All language subtitles for Maigret s02e05 Maigret and the Minister.eng

MAN: "It's now 10 days since
the collapse of the children's wing

at the Clairfond Sanatorium.

As France mourns, disaster continues
to take its toll

with the deaths today
of a boy and girl both aged six.

They died without regaining
consciousness,

bringing the death toll
of children to 62.

In Paris, the opposition attacked
the government inquiry,

set up by Minister Auguste Point
for dragging its feet,

a claim vigorously denied
by the Minister,

who said again that the inquiry
would call all key witnesses.

It is still unclear whether the man
who built the Clairfond Sanatorium,

Monsieur Arthur Nicoud,

is willing to appear
before the Inquiry."

Bobby, is that you?

WOMAN: Monsieur Piquemal?

The Minister does have
an appointment to go to.

Perhaps it would be easier
if you left it with me.

Blanche, is my statement read-

Monsieur Point,
I have to speak with you.

Minister, I've told
this gentleman -

Please.

Five minutes.

Come inside.

WOMAN: Long day?
(GROANS)

(CHUCKLES) That bad?
Worse.

I need a drink.
(SNIFFS) Can I smell lamb?

The day's not over yet, I'm afraid.

In fact, it's not worth
taking off your coat.

A telephone call...

from a minister.
What minister?

The Minister of Public Works,
I think he said.

And he telephoned you
here personally?

Mm. From a call box.

We got time for a drink?
Well, he said it was urgent.

He wants you to go to HIS home.

Chief Inspector, I'm sorry to have
disturbed you at this time of night.

Er...did you see anyone outside
as you came in?

No-one.

You must think it strange,
a minister telephoning you

from a call box.

I'm sure my telephone is tapped.

Will you have one?
Thank you.

You don't like politicians, do you?

I've come to recognise that look.

I see it in the eyes of people
who come to see me.

They need us,
but they don't trust us.

I was there when they were pulling
the bodies out, 62 children killed.

And after the floods,
a WHOLE wing collapsed.

I've set up an inquiry,
as the minister responsible.

The minister in charge, I mean.

I didn't join the Ministry until
long after Clairfond was built.

I hardly knew the sanatorium
existed until the disaster.

You see, this should never
have happened. It was avoidable.

They ignored the report.
The report?

After the disaster, the President
asked me to retrieve it.

But it wasn't in the archives.
It wasn't there.

It had disappeared.

You see, Calame had virtually
prophesised the disaster. Calame? 00:04:53,762
Yes, I'm sorry.

When the Clairfond Sanatorium
was first proposed,

Calame was commissioned
to write a paper

on the suitability of
the site and the building.

He was a professor at
the School of Civil Engineering.

He died two years ago - cancer.

This is a political matter.
Why are you telling me this?

Yesterday, a man called Piquemal
came to see me.

He said he'd worked
with Professor Calame.

He had a copy of the report...
and he gave it to me.

And did the Calame Report
predict this disaster?

Yes.

If this thing were published,

there would certainly be
blood on the carpet.

What do you mean
IF it were published?

I read it last night.

And this morning I telephoned
the President's office,

and arranged to see him
this afternoon.

When I told him about the report...

he said I should bring it
straight to him.

Now, no-one knew I had it here.

I'd locked it in my desk here.

Are you going to tell me
it's been stolen?

Yes.

Who else has a key
to this apartment?

My secretary Mlle Lamotte.

And the concierge, of course.

And my wife,
though she rarely comes to Paris.

(TELEPHONE)

Ah, that'll be the President.
I put in a call to him earlier.

Would you like me to wait outside?
No. Wait here, please.

Hello?

Yes, that's right.

Thank you.

They're connecting me.

Monsieur le President.

Yes.

No. No, it's gone.

Stolen. I don't know how.

No, I haven't called the police,
not officially.

Well, in fact, there's someone
here with me.

Yes, Chief Inspector Maigret.

Certainly.

He wants to speak to you.

Won't you come to bed?
I'm not tired.

A few hours ago you were exhausted.

What is it? Don't you trust him?

He's a politician!

Something's been stolen
from his apartment,

and there's no sign of any break-in.

I only have his word
that something's missing.

