1:03:01
Ah.
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Besides, l feel certain l know
who is behind those influential requests.
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- Ballon.
- Ballon?
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- He was having an affair with Gambrelli.
- Most likely.
1:03:17
At first l couldn't understand why anyone
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would want a man like Clouseau
in charge of a murder case,
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especially a case of this importance.
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- But why would Ballon?
- He wouldn't.
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unless he was protecting someone.
1:03:31
If you were protecting someone, who
would be the perfect man on the case?
1:03:35
A fool. A detective
who is a complete and utter fool.
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- Clouseau?
- Of course.
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If Gambrelli is convicted,
Ballon is up to his ears in a nasty scandal
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and Clouseau was his insurance policy
against such a scandal.
1:03:50
Well, he has gone.
1:03:54
Ah.
1:03:57
I feel like a child again.
1:04:00
It's an interesting theory,
but what if you are wrong?
1:04:05
I know it's a remote possibility,
1:04:07
but what if you are wrong and
Ballon is not protecting Gambrelli?
1:04:11
What if she is innocent,
as Clouseau claims?
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- Ridiculous.
- But a possibility.
1:04:17
What if Ballon is protecting someone else,
1:04:19
or what if Ballon himself
is the guilty party?
1:04:23
- It's a sadistic thing to suggest.
- But for the sake of discussion,
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what if you are wrong,
1:04:29
and Clouseau - a fool,
a complete and utter fool...
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- I'd be ruined.
- It's something to consider.
1:04:45
- François?
- Yes, Commissioner?
1:04:48
Would you please call for a doctor?
1:04:51
Are you ill?
1:04:53
I seem to have stabbed myself
with a letter opener.