:22:22
I arrested him at Marly...
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Two years later,
I ran into him at a café
:22:27
He was out of prison
:22:29
Case dismissed, he said
:22:31
He agreed
to become one of my informers
:22:34
He gave me some good tips
on swindlers...
:22:38
forgers and addicts
:22:40
It was his world
:22:42
The day after Alex's arrest...
:22:44
his father, a reputable dentist...
:22:48
committed suicide
:22:56
And then there were the women...
:22:59
This is a police report
dated April 1926...
:23:03
"His means of support are vague"
:23:07
"Lazy and immoral..."
:23:09
"he takes advantage of women"
:23:12
One episode was
a determining factor, I think
:23:15
You won't find it in his file
:23:18
To understand Alex,
sometimes you must forget files
:23:24
You have to dream about him
:23:27
And imagine his dreams...
:23:30
AIex was 16 years old
and still in school
:23:34
A woman of 30, a semi-professional...
:23:37
found him attractive
and took him away
:23:40
She took him to Deauville...
and initiated him
:23:50
AIex discovered...
:23:52
the worlds of Iuxury,
gambling and pleasure
:23:56
That initiation was decisive
:23:59
Not at all, Doc...