:47:00
Forgive me. I lose track
of all the names I use.
:47:03
A childish precaution.
The police are so inept.
:47:07
Unlike me.
I am well informed.
:47:10
For example,
I knew about your return at once.
:47:13
I learned where you were living,
and with whom.
:47:17
Nothing escapes you.
:47:19
And I know they've put
my angel in a gilded cage.
:47:24
I'm not throwing stones.
:47:25
I've been in prison myself lately,
and in the provinces!
:47:30
Not even a hint of a smile?
I used to amuse you.
:47:34
Have you lost your gaiety,
or it so unpleasant to see me?
:47:39
On the contrary,
I'm glad to see you.
:47:43
- Yes, it reminds me of...
- An entire era!
:47:47
Yes, the easy years,
:47:50
the happy days, the good life.
:47:53
Never look back at the past,
my angel.
:47:55
It leaps at your throat
like a mad dog.
:47:59
Still, fortunately, I was happy.
:48:01
- Despite all.
- Back then.
:48:03
Don't be silly.
Then as now.
:48:07
Time has nothing to do
with happiness.
:48:08
Really?
And the man in white?
:48:11
Do you think your friend,
the mime, is happy?
:48:15
To think I had
the absurd notion of killing him.
:48:19
Comical, no?
:48:21
One might as well stab
at a breeze or a moonbeam.
:48:24
And the other one: Frederick.
:48:27
I considered him too, my angel.
:48:29
I even called on him
on an amusing pretext.
:48:32
Which was?
:48:34
To ask this complete stranger
for money. He'd refuse and...
:48:38
- And he gave it to you?
- A large sum. Amazing!
:48:42
Unselfish people still exist.
:48:44
People!
:48:46
Actors aren't people.
They're every man and no man.
:48:51
People of high society:
Those are people!
:48:54
Like Count de Montray,
one of France's richest notables.