Oh, come to bed.

It's all too neat.

It feels like an inside job.

Your holiday's due.
We could go away.

It's not that straight-forward,
I'm afraid.

Why not?

The president?
Well, I could hardly refuse.

I don't want to know any more.

I may need some more men.

This is NOT a case
for your department.

Why didn't Point contact Security?

Oh, well, if you must.

They don't need to know precisely
what it's about.

This is an unofficial investigation.
Of course, Monsieur Comeliau.

I'll do my best to keep
your name out of it.

MAN: You should keep your hands
to yourself.

MAN: Fancied her, did you?
You looked like you were dancing.

She took a huge great chunk
out of my thumb!

What was I supposed to do?
Aw.

Something's come up.

Lapointe.

MAIGRET: 'This is unofficial.

You don't mention
this assignment to anyone.

The School of Civil Engineering.
Do you know it?'

LAPOINTE: 'Yeah,
Rue des Saint-Peres.'

MAN: Piquemal? Monsieur Piquemal?

'There's a teacher there
called Piquemal.

I know nothing about him.
I want to know as much as possible.'

Janvier?

'Janvier, the Minister
of Public Works

has a secretary
called Blanche Lamotte.

I want to know if she was seen
at the Minister's apartment

on Tuesday morning.'

Lucas?

'Now, look.
I want no written reports.

Say nothing to the others.
You report only to me.

Is that clear?'
LUCAS: 'Whatever you say, Chief.'

'Jacques Fleury,
Parliamentary Secretary

to the Minister of Public Works.

I want to know EVERYTHING
you can find out about him.'

MAN: Why does the Inquiry fail
to ask the fundamental questions?

Why does it fail to call
the key witnesses?

Are you saying the government
inquiry's a whitewash?

I am saying that if I were part
of the Commission,

I would call those men
in the government responsible

for AWARDING the contract
to the builder Nicoud.

And I would ask them,

is it not true that
the Clairfond Sanatorium

was built not because of your
concern for those children...

..but in order to grant favours...

Inspector Maigret? Jacques Fleury.
Ah, hello.

MAN: Is Monsieur Nicoud refusing...
Isn't that Charles Mascoulin?

No doubt making more trouble
for the government.

WOMAN: He didn't seem quite right.
Something about him.

But he managed to get into
the Minister's office?

Yes.
Well, I agreed to see him.

This parcel he was carrying,
have you seen it again since then?

No.

Well, I don't RECALL having -
(KNOCK AT DOOR)

How long have you worked
for the Minister?

Must be 12 years now.

You must be very devoted to him.

I am dedicated to my work.

Dedicated enough, perhaps,
to protect him if he were in trouble?

I don't know what you mean.

I'm not sure, myself.

Very difficult time for him.

I don't think I've ever seen him
like this before.

Distressing for his family.
Yes.

It's a pity his WIFE couldn't be
here in Paris at a time like this.

Chief Inspector,
I thought you were concerned

with this man Piquemal.
That's right.

Monsieur Fleury comes here
every day, does he?

He's a good customer, yes.

And he meets his wife here?

You mean Jacqueline?
They meet here sometimes.

Well, we were always friends
from the beginning, really.

I worked for Auguste -
er, the Minister -

in his practise in Vanves.

And when he was brought
into the Cabinet,

he was looking for a private
secretary and thought of me.

Things always work out,
don't you think?

Do you enjoy your work?

Ha!

No, I LOVE it.

It's ideal, really.

No, I like living in Paris.
It suits me.

Thank you very much, monsieur.
You have been a great help to me.

Oh, I don't think so.
I hardly saw Piquemal.

Well, I was in my office
most of the time he was here.

Yes, well, if you...
want to speak to me again...

Thank you.

Oh, by the way, monsieur,
when was the last time

you visited
the Minister's apartment?

Oh, erm, that would have
been erm...

We do work there occasionally.

But not for several weeks.

Well, very good. Thank you.

You spoke to the President again?

I was ready to offer him
my resignation, but...

he refused.

Said it would "arouse suspicion
at a difficult time".

Very few people knew you
had the report.

Piquemal, of course.

Your staff...and the President.

