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come here

chief inspector a wasp

I'm returning to

Ernestine Jerusalem she says your

friends

I've never heard of her she wants to

report a murder she does

personally because your old friends

I'll see her it'll make a change from

where you'll work good morning my dog

good morning miss you Ernestine Miku

correct it must be a long time ago shall

we call it 15 years for the sake of my

vanity and your 15 years a very generous

Oh chief inspector maker has somebody

with him I see anyone we know

a Lucille who fully anestine Miku I

don't believe it I still got a clothes

on so how long have you been madam June

12 years and it's all aboveboard we had a priest and everything Alfred's very

strict about going to church oh you

married Alfred yourself I just told you

so the man we all know and love under

name of sad Freddy yes as much as

anyone is entitled to good so tell me

what's happened to spoil it he found a

dead body he should have reported it to

the police he reported it to me

I'm reporting it to you where is Freddy

now he ran away one he's frightened of

dead bodies he's also frightened of the police details two nights ago

Tuesday night yes he goes out to work

about 11:00 assume his work is still

housebreaking is what he does best

midnight he breaks into this house at

night he flashes his torch around and

there's a dead woman Alfred said she had

blood on her chest as if she'd been shot

so he ran away

obviously and came home and told no

he telephoned me from a cafe near the

garden or but Hoppus 5:00 in the morning

told me what had happened and said he

was catching a train in fifteen minutes

I have a timetable somewhere but I

checked there's a train leaves of

Brussels at 5:45 she there with him now

Indy Cheers

anything your report no nothing has

anybody gonna explain to me what the question is

are you old enough so he's in the house

he sees a body a car draws up he runs

away yes I said he didn't want to be

caught with a dead body by the man of

the house. so the man in the car was also

the man of the house he must have been

drives in through the gates up the drive

gets out of the car lets himself in

through the front door same time as

Alfred's leaving by the window a house

with a garden and a gauge obviously

otherwise he wouldn't have mentioned

them and Alfred left by the same window

he used on arrival he always works that

way

he takes out the window pane opens the

window even if the front doors unlocked

he's fatty like that I hope he's all

right

once upon a time years before you were

born when Chief Inspector Maigret was a

young policeman he was sent to arrest

Ernestine Miku for petty thieving 15

years ago 15 years that's what he said

Ernestine was living and working if you

get my meaning in a third floor room

near the pops and Ernie young

went into the room and asked her to

accompany him to the police station

she took off all that clothes such as

they were lay down on the bed and said

all right arrest me then what happened

next iris oh he stood there saying get

your clothes on

she lay on the bed saying no I won't so

he called for the cops he called the

cops

dubas went over with supply blankets

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yes but he doesn't like to be reminded

of it absolutely not

but seriously amber your career the

mighty wheels of investigation will be

set in motion is there anything else you

need to tell me yes what time you need

me 15 years ago I didn't do it that as

you must realize is what they all say

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nothing at all from noise no shooting no

dead bodies murderers are generally

reticent about their world alfred's you

see um

also known as sad Freddy three

convictions for housebreaking and

suspicion for many more

due to bad health he lost his job have a

locksmith with a poncho company who

manufacture and install safes I think

you'll find our friend Freddy invariably

breaks into houses where in his previous

career he helped to install safes yes

now if I were an eager young policeman

keen to impress my superior officer I'd have checked with pawn shop to see

what safes they installed annoy joining

us at Freddy's previous in one

you've done it I'm keen to impress my

superior officer well we can eliminate

the bank and the petrol company we're

looking for a house with a garden and a

gate there's only one domestic property

on the list

we um sir

dentist $43 fam I hate dentists I can

recommend the cassoulet for two today we

should be lunching at Nighy

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number 43 a house with a garden and a

gate was at the rescue

I'm now there's a dentist along the

street that's right good no idea very

expensive from all the cats but then he

would be in this area

we use this cafe sometimes sleeps inside

bit sheepish has two glasses of wine and

slips a settlement or a clover this man

goes home

wife hand mother hand big man you wanna

know for

are you police what's he done never set

foot into a dentist surgery without

checking on the psychological well-being

of the man with the drill in his hand

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I'd like to speak to mr self he only

