see, to the Auschval Caves.

Me, Germaine, Joseph and her

I didn't think she was
gonna be much company

But you can't tell, can you?

After we'd had something to
eat, we sort of paired off

She wanted to keep an eye on young Joseph

But I said, oh, let him alone for once.

And they went off somewhere,

And that's when it happened

That's when it happened
to Joseph, too, I expect

- You and Anna?

- I don't waste much time

when it comes to that sort of thing.

She was a big surprise, I can tell you

So was I.

I'l bet I'm the only one
who ever got near her

- Did Germaine know about this?

- Hey?

Oh no, no. no. no, I never told her

I mean some things a man
doesn't chuck around.

But fancy her keeping it.

- Yeah, why?

On your feet
- What for?

- I want you to identify a body.

- A body?

- We've found one 40 miles down the river.

A young woman

(dramatic music)

- You recognise the
clothes she was wearing?

- It's difficult to tell, they're stained

- They've been in the river
for 12 days, like their wearer

- There should be a raincoat, blue

She wore it over these.

- Take her to see the body
- But

In here.

- Sit down there, will ya?

- Those her clothes?
- Yes

His sister is here.

She's identifying the body

- I theught you said Piedbeouf had

- Yes.

Read that, it's the autopsy report

Read it out loud.

- By the condition of the lungs,

the body was clearly
dead before immersion.

The back of the cranium was beaten in

by a hammer or some blunt instrument

The body was in advanced
state of decomposition

Her left arm was--

(loudly crying)

- Joseph!

Why have you brought him?

- She identified Germaine Piedbeouf.

- Take him in now.

- He doesn't have to.

I've said it's her.

- We have to be sure.

Take him to the body

- I know why you're doing this

- Yes, why?

(loudly retching)

- Youl
- Take it easy, Mademoiselle

- Right, they can go.

- Do you think it worked?

- Yeah.

Piedbeouf didn't know she was dead.

But Joseph and Anna, they knew

Before they saw the body

All right, get me a car.

- Are you going to see Maria?

- Yes.

I'll phone you from Namur

I may have orders for an arrest.

(dramatic music)

(door closing)

- (crying) I can't tell you.

I can't tell you anything

Please, leave me alone.

I can't tell you anything

- But you were in the house

Your sister says Germaine
was crying, making a scene

You must've heard.

- No, no, please

- Was your brother there?

Your brother, Joseph

- Maria.

Oh, she is ill, Monsieur.

- There's just one more question

I must ask her, Reverend Mother.

Maria, listen to me

Germaine was with Anna in her room.

There was only one way for
her to go when she left

Through the room where you
and your mother were sitting

So you must have seen her

How did she go, Maria?

How did Germaine go”?

Did she walk?

- Would you please, Monsieur?

(loudly crying)

- Don't pray fer me

Don't pray.

(phone ringing)

- The convent of St. Agnes

Yes, for you, Monsieur.

- Thank you

Yes?

- We've found the
murdered girl's raincoat

And it looks very much as though
we have found the murderer.

(dramatic music)

- Listen, did anyone
come aboard last night?

- Uh.

- Did you hear anything?

- He'd have been asleep

He kips on some old sacks in the hole

He wouldn't hear anything

- Come here.

Look at that.

Did you ever see your
skipper with that raincoat”?

(softly groaning)

It's hopeless.

- I've told you, he's
being dumb from birth.

- Lethim go

- All right, Polo

I dunno what you wanted with that.

We all know Cassin's reputation

- Oh, yes, local knowledge

- It's clear to me what happened

He's crossing the custom's
house quay from the Dersu,

where he's been drinking all night

Bumps into the girl as she
comes from the Peeters.

In the dark because of the power failure,

He thinks he'll have what
he'd call a bit of fun.

She's in a state herself

because of the scene she's just had.

She struggles, maybe screams.

So he hits her with
anything to shut her up,

finds he's overdone it and
then pitches her in the river

Finding her raincoat under
his bunk clenches it for me.