What are you suggesting?

Last night,
as I left your apartment,

a car passed me in the street,

and shone its headlamps in my face.

Oh, it's probably Security.

As I told you,
I'm SURE my telephone is tapped.

Oh, this whole business!

We're facing
a major political crisis.

No-one's going to believe me.
And who can blame them?

And it won't be long before
someone asks about the report.

Lucas? You too.

Me too what?

This place is swarming
with Maigret's lot.

So, what did you learn about Fleury?

Why should Security be interested?

Oh, we're always interested
in politics, Lucas.

All right, I'll tell YOU.

He's good company.

Always willing to pay
for the drinks.

Lives on credit most of the time,
but he always pays in the end.

We all pay in the end, Catroux,
one way or another.

Of course, he's got a wife and two
children living in Vanves somewhere.

He's reached that age. You know
what it's like with some men?

They need something younger.
Why are you telling me all this?

Because one day
you can return the favour.

Can't wait.

MAN: Tuesday morning...

Tuesday morning,
the Minister's apartment.

Attractive woman

in her forties!

Excuse me, she's deaf.

So I gathered.

Thank you, madame.

Do you know Mlle Lamotte?

Visits the Minister upstairs er,
Tuesday.

Yeah, good looking?
Seen round here quite often?

Er, let me see. Tuesday.

No. I didn't see her.
Didn't see anyone.

Bobby? Oh, that man.

What man was this?
Fat, overcoat, with a cigar.

On the stairs. People usually
use the lift, you see.

Well, Thank you.

MAIGRET: Mlle Lamotte
and the Minister.

What do you think?

Are they lovers?

If they are, they're very discreet.

Politicians have been known
to be discreet. (CHUCKLES)

Lucas?

Beer?
Pernod.

Pernod.

What did you find?

Bits and bobs, this and that.
Well?

Well, for a start, I'm not
the only one who's tailing Fleury.

Security. Everywhere I've been
today, the boys from the Big House 00:17:27,845
have been one step ahead.
Me too.

I've had that creep Catroux
breathing down my neck.

He found it very amusing
I had no idea what was going on.

This is the case we're working on,
isn't it?

Arthur Nicoud? Isn't he the man
who built Clairfond?

I've been asked by
the Minister of Public Works

to find the Calame Report.

Is that why the Security mob
are keeping an eye on us?

To make sure we don't dig up
anything incriminating?

Well, they might be.

So, who wants that report
to disappear?

Men in the Cabinet,
people who ignored it.

And Arthur Nicoud.
Maybe him above anyone else.

What about the Minister?

Lapointe? Beer?
Beer, please.

What did you find?

Well, he wasn't at work,
so I went to his hotel.

He lives at the Hotel du Berry
in the Rue Jacob.

I said that I was his cousin
from Marseille.

Anyway, he wasn't there either.

But the proprietor pointed me
in the direction of the cafe

where he has his lunch EVERY day.

He wasn't there today.
First time in YEARS, apparently.

Who are were talking about?
Piquemal.

Who's Piquemal?
He didn't show?

No. And the porter at
the School of Engineering

saw him getting into a car
with someone.

Who's Piquemal?
Description?

He's a fat bloke
with a big overcoat.

Smoking a cigar.
What?

Never uses the lift.

The same man that went up to
Point's apartment on Tuesday.

Who is Piquemal?!

Monsieur Piquemal.

I think we'll find he's disappeared.

Madame Calame, did your husband
talk to you about the report

when he was writing it?

Not in detail. But I know something
was troubling him about it.

Has anyone else been to see you
recently?

You mean Piquemal?

When did he come?

When my husband was alive,
Piquemal was always pestering him

with things that he'd written.

He had the most absurd notions.

Albert was...always generous
with his time.

After he died I didn't see anything
of Piquemal.

Up until about a week ago.

He said he wanted to find
some papers

that he'd left with my husband.

Did he find them?
I've no idea.

As usual, I left him to it.

Has anyone else been to see you?

Not to the house.

They didn't ask you
about the report?

Suddenly, everyone wants
the report.

It's a pity you weren't so
interested when Albert was alive.

Go. GO!

Catroux.
Maigret.