sees people by appointment would you

tell him chief inspector Mayor Gray

would like to talk to him he's coming

protective chief inspector but my son do

sit down I have observed the same

condition myself tell me there's no sons

why huh no she's gone away for a few

days staying with friends in Holland

she's of Dutch origin I see when did she

leave on Tuesday evening the 940 from

the guard you know the night train the

night train forgive me madam I have this

habit of making small talk sounded like

an inquisition complains about it won't

you come in mr. sell these gentlemen of

police officers good afternoon Monsieur

what you doing here we have reason to

believe that you've been the victim of

an attempted burglary

we just need to believe what reason to

believe information confidential made it confidential totally secret

there's been no burglary everything's in

its proper place

I did say an attempted burglary had we

been aware of such a thing we would have

reported it immediately you're the owner

of a safe installed by the pleasure

company about 18 years ago I can't

remember what I bought it I've no doubt

your information is accurate may I see

the safe it's in the study I sure

again as you can see everything is in

its place they're mostly law books my

husband was a solicitor

thank you mother Thank You Monsieur are

you happy now no special my job is the

pursuit of truth happiness I leave for

the weekend may I go to my surgery now

please do forgive my son if he seemed a

bit grump we disturb this nap

unforgivable well damn LaPlante what

insanity a silent policeman easily the

best way to intimidate the citizens

innocent or guilty did you notice what I

noticed the windowpane and being

replaced

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janvier I'd like him to keep a watch on

the house no obvious as possible

oh I'm not a word to our friend the

examining magistrate

Mayor Gray I cannot possibly authorize

the search of the house on such flimsy

evidence mr. camilli I believe it's a

strong possibility that mr. Sayre

murdered his wife on Tuesday evening hmm

well your beliefs are a matter between

God and yourself your evidence a

piece of gossip from a convicted house

breaker who has subsequently fled the

country passed on to you by his wife who

is a prostitute with convictions for

theft and shoplifting I expect better

than that even from you my friend

come in how'd it go dead

no the wasp see you found out anything

uh yes the dentist's wife born Maria van

Airds and sneaked in Friesland Holland

they were married two years ago she's 51

years old and before the marriage she

lived in a boarding house in the rue de

la sha

well you're now going where I'm not

going come in the garden or in this

office no lady to see do I need to see

any older ladies

madam sir really yes I probably do need

to see how oh yeah don't go away there's

a smoke where are you my son smokes

cigars

thank you madam my son also has a

tendency to be a little abrupt of times

almost rude but he's an only child

perhaps it's my fault

at any rate I wish to apologize for his

attitude towards you accepted you wish

to tell me that you'd rather not mention

in your son's presence is that what you

think that I've come to you behind his

back well for the best motives I'm sure

perhaps to save him embarrassment yes

quite correct we told you Maria had gone

away for a few days Maria that's her

name formerly Maria Van Eps from

Friesland in Holland yes we know about

that well it's true she has gone away

but I fear the marriage is at an end

I don't expect her to return our

marriage can be a very fragile edifice

she left on Tuesday evening yes I've got

time about nine o'clock did your son

driver to the station no she went by

taxi did you have much luggage a cabin

trunk and two suitcases forgive me for

being legalistic Madam's here but were

there any witnesses to all this apart

from your son yourself and Maria of

course you have servants only one Oh

Jeanne our daily woman but she leaves at

five o'clock

I'm afraid you have to take our word

inspector of course I do

without question now moving on right

I'll count it wait

all right two minutes excuse me madam

self how is my timing your turn for the

dental appointment is it invent an

excuse then ask him if he used this car

on Tuesday evening I'll try the old

accident routine missed the window

Brendon the window the pane of glass in

the study window was it broken few days

ago during the storm whenever that was

it was two weeks ago Mona who replaced

it love my son he bought the party and

glass and repaired himself I expect so I

left it entirely to him and all this

happened you've been honest with me

madam sir I'll be honest

been told that a burglar broke into your

house on Tuesday night his preferred

method of entry is by removing a

of glass his plan was to break into your

safe but before he did so has taught

Sean upon something he had not expected

to find the body of a woman which may

have been your daughter-in-law where is

this man why doesn't he make these

allegations to my face how often does

your son use car

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he's in his surgery got a patient with

