:48:01
- Despite all.
- Back then.
:48:03
Don't be silly.
Then as now.
:48:07
Time has nothing to do
with happiness.
:48:08
Really?
And the man in white?
:48:11
Do you think your friend,
the mime, is happy?
:48:15
To think I had
the absurd notion of killing him.
:48:19
Comical, no?
:48:21
One might as well stab
at a breeze or a moonbeam.
:48:24
And the other one: Frederick.
:48:27
I considered him too, my angel.
:48:29
I even called on him
on an amusing pretext.
:48:32
Which was?
:48:34
To ask this complete stranger
for money. He'd refuse and...
:48:38
- And he gave it to you?
- A large sum. Amazing!
:48:42
Unselfish people still exist.
:48:44
People!
:48:46
Actors aren't people.
They're every man and no man.
:48:51
People of high society:
Those are people!
:48:54
Like Count de Montray,
one of France's richest notables.
:49:00
- You've changed, Pierre-Francois.
- Have I?
:49:02
Yes. You used to speak of yourself,
rarely of others.
:49:07
But what's become of you?
:49:10
I've become famous.
:49:12
Yes, a few sensational crimes.
:49:14
The name Lacenaire has been
in the crime columns.
:49:18
Hunted by police in the provinces,
:49:20
while he is here in Paris
with his guardian angel.
:49:25
- You're a celebrity.
- I'm becoming one.
:49:29
But upon reflection,
I'd have preferred literary success.
:49:33
Never satisfied, Pierre-Francois.
:49:35
They say the count
is a generous patron of the arts.
:49:40
I'd enjoy meeting him.
:49:43
- Do you really need to?
- Don't worry.
:49:46
It's just to meet the man
who laid the icy hand of wealth
:49:49
on the pale shoulder of my angel.
:49:54
There were no strings attached.
:49:57
I'm still free.
:49:59
Perhaps.
That's what bothers me.