I'd like to speak to Piquemal.

I don't suppose you know
where he is, do you?

And you wouldn't know
where the Calame Report is?

I was hoping YOU could
tell ME that. (COUGHS) Hm.

Sitting round street corners in
a cold car, you'll catch pneumonia.

It's lack of sleep.
My resistance to germs is very low.

My wife keeps telling me
to stay at home.

You know, you should listen
to your wife.

Couple of days off,
put my feet up,

relax for a while...

forget all about
the murky world of politics.

Hot drinks. Maybe read a book.

Mm. On second thoughts,
I don't really think that's me.

What's going on, Catroux?
I was hoping YOU could tell ME.

How is it everywhere me
and my boys go,

you seem to be one jump ahead of us?

Don't flatter me. We're usually
the last to be told anything.

No-one trusts us any more.
Is that why they brought you in?

Actually, I was hoping
YOU could tell ME.

(COUGHS)

(INAUDIBLE WHISPERS)

Monsieur Nicoud, it would seem that
the cause of this terrible tragedy

was that the concrete used for
the foundations of the building

was of a, shall we say...

unsuitable quality.

The building was sound.

We are experienced
in such constructions.

The workmanship was of
the best possible standard.

The materials were all first-class.

No-one could have foreseen
that the river would overflow.

It was a freak accident.

There is no-one more distressed
by this tragedy than I am.

Could you tell us how you won
the contract

to build the sanatorium?

I tendered for work like other
builders.

We made a detailed proposal,
excellence at reasonable price.

Chief Inspector Maigret?

Charles Mascoulin.
Hello.

I understand that you're conducting
an investigation

in relation to
the Clairfond disaster.

What makes you think that?
Why else would you be here?

You must be aware that there is
a great deal of public concern

- outrage - surrounding this case.

I am one of those who is concerned.
Which is why you should be careful.

In politics, things aren't
quite so black and white

as they are with bank robbers
and prostitutes.

Even a famous policeman
like yourself

wouldn't survive if it were thought
that he was part of a cover-up.

Is that what you think I'm doing?

Perhaps.

But then again, of course,
you may not know it.

Point's a decent man.

In his way.

But he has been careless
in his choice of friends.

These children will NOT
be forgotten.

Their deaths will NOT
count for nothing.

Did you know that he has been
a regular weekend guest

at the house of Arthur Nicoud?

And the Minister's daughter has
received a number of gifts,

jewellery, also from Nicoud.

Who told you this?
People bring me information.

Monsieur Maigret,

62 children had
the life crushed out of them.

The truth will come out.
Let me assure you.

We must all work together to ensure
this NEVER happens again.

If -
The murderer!

He is the murderer!

He killed my children!

He killed my children.

Why was he not asked
about his relationship

with government ministers?

Why did no-one ask HIM
about the Calame Report?

Nicoud makes a habit
of sending gifts

to the daughters and wives
of his guests.

My daughter received...

a pen and a compact.

Both gold.

Have you or your wife ever received
gifts or favours from Nicoud? No

Has he loaned you money?

Do you hold shares
in any of his companies? No.

You're quite certain?
Chief Inspector, if you doubt me -

Your Excellency, I have been
conducting this case

against the wishes of
the examining magistrate,

and at some risk to myself.

It would have helped to inform me
of your relationship with Nicoud.

I'm sorry. It was
an innocent association.

It didn't even occur to me.

Is there anything else
you haven't told me?

Nothing, I assure you.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Newspapers, Minister.

They know about Piquemal.

They handed the report in
at a very high level.

Who told the press about Piquemal?

They also say that he disappeared
right after handing the report in.

He may have been abducted.

I'm sorry, Minister.

I thought you'd like
to see these straight away.

Yes, thank you, Jacques.

A man was seen going up to
your apartment on Tuesday morning.

Fat, smoked cigars.

Now, either he's part
of a Security operation,

or the information's coming
from inside your office.

No, I don't -
I trust my people completely!

Who wants you out?
Who wants to destroy you?

Who gives Security their orders?

Ultimately, the President.

Can you trust the President?

I have to.

Is that it, then? Security are
running one step in front of us?

