:17:02
You were saying, an enemy?
:17:05
My wife received an anonymous letter.
:17:08
She told you?
:17:09
She hides nothing from me.
My age, you know.
:17:13
I received one myself this morning.
:17:17
- On the same subject?
- Yes, with further details.
:17:21
It seems your relations with Laura
left an embarrassing trace -
:17:25
Take it easy.
:17:27
Which, in my absence, you supposedly
removed by surgical means.
:17:35
Care for one?
:17:36
And Delorme, as chief physician,
received a similar missive.
:17:41
You're accused of relieving
vulnerable women of unwelcome burdens.
:17:46
There. You've been warned.
:17:49
- If I find the bastard!
- Fighting words.
:17:52
I have some experience in the matter.
:17:55
I've been an expert witness
in poison-pen cases.
:17:59
What we're dealing with here
is not a slanderer, but a sick man.
:18:04
- I'll cure him.
- When you find him.
:18:09
It could be the deputy prosecutor,
who's picking up a letter.
:18:14
Or Mr. Fayolles,
who's cashing a money order.
:18:16
Isn't that so, Mr. Fayolles?
:18:18
Couldn't it be you?
:18:20
- Me what?
- It's a secret.
:18:23
Anything for a laugh.
:18:25
And if it's neither of them,
:18:28
it might be Dr. Germain himself.
:18:30
You suspect the victim?
:18:32
A sick man can accuse himself.
:18:35
It's common
among such letter writers.
:18:37
That takes the cake.
:18:39
Mind you, I'm not suspecting you
for the moment.
:18:41
How kind of you.
:18:43
But you must be on your guard.
Keep an eye open.
:18:46
You can't tell how far
this filth will go.
:18:49
The whole town may be infected.
:18:52
- And to think...
- What?
:18:54
No, nothing. Good-bye.
:18:58
Say, the Raven might even be you.