:34:00
It didn't seem very effective, as a lullaby.
:34:03
Well, you see, Monsieur Inspector,
a song is capable of many interpretations,
:34:07
- By a musician.
- By a detective, too.
:34:11
Though no doubt
the detective is usually mistaken.
:34:14
I must see you alone, Christine.
I'm here on business from the Sûreté.
:34:19
With me?
:34:20
What business could mademoiselle
have with the Sûreté?
:34:25
What is it, Raoul?
:34:27
If you don't mind,
I'd rather Anatole stayed.
:34:35
Very well, Christine.
:34:38
- You know Erique Claudin?
- Why, yes.
:34:41
How well?
:34:42
I knew him only as
a violinist in the orchestra.
:34:45
I encountered him a few times in the foyer
:34:48
or on the stage or outside
the Opera, but that's all.
:34:51
He acted a little strangely, but I assumed
he was that way with everybody.
:34:56
- Strangely?
How do you mean, "strangely"?
:34:58
Well... I don't know.
:35:01
He just seemed... eccentric, but harmless.
:35:05
I thought he was a rather kind old fellow,
until I read of the murder.
:35:10
- What is it, Raoul?
- He was a kind and inoffensive man.
:35:15
Until he thought Pleyel
was stealing his life's work.
:35:18
Then something snapped,
and he became a homicidal maniac.
:35:21
In his state, he may
commit other murders.
:35:23
It's urgent that we capture him
as soon as possible.
:35:29
But what has all this to do with me?
:35:31
We found something in his room
that connects you with him.
:35:36
No doubt you can explain.
:35:40
So that's what became of it!
:35:43
- Be good enough to explain yourself.
- Certainly. That statuette is mine.
:35:47
- Yours?
- Definitely. I made it.
:35:49
- I intended to make you a present of it.
- How nice of you, Anatole.
:35:53
It disappeared from my dressing room.
:35:55
It's an extraordinary likeness.
:35:58
My compliments on
your versatility, monsieur.