Tidying up the pieces?

So, why put US onto the trail
if it's a cover-up?

Perhaps, so they can say
if Maigret can find no dirt,

there's none to be found.

(SHRILL WHISTLE)

(SIRENS)

Maigret? Telephone.

Get that call for me,
will you, Janvier?

Listen to this.

"Dear Monsieur Piquemal, I thank you
for your communication.

I am greatly interested
in what you tell me,

and will be glad to see you
tomorrow towards 8pm

at the restaurant Filet de Sole,
Rue Montemartre.

I beg you not to mention the matter
in question to anybody until then."

Where did you get this?
In Piquemal's room.

Is it from Point?
Can't make out the signature.

Neither could I.

But the stenographers
at the Chamber of Deputies

recognised it immediately.
Was it Charles Mascoulin?

Yes. Chief, the Minister
wants to see you.

What now?

Perhaps we won't be chasing shadows
for much longer.

Look at the date on this.

This letter puts Piquemal
in the Filet de Sole restaurant

with Mascoulin BEFORE he approached
the Minister with the Calame report.

Minister, did the Calame Report
predict the likelihood of disaster

if the building was constructed
on THAT site?

It would be inappropriate
to speak about that

until the Commission
has published its findings.

MAN: Is it true that the report
has conveniently gone missing?

A statement about the report
will be made in due course.

Are you aware that Nicoud
has fled the country?

You can hardly claim the man has
fled because he's visiting Belgium!

Minister, will you be making
the report public?

Minister, are you going to resign?

Isn't Arthur Nicoud
a personal friend of yours? Erm...

(DOOR OPENS)

The Minister will see you now,
Chief Inspector.

Thank you.

Is anything the
matter, Ma'moiselle?

Yes, Chief Inspector,
there is something the matter.

The telephone hasn't
stopped ringing all day,

every call full of hatred
and malice for the Minister.

He doesn't deserve this.
Ma'moiselle -

I know him. I know what
this is doing to him.

How can they?
After all these years.

All he's stood for.

These...lies they're printing.

Why doesn't anyone speak out
on his behalf?

I know it's distressing to watch
someone you LOVE being destroyed.

Can't YOU do something
to stop all this happening?

The President has asked me
to make a statement.

You'll tell them what's in
the Calame Report?

He asked me again if I'd read
the report, and he said,

"It's a long, technical report,
isn't it?"

And he suggested I would avoid
more serious difficulties

by saying that I'd just
skimmed through it.

If I spoke about its contents
and implicate anyone,

I'll be accused of making charges
I can't prove.

And if you said nothing, you'd be
charged with concealing the report

to protect your friends?

Would you blame them for reaching
that conclusion?

(SIGHS) I'll resign.

But not without saying
what happened,

whether or not I'm believed.

What's this?

From Charles Mascoulin to Piquemal.

Charles Mascoulin?

Arranging a meeting.

What? Piquemal took him
the report?

But why didn't Mascoulin publish it
immediately?

You have a photocopying machine.
Why shouldn't Mascoulin?

He gave it back to Piquemal,
and persuaded him to bring it to you.

Have you two quarrelled?
No.

No, in a way, I admire the man.
He's a remarkable politician.

Perhaps you stand in the way
of his ambition?

Huh! He's a maverick.
He has no ambition.

And he's too outspoken to have
any real hope of office.

Mascoulin lives for politics.

Is there anything personal
between you two?

Hm. There was an incident er,

when he was a young and fiery
politician.

We...clashed.

And I refused to shake his hand.

Where was this?
In the Chamber.

Oh, it was...eight years ago,
Maigret.

You see, what we have here

is an opportunity for Mascoulin

to place himself at the heart
of the whole Clairfond affair.

If he now has a copy of the report,
all he has to do is expose it.

It would make him
the man of the moment!

So, why is he holding back?

What a coincidence
you should come here.

I was going to telephone you.

May I?

How is your investigation
proceeding?

In surprising directions.
Really?

How amazing. (CHUCKLES)

But you haven't er,
located Piquemal yet?

Not yet.

Well, it was about Piquemal
that I wanted to speak.

Now, as you can imagine,

I get communication
from all kinds of cranks, lunatics.

