:52:02
I insist upon the arrest of
the criminal and his accomplice.
:52:05
- And if you don't, I...
- One moment, madame, please.
:52:08
You have heard Mr Garron
deny that he drugged you.
:52:10
As the inspector says,
there is no evidence.
:52:13
- And remember, madame...
- Are you suggesting that I...
:52:16
If you insist upon his arrest
and fail to obtain a conviction,
:52:19
you will find yourself in
a very difficult predicament.
:52:22
- Quite right.
- And no matter what the outcome,
:52:25
don't forget that your career
is bound to the Paris Opera.
:52:29
Whatever scandal injures us,
or any member of the company,
:52:31
- Will injure you as well.
- (Lecours) Precisely.
:52:35
Are you suggesting that
I forget the whole affair?
:52:38
Yes. For your own sake, as well as ours,
:52:41
and purely as a matter
of business expediency.
:52:44
That is exactly what
we propose, madame.
:52:46
(Lecours) Exactly.
:52:49
Very well.
:52:56
That is, under certain conditions.
:53:01
I want a new understudy.
:53:03
Christine DuBois goes back to the chorus
:53:05
and stays there for the two years
my contract has to run.
:53:08
I won't permit such an outrage!
If any such arrangement is made, I'II...
:53:12
- Now, madame...
- My dear Anatole, I have not finished.
:53:15
You suggest I forget
I was drugged tonight?
:53:18
- Madame.
- Very well. I'll go a step further.
:53:21
I suggest that you forget
anything happened afterwards.
:53:24
- For once, madame, I do not understand.
- Oh, monsieur, it's so simple.
:53:27
Nothing happened tonight. I wasn't
drugged and Christine DuBois didn't sing.
:53:34
- But...
- There are always critics in the house.
:53:36
You'll send word to the papers that
no mention of her is to be made.
:53:40
You'll do nothing of the sort.
It's ridiculous.
:53:43
Besides, what about the public, madame?
:53:45
Shall we send word to the public to
forget that MIle DuBois was a sensation?
:53:49
If you're willing to ruin the Opera for the
sake of Christine DuBois, it's your affair.
:53:53
But you'll either do as I say, or I'll charge
both of them with trying to murder me.
:53:57
Do you understand that? Murder me!