The Late Monsieur Gallet (2013)
“Monsieur Jacob ‘Wait a moment, Aurore! There’s no point in showing yourself in such a state!’ And a muffled voice replied, ‘I can’t help it, Françoise. That visit reminds me of the other one a week ago. And the journey … oh, you don’t understand.’ ‘What I don’t understand is how you can mourn for a man like that, a man who dishonoured you, who lied to you all his life. The only good thing he ever did was to take out life insurance …’ ‘Oh, do be quiet!’ ‘And there’s more! He made you live what w...as almost a life of poverty, swearing that he earned only 2,000 francs a month. The insurance proves that he was making at least twice that and hiding it from you. Who knows if he wasn’t earning even more? If you ask me that man was leading a double life, with a mistress and maybe children somewhere else …’ ‘Oh, please don’t, Françoise!’ Maigret was alone in the small sitting room of the house in Saint-Fargeau. The maid had shown him in, forgetting to close the door.MoreLess
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