“Madame Maigret bent over to make sure there was no risk of the gas, which she had turned down as low as possible, going out. Then she closed the windows, except for the one in the bedroom, checked that she hadn’t forgotten anything, glanced at the mirror and, satisfied, left the flat, locked the door, and put the key in her purse. It was a little after ten o’clock on a morning in March. The air was crisp, with sparkling sunshine over Paris. By walking as far as the place de la République she co...uld have taken a bus going right to the boulevard Barbès and reached the place d’Anvers in plenty of time for her eleven o’clock appointment. On account of the young lady, she went down the stairs to the Richard-Lenoir métro station, just a step or two from her own door, and made the whole journey underground, looking vaguely, at every stop, at the familiar posters on the cream-colored walls. Maigret had made fun of her, though not too much, for he had had a lot on his mind the last three weeks.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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