Not unlike YOUR work,
I don't doubt.

Well, I too have to sift
through all the tips and leads

to find what I consider to be
genuine intelligence.

Well, Piquemal's letter
appeared to me to be sincere.

Did it concern the Calame Report?

So, I arranged to meet him.

He told me that he wanted to bring
ME the report

because he suspected
that there were people interested

in hushing the story up.

But you would see to it
that it was published.

Well, I told him
that he must take it

STRAIGHT to
the Minister of Public Works.

Would I be right in saying that
you made a copy of the report

before Piquemal took it
to the Minister?

I'm not clear exactly
what your purpose is.

My duty is to Parliament
and to the country.

And tomorrow, I'm going to make
a statement to the Inquiry.

And you will say that Monsieur Point
lost the report

in order to protect his
ministerial colleagues.

I'm sure all these men set out
to be effective ministers,

every one of them.

But they're infected by authority.

They crave power.

They'll do anything to protect
themselves.

You know they call me
a troublemaker?

A nuisance keeps us all awake.

Keeps democracy awake.

Now, no doubt,

I'll see you tomorrow.

At the Ministry.

I'm sorry, darling.

Maigret?
You've put your feet up, I see.

Doctor's orders. (COUGHS)

Thank you, madame.

So, what can I do for you, Maigret?

I've had an idea about
who took the report.

I'm looking for someone.

One of your fellows.

Probably thrown out of the service.
Chucked out? Why?

I don't know why. All I know is
he works for Charles Mascoulin now.

And Mascoulin hasn't got
the kind of power

that puts Security at his beckoning.

I need YOU to give me some names.

And why should I do that?
Oh, come on, Catroux!

I'm close. I know I am.
I need your help.

I've racked my brains, and I've come
up with some names here.

Bodelin, Falcone, Vallencourt,

Fische -
Is that all?

There are many more, I know.

I'm looking for a fellow
who's gone bad.

Probably working as
a private investigator now.

Fat, smokes cigars.

You know him.

I don't know what you're up to,
Maigret, but I can't help you.

Come on, Catroux.

A man's life's
about to be destroyed,

because you can't find it
in your heart to trust me!

Stop picking on me, Maigret,
will you? I'm a sick man.

(COUGHS)

A small gift.
Gift?

Help you relax during
your convalescence.

Events have taken a turn
for the worse.

In this kind of investigation,
Monsieur Comeliau, events usually do.

I have been telephoned
by a news editor.

Then things have certainly taken
a turn for the worse (!)

He was interested in YOUR role
in the case.

I told him there's
no formal police inquiry,

since the Calame Report hasn't
officially been reported stolen.

Very diplomatic of you, sir.

I do not welcome the prospect
of finding my chief inspector

on the front page
of a national newspaper

in such undesirable circumstances.
What do you have to report to me?

Tomorrow morning Charles Mascoulin
will address the Commission

and reveal my complicity in
the suppression of the Calame Report.

And you find this amusing, Maigret?

No.
Maigr-

Well done, boys.

(FOOTSTEPS)

You took your time.

I didn't give you this.

Now leave me in peace
with my germs.

And all this time
I've been thinking

that you were one step ahead of us.

But you were watching US, right?

Who are you working for, Catroux?

How high does it go?
The top?

The President?

You don't want to know, Maigret.

We got him! Eugene Benoit,
private investigator.

Get some copies of that done,
will you?

And go talk to that woman
in Boulevard Pasteur.

Erm, what's her name?
Gaudry. Madame Gaudry.

Yeah, go and see
if she recognises him.

Right. Benoit - look him up
in the phonebook, will you?

Must have an office somewhere.
And get over there.

Right. Where's Lucas?
Wearing his shoes out.

Benoit's office, down there, Chief!

Concierge says Benoit hasn't been
home for two nights.

But it's not unusual for him
to take off for a few days...

fishing.
Where did she say he goes?

She reckons she can't remember.

Right. Let's go and help her
to get her memory back, shall we?

(DOOR OPENS)

What are YOU doing here?
I might ask you the same question.

Our friend Fleury
- very interesting social habits.

Drinks in the most unlikely places.