- Certainly seems to clench it.

- It seems to.

- And he gets drunk again last
night and walks off the quay

Funny.

Why would he hold onto it?

Some sort of fetish, I suppose.

Well, that wraps it up for me

That makes it a day.

- Yeah, Joseph's wedding day

(dramatic music)

- To drink the health
of the bride and groom

Monsieur Dammaerts?
- Thank you

- Mama?

Ah, just this ence

- I so rarely drink

But on this day, a happy day

- Marguerite?

And Joseph

- Marguerite doesn't drink either

- It's best.

We've seen what it does.

- Yes, Mama, that's over now

To the happy pair.
- To the happy pair

- Marguerite and Joseph

- [Anna] Drink to your bride, Joseph

Drink, Joseph

(bell ringing)

- Inspector, you've chosen a good moment.

We're drinking to Marguerite and Joseph

- You will join us, Inspector?

- I'm sure he will.

- This is the bride's
father, Monsieur Dammaerts.

- Monsieur.

- It's a great day for him, too

He solved his case.

Haven't you, Inspector?

- There are still one or two
things I don't understand

Could we talk alone?

- Anna.

- We must wait till Anna has finished

and then Marguerite can cut the cake

- Well?

- You and Inspector Machere
have quite a lot in common

Local knowledge, you knew Cassin,

you knew the time he used
to roll back to his barge

It doesn't take much strength

to push a drunken man off a quay

Now you think you've won

- Haven't I?

- Pretty warm in here

Stuffy, I'd say.

That would be why Germaine
took off her coat.

Yes, after you'd hit her,
you put it under her head

to stop her blood from
staining your carpet

Yes.

Then you saw how useful the coat could be

You kept it

You like keeping things, don't you”

Gerard was quite flattered
when I showed him this.

He didn't know he'd
made such an impression

{photo tearing)

I think you must have
locked at that every day

Cherish your hatred of him
for what he did to you

A murderous hatred.

The same hatred that destroyed Germaine.

- Prove it.

- You began to stop her money

She was desperate for her child's sake.

She knew about you and Gerard.

She threatened to show you up

- Prove it, prove it.
- You're quite safe

I can't prove a thing

Cassin is dead.

Inspector Machere is quite
satisfied that he did it.

Who'll testify against you?

Your mother?

Joseph, poor devil?

This family of yours closed
tight around its little secret

It will prosper.

Except for Maria.

You haven't seen her for a
couple of weeks, have you?

You took good care to
keep her away from here

But I've seen her.

Maria was downstairs the night

you brought Germaine up to this room

After awhile, she heard
vou call out for Joseph

And she saw the two of you come down,

carrying the murdered girl between you,

through the room and out to the river

- Maria would never.

- She didn't betray you

She lied.

And that, Mademoiselle,
will be your third murder

‘Cause that lie will kill her.

In a year's time, Maria
must take her vows.

Can she, without betraying you?

Or will she kill herself and
damn her soul for etemity?

Which is the stronger, her faith or you?

I think it's you

I think it's you

(dramatic music)

- What have you been talking about?

What have you been saying?

Where are you going?

What are you going to do?

You're going to destroy us

- No need, you've destroyed yourselves.

(dramatic music)

- Mama.

- Can we cut the cake now?

- Ey-ey-ey.

Thanks for the gumboots
- You're welcome

Your car's just coming around

Your little unofficial
visit hasn't turned out

too badly, has it, Chief Inspector?

Sad case, though

You know, I felt it in my bones

Cassin had something to do with it

You get these feelings when you

live and work in a place as we do

Year in, year out with the same people.

That's the advantage we have over you

Not that we make a noise about it.

One thing, this case is going to

ease things for us in the town

I mean the prejudice
about the Peeters family

People are going to feel
rather ashamed of themselves.

Mademoiselle Peeters.

- Inspector Machere, I
have a statement to make.

- A statement?

Yes, of course

(dramatic music)

- Excuse me.