:08:02
I'd like a few words with MIle DuBois
in my office after the performance.
:08:06
- Yes, she will be there.
- Thank you.
:08:09
- Now, you bear in mind what I told you.
- Yes, monsieur.
:08:24
Terrifying fellow, that Vercheres,
when he wants to be.
:08:27
I'm very grateful, monsieur. I promise you
I'll never miss a curtain call again.
:08:31
It's a promise. Now, uh,
:08:34
this young man who is more important
to you than your career... Who is he?
:08:38
But he isn't, monsieur. That is,
I am very fond of him. I mean...
:08:43
Oh.
:08:44
Well, he's Inspector
Raoul Daubert of the Sûreté.
:08:47
Inspector? You mean a policeman?
:08:50
Oh, but he's not an ordinary policeman.
:08:52
Even an extraordinary policeman seems
a strange sweetheart for a soprano.
:08:56
Does he sing?
:08:59
I'm afraid you don't
understand, monsieur.
:09:01
He's a graduate of
the military academy at Saint-Cyr,
:09:04
and he's very intelligent and very clever.
:09:08
For a man who means nothing to you, he
seems to have made quite an impression.
:09:12
Oh, but I didn't say he meant
nothing to me. What I said was...
:09:15
I know. I know what you mean.
:09:20
You have promise, Mademoiselle DuBois,
but you must choose
:09:24
between an operatic career
and what is usually called "a normal life".
:09:29
Though why it is so-called is beyond me.
:09:32
You can't do justice to both.
:09:35
The artist has a special temperament,
:09:37
and he must live his life exclusively
with those who understand it.
:09:42
I understand, monsieur.
:09:44
You'll find that music has its
compensations, my dear. Good night.
:09:50
Good night, and thank you.
:09:55
Oh, mademoiselle, please tell Mr Claudin
to come in. He's in the anteroom.
:09:59
Certainly. Good night.