him no he's fiddling about with

somebody's forced teeth but he won't

thank you for disturbing him how'd you

finish work five I'll buy you a drink

you were the owner of a motor vehicle

registration number three four one seven

hm seven five yes use it I have a right

to know the reason for this

investigation at midnight on Tuesday

approximately a car resembling yours was

reported as being involved in an

accident which to mean my car or a car

resembling mine I said a car resembling

yours miss him where did this alleged

accident take place by the river my car

hasn't left its color since the weekend

you prepared to swear to that

who are the witnesses to this accident

or is this some more of Inspector

megaria's confidential information it

was delayed it was dark the witness may

have misread the number plate I don't

believe there was an accident on Tuesday

night officer in which case Monsieur we

have eliminated another possibility when

we have eliminated all the possibilities

we will be left with the truth whatever

that is

we were terribly sad when Maria left us

oh I know she was in her mid 40s but

shifty 100 she was so young in heart

how'd she spend the time when she lived

here Oh culture practically lived in art

galleries is that how she met her

husband beside the Mona Lisa did they

meet by accident by arrangement I'm

sorry how did they arrange it Maria put

her a matrimonial advancement in the

newspaper I see

had she done that often dozens of times

oh no she said she didn't believe it

don't for fun she was so young in her

did you have any special friends in

Holland please that reduced ink you know

oh no of course not I've never been to

Amsterdam but my really used to write

that every day I think she was to write

to her about her adventures adventures

in the galleries of the Louvre oh say

the very least she will ride

has something happened

what sort of chap is he big strong knows

his right so does the chief got a date I

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promise to buy you a drink

I don't like policemen about your

employers you like them

they stink or the old lady as well she's

bitch the daughter-in-law to know she's

a stupid so what's all the fuss about

Maria says seems to disappear she's gone

to Holland

perhaps drop her pack no she did her own

how much luggage she takes two suitcases

and a trunk you see a girl no I was

leave at five no he's a possibility she

may be murdered what

what do you think they did it you're no

proof you want me to get you some want

you to tell me the truth

what about start with a study window

study window we think it may have been

broken late Tuesday night miss you sir

mended it Wednesday morning oh I always

do the windows on Fridays so you didn't

notice if it been broken bidding

she's award his own repairs oh yes

they're too mean to pay proper workmen

even unblock the drains in itself don't

know where he gets his materials in

class party yes a builder's yard off the

rue de refuge me it's a mr Cerra

customer the dentist

yes sir he has an account she board

anything recently yes he came into some

glass after the storm a couple of weeks

ago I see nothing since then

not that I know of look this could be

important would you mind checking your

ledger for me please

oh yes sorry yes he was in again this

week when Wednesday he bought another

pain the same size you didn't serve him

no look see he was the first customer of

the day when he musta got it before we

were open

oh you're open well the force is here

he's always early oh I don't get it so

lion okay tell your boss I'll need a

photograph of this page I'll send

someone over

in the meantime guard this ledger with

your life all right

what time do you expect madam ooh sting

to return home darling can you read the

bedtime story tonight

forensic you got some available to

inspect a motor vehicle no around

midnight boosting returns ideally we'd

like to find bloodstains in the interior

and it's a very important case no no no

I don't know what we expect the fighter

you've checked it can you ask her to