He was seen having a glass or two
with Benoit a couple of weeks ago.

Go and pick him up, Luc.

Right.

Janvier?

Look er, will this take long?

My girlfriend will be worried.

I should be home by now, you see.

Wait in there.

You stay with him till the chief
gets back from Seineport.

Don't let him call anyone.
If he asks, you know nothing.

Let him stew on his own for a bit.

But I had a date.
You know how to use a telephone.

To the right, about a mile,

just before
the little wooden bridge.

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

Yes, all right, I'll tell him.

Bye.

What did she say?
Erm...

She asked me to tell you

that she probably
won't be in when you get back.

She sounds like
a nice, friendly girl.

MAN: Who is it?
Maigret.

Benoit, where's Piquemal?

Where have you put him?
I won't offer you any.

He's not here, Chief.

Where is he, Benoit?

How long have you been
working for Mascoulin?

Mascoulin? You needed someone
close to the Minister.

And it was Mascoulin
who put you on to Fleury.

Keep fishing, Maigret.
There's nothing biting tonight.

Then he told you the Minister
had taken the report home.

And then he gave you the keys
to his apartment.

Isn't that so?
That's the easy bit, Maigret.

What else have you got?
Chief?

Had to be like that, of course.

You couldn't use force to get in,
could you?

It mustn't look like a burglary,

in order to implicate the Minister.

Cuff me. Arrest me.

What will I get for the burglary?
A year?

Not even that.

Of course, it's very easy for you
and Mascoulin

to manipulate an amateur
like Piquemal.

Tell him he's a great man,

very brave thing he's doing,

striking at the cancer
at the heart of the government.

And he believed you, didn't he?

Where's the report, Benoit?

Did you burn it?

Did Mascoulin have you destroy it?

Cuff him.
What?

Cuff him.
Come on, Maigret.

I told you I'll admit
to the burglary.

Let's not get silly about this, eh?

There wasn't much to it.

I just took the keys from
Ma'moiselle Lamotte's bag

and loaned them to Benoit
for an hour on Tuesday morning.

Not much to it?

No, I didn't mean...I'm, er...

God, I feel awful.

She was going to leave me.

Jacqueline, my girlfriend.

I mean, she's young,
she likes a good time.

And she had her bags packed
and everything.

I needed the money.

What was I to do? I...

All Benoit wanted was the keys.

I didn't know what it was about.
I mean...

I thought they were just
checking the Minister out.

Look...

Look, you must understand, I...

I didn't want to betray Auguste,

but...

..I love her.

He had no idea
he was working for Mascoulin.

Mascoulin?

The incident in the Chamber,

refusing to shake his hand.

He was driven out, the Deputy.
I won't give you his name.

He was shamed into resignation

when Mascoulin revealed
that this deputy's brother

had been a wartime collaborator.

Wasn't even HIM,
it was his brother.

And I felt there was a...

cruelty in the way that
Mascoulin went about it.

He was merciless.
He didn't know where to stop.

Others in the Chamber were eager
to congratulate Mascoulin.

But I refused to shake his hand.

You humiliated him in public.

I'm indebted to you, Maigret.

I can go now with honour.

You're going to resign?
I'm tired.

I shall return home to my family

and watch my grandchildren
growing up.

I can't believe that Mascoulin

was prepared to sacrifice
Clairfond for this.

You know he's speaking
to the Commission this morning?

There are men in the government

who didn't want us to see
this report!

They know that its existence proves

political corruption
right at the heart of the Cabinet.

They ignored its warnings

because they were handsomely paid

by Arthur Nicoud

in return for awarding his company

the contract to build
the sanatorium.

But there has been a corruption

even more immoral than this.

Even now,

after this terrible disaster,

after 62 children have died,

there are men, officers of state,

who have tried to suppress
this evidence

in order to protect their friends
in the government.

I have said that this is
a Photostat copy.

So, where is the original document?

We would all like to know.

MAN: You said members
of the government

have sought to conceal the truth.

Can you tell us who?

I...

I'm sorry, I...I don't remember.

Monsieur Mascoulin, can you tell us

how you came into possession
of this document?

Who gave it to you?

I did.

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