:58:01
- Are you hurt, monsieur?
- What happened? What were you doing?
:58:04
- I was chasing him.
- Chasing whom?
:58:06
The murderer, of course.
:58:08
There was someone else up there?
:58:10
Certainly. Everyone must have seen...
You saw him yourself, didn't you?
:58:13
No, monsieur. I was chasing you.
:58:30
How long will the Opera
remain closed, Inspector?
:58:32
- Yes, how long?
- I do not know.
:58:34
- Any suspects?
- Yes, whom do you suspect?
:58:36
- No one.
- What is your theory on the motive?
:58:38
I am not a theorist. All I can say is that as
long as the opera house remains closed,
:58:42
everyone in Paris, in all France,
will think only of the murder,
:58:45
hounding us to make an arrest.
:58:48
Inspector Daubert.
:58:50
I came directly I got your message.
What has happened now?
:58:53
Listen to this, monsieur.
:58:55
"Christine DuBois must replace
Biancarolli, who ignored my warning."
:58:59
I found this mysteriously placed on
my desk after we got back from supper.
:59:04
There is an excellent suggestion in this,
monsieur. You must reopen the Opera.
:59:09
- But your orders...
- Are countermanded. Reopen.
:59:11
- With MIle DuBois, monsieur?
- Of course! It should pacify this madman.
:59:16
If he doesn't harm anybody, his
being in the building doesn't matter.
:59:19
- Christine DuBois must not sing.
- What?
:59:22
And the murderer must
not remain in the building.
:59:25
- It is my duty to apprehend him.
- I don't understand.
:59:28
If Christine DuBois sings, that will satisfy
the murderer, and he may never appear.
:59:32
To lure him from his hiding place,
someone else must sing.
:59:35
Are you suggesting we reopen the Opera
with a murder as an added attraction?
:59:39
- Please, Lecours...
- I'll post police throughout the building.
:59:43
Even with the chorus onstage,
with a bodyguard for the singer.
:59:46
- But, monsieur, our reputation...
- I am reluctant to do this, monsieur.
:59:49
Particularly on MIle DuBois' account,
but I can see no other way.
:59:53
And whom do you suggest as "bait",
Monsieur Inspector?
:59:57
Whomever you decide.
:59:59
Madame Lorenzi.
She has nerve, that woman.