Maigret (2015)
“Eugène arrived first, just before eleven o’clock. Although it was not yet spring, his clothes reflected the sunny weather. He wore a light-grey linen suit, so soft that with every movement his muscles rippled beneath the fabric. His hat was the same shade of grey, and his shoes of fine buckskin. And when he pushed open the glass door of the Police Judiciaire, a gentle fragrance wafted into the corridor.
This was not the first time he had set foot inside Quai des Orfèvres. He glanced to the ...right and to the left, like a regular visitor, still smoking his gold-tipped cigarette. The morning briefing was over. People were waiting gloomily outside the inspectors’ offices.
Eugène went up to the clerk, greeting him by raising a finger to his hat.
‘Say, my good man, I believe Inspector Amadieu is expecting me.’ ‘Take a seat.’ He sat down casually, crossed his legs, lit another cigarette and opened a newspaper at the racing section.MoreLess
This was not the first time he had set foot inside Quai des Orfèvres. He glanced to the ...right and to the left, like a regular visitor, still smoking his gold-tipped cigarette. The morning briefing was over. People were waiting gloomily outside the inspectors’ offices.
Eugène went up to the clerk, greeting him by raising a finger to his hat.
‘Say, my good man, I believe Inspector Amadieu is expecting me.’ ‘Take a seat.’ He sat down casually, crossed his legs, lit another cigarette and opened a newspaper at the racing section.MoreLess
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