:41:01
Where did they come from?
What's their background?
:41:05
Is our criminal population homegrown,
or are they outsiders?
:41:10
Without information we cannot know
how to control the dangerous elements.
:41:20
- You might be making a mistake.
- What mistake is that?
:41:25
Sometimes people move to a new town
to start with a clean slate.
:41:30
You might be doing more harm than good
by prying into their private lives.
:41:35
An honest man has nothing to fear
from the truth.
:41:38
For example, Paris knows...
:41:41
that my father was a thief...
:41:43
and my mother, a prostitute.
:41:46
If my mother or father
were to move here to Vigau...
:41:51
I would want everyone to know
who and what they are.
:41:53
- Even if they had reformed themselves?
- Reform is a discredited fantasy.
:41:59
Modern science tells us that people are
by nature lawbreakers or law abiders.
:42:04
A wolf can wear sheep's clothing...
:42:07
but he's still a wolf.
:42:16
I was just thinking, lnspector,
that you have been unlucky.
:42:20
Unlucky? I don't understand.
:42:22
Unfortunately,
you've been assigned to a dull post.
:42:26
You'd be happier in Paris...
:42:28
where everyone, either by nature
or experience, is dishonest.
:42:32
Indeed. But I'll see if I prefer Paris.
:42:36
They've asked me to report to the deputy
prefect to further explain my idea.
:42:41
I'll be gone for four days.
:42:45
We'll miss you. Good luck.
:42:48
Thank you. And good-bye.
:42:53
Inspector, one moment.