call us here in Paris that's why we have

a forensic Department tell you any

details Paris isn't a lock-up garage

what we unlock it but what time do you

expect madam boosting to return we have

a situation a husband and a wife a

mother and a son any one of them could

be telling lies indeed we know for a

fact that one of them is telling lies

whilst there or was there not a body if

there was a body where is it now and

what is the master detective doing

encouraging them all to tell more lies

my car hasn't been out of the garage

since the weekend the window was broken

during a storm

we might be telling the truth the storm

was too

cigar since then he has brought two

pieces of glass why replace the window

twice unless it's been broken twice

perhaps he's a perfectionist perhaps

perhaps he wasn't satisfied with his

work first time even mr. Camila wouldn't

believe that Oh there suggests a me a

woman

there's nothing near about you have you

considered the possibility that your

burglar might have killed a woman and

then made up the story as a cover yes

but I don't believe it

he ran away as fast as his little legs

would carry him Freddy isn't the

murdering kind is your dentist the

murdering kind let's have some coffee

I'm only teasing yes I recognize the

suture and I know what you're up to

what you're following the tram lines in

the shore and certain knowledge that

they lead you to the depo I'm simply

pointing out the tram lines going to

directions

somebody's coming

hey huh good evening police I see purely

routine is that Monsieur says Garrosh

cook well then do you walk your dog

every night about this time usually yes

um Tuesday night for example yes you

know does anything anything unusual oh

no it was very quiet I said as much to

Monsieur ser Oh what was he doing

walking his dog he doesn't have a dog

he's taking his car out of the garage

what time would this favor Oh midnight

near enough just another Tuesday I now

have a formal request from Madame

Gertrude Stein in Amsterdam to inquire

into the whereabouts of her friend

Madame Maria Sara she expected Madame

Sarah to travel on the overnight train

from the garden or but she failed to

arrive I wish to question mr. Sayre

about his movements the userís car the

apparent contradictions between his

statements and those of other witnesses

I wish to you wish to dismantle his

house with tact and discretion

additional documentation is on its way

from Amsterdam what kind of

documentation letters written by Madame

sir - man a Mustang in which she

expressed concern for her personal

safety perhaps even fear for her life

in addition enough

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what is it you nothing mother

these gentlemen I believe would like to

search the house I suggest you go to

your room may I have the keys to a desk

mister sir everything is open and

available for inspection can you explain

this it's a revolver your property it

belongs to my father

technically I suppose it was part of my

inheritance we shall have it examined by

our forensic people I clean it regularly

at least once a week your father yes

he died when 20 years ago so he'd have

been about your age he was 52 when he

died have you arrested him yet

I'm not saying anything Alfred wants to

come home have you heard from him he

sent me a postcard from Belgium I'm not

saying that's the fashion what is not

saying everybody's not saying well he's

we found the revolver he left her there

to defiers we can't prove it's the

murder weapon and he knows her without a

body we can't even prove it been a

murder isn't he frightened he should be

frightened what would you have done

it's midnight you got a car with a

corpse in the boot

after the river pick a convenient spot

must be dozens of convenient spot yeah

don't exactly make it easy doesn't try

it it's considerably easier than what

I'm gonna do put on a jacket Monsieur it

gets chilly at headquarters later on am

i under arrest

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I'm ready ready for what to hear what

you have to tell me I have nothing to

tell you when a man's wife dies I expect

him to have something to say my wife is

not dead where is she I have no idea

and you still insist your car hasn't

left a garage since the weekend yes even

though we have a witness who saw you in

the car late on Tuesday night somewhere

to understand that I'm being charged no

officially you're summoned here is a

witness if you wish I'm quite prepared

to charge you would be more exact asked

the director of prosecutions to indict

you which would entitle you to legal

advice I don't want to loyal so for the

moment it's regard you as a witness

witness - what - your wife's

disappearance you were the last person

to see her before she left the house at

least we can agree on that yes that was

also consider the purchase of a sheet of

glass on Wednesday morning as recorded

with old-fashioned efficiency in the

ledger at the builder's yard at the very

least we're concerned with an alarming

number of broken windows what's this

they're yours translations of Maria's

letters the most boring letters I've

ever read in my life

listen gertrude darling Paris has never

been so resplendent and I very nearly

swallowed my pride and went with G and

his mother to the forest of

Fontainebleau which must at this time of

year be adorned with all the glories of

a carro or a Cobb a lot of that glories

I hope the pastel shades of Holland will

restore me to full health and the best

of spirits I got some pest O'Shea tier

two and more about not feeling very well

always tired well I'm always tired but I

don't write letters

Gertrud about it have you always been

frightened of your mother I'm not

frightened of my mother you're a secret

drinker two glasses of wine in the cafe

down the street and a clove to take the

spot away it prevents her from worrying

why should she worry about the

possibility of my drinking your father

drink little a great deal and who in

your house is or was a hypochondriac you

don't have to explain that inspector

there are enough tablets in your

bathroom to stop a small Hospital I have

a heart condition my wife suffers from

dyspepsia your mother as strong as a

horse

your doctor is doctor duty a family

doctor since I was a child and you and

your mother are very close yes

unnaturally close certainly not

unusually close it's a meaningless

question but you're not frightened in

there No

I'll tell him I need to breathe the air

of my own country he'll understand what

I'm wondering is how he'll pluck up the

courage to tell his mother

the old lady still behaves the same

towards me meek and smiling as long as I

do everything she wants she's the most

selfish person I've ever known that bits

underlined how's it going still going

except forensics report in you which one

the car with a gun car on its way I knew

you'd say that take over for an hour

William what's your asking about

repairing windows cleaning cars with

your life what if he hadn't taken FETs

make sure he signs it it could be ah

this is Chief Inspector Maigret may I

speak with dr. du TIA

I find it impossible to work until the

smoke is clear ah chief inspector maker

is more familiar with the finer details

than I am so let's start at the

beginning Monsieur

tell me about Tuesday didn't what let's

start with Tuesday morning what time to

get up

dr. nuclear chief inspector what can I

tell you about the sehr family how long

have you been their family doctor almost

40 years

god help me my father had the practice

before mr. Sarah takes tablets for a

heart condition

you prescribed them yes his father died

in his 50s did he have a heart condition

it was a result of a heart condition the

heart stops we died that wasn't the

question

tell me about the father his drinking

for example he drank too much women he

was a drinker and a womanizer did his

way of life contribute to is there a

death

my late father signed the death

certificate cause of death heart failure

exacerbated by alcohol dissipation what

you will there's no space on the

certificates and things of that kind

there was talk of a drug overdose but as

I say he wasn't my patient but your

father certified heart failure

solidarity of the bourgeoisie inspector

is every bit as enduring as that of the

proletariat tell me about the

relationship between madam Sarah and her

son very close

Navid affectionate poisonous could you

send over beer and sandwiches please

enough for four people five sorry five

people thank you their forensic reports

on your desk reading these letters

drives him mad I'm surprised you got

bumped off it's probably good food who

did it to stop her writing Eureka you

found something

they have brick dust was your mother in

favor of your marriage to Maria oh yes

she encouraged me why because one day

presumably I should be left on my own

and need someone to look after me and

someone to stop you drinking and woman

ding and spending all the family's money

that's totally absurd oh I'm sorry

forgive me I was forgetting you're not

at all like your father are you no I'm

not and was Maria capable of looking

after you

was she ever given the chance excuse me

Yeah right take over where is she

waiting outside she's so anything you

want to see her son and you said good

boy

Thanks and I know where the body is you

do in the river we knew that already

okay the B encore is a wharf they've

been unloading bricks they found brick

dust on the tires of the car when were

the bricks unloaded Mandy River Patrol

just been on doing they're gonna send a

diver down at first light excellent

another 24 hours and life will be back

to normal

normal you're gonna talk to her in a

while

it's my mother here my time soon good

evening inspector

how is my son well forgive me for using

a medical expression but as well as can

be expected

What did he say to you that I'm afraid

to say has to remain confidential please

sit down Anna

thank you I must apologize for the state

of the room and he was generally used

for common criminals I understand and

I'm sure you must understand one thing

if your son is tried and convicted he

will go to the guillotine but he didn't

kill her I did say if he's tried and

convicted I know he didn't kill her you

have no evidence that she's dead the

body isn't a cabin trunk in the river

neva Caleb you on call we shall recover

it in the morning then we should charge

him with the murder you could spare him

the guillotine by confessing me why

should I confess why should I kill her

reasons for killing your daughter-in-law

let's start with simple jealousy you

glimpse the possibility that your son

might be happy with Maria might laugh

and smile a little have what people call

a good time a good time and then there's

fear fear that your son might turn out

to be like his father

especially if after your death Maria was

not capable of protecting him from those

same weaknesses drinking womanizing

spending money damaging his health and

in the end killing himself like father

like son isn't that what you were

frightened or did your husband kill

himself or did I imagine that doesn't

matter perhaps he didn't kill himself

perhaps you helped him

and perhaps Maria discovered the fact

she was certainly terrified of him was

she it's in all her letters she found

your son attractive at the beginning

then boring then pathetic but you Seamus

certainly frightened of you

and with good cause for when you found

out she was about to leave her husband

your pride wouldn't let her just walk

away

oh no she had to do things the way you

wanted or else same applies as opposed

to your son there can be few men who'd

stand by at the murder of their wife and

then help dispose of the body so I can

suggest lots of reasons why you should

kill her jealousy fear pride and envy

Envy because she'd be alive and living

with your son when you weren't dead lots

of reasons does there have to be a

reason does the Lord demand it

Chief Inspector

I would like you to hear my confession

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we got company

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tell Freddy you can come home now

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