La fleur du mal Page #2

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Dad, please...

Forgive me.

I just don't like it at all.

We all have our weaknesses.

I'm sorry.

A bit more lamprey?

No thanks, Aunt Line.

Sit down. Call Marthe.

She's watching the tart. Help me.

What's in the tart?

- Pear and almond. You remember?

- You bet.

Matthieu's coming

to show me something.

I don't know what.

You look worried.

No, not at all.

Coffee in the conservatory?

What do you think?

Excellent idea.

I hope you don't prefer

American coffee now.

No, don't worry.

You get good coffee in Chicago.

- Here's Sir Lancelot.

- Grard, please!

In here, Matthieu!

Come on.

Sit down. I'll pour your coffee.

Thank you very much.

You look upset!

I imagine I do.

Something awkward has cropped up.

We should talk in private.

Maybe you think so

but certainly not.

We're a family, you see.

Well, your family's under attack.

- All the more reason.

- Under attack?

This kind of thing

happens during campaigns.

They smile

and then strike low blows.

Who is "they"?

I don't know. Shall I read it?

- Give it to me.

- Please, Anne.

Read the rag, Matthieu.

You're interested now?

It is a rag. I'm sorry.

It's not your fault.

"Madame Charpin-Vasseur

is at it again!

"She's taken a liking to it!

"Now they intermarry,

there's no stopping them!

"The degenerate savages!"

I'm sorry,

I can't go on.

"The degenerate savages!

"In 1981, Charpin-Vasseur

and his brother's wife

"died in a mysterious car accident.

"So the widow married the widower,

"to try them both out..."

That's insane!

"An honourable family,

honourable but jinxed!

"In 1958,

it celebrated the Fifth Republic

"with a plane crash that killed

our candidate's father and mother.

"They were just Vasseur back then.

"The name Charpin was in the sewer

where it belonged."

Don't get up, I'll go.

No, she's not in.

Of course. I'm her aunt.

What?

Oh, my God!

Both of them But how

They were together?

Aunt Line!

Are you all right?

I'm fine, dear. I was thinking.

I'm just fine.

Is that all?

Is this charming piece over?

No, but...

Carry on. It's most instructive.

I feel very awkward. I should leave.

No, you have to stay.

It's all linked to the elections.

Here's the rest.

I'm sorry, Aunt Line.

I think I know

what it's about, dear.

Don't worry for my sake.

"Pierre Charpin, the grandfather,

"held an important administrative

post from 1940 to 1944.

"So his son

cut off all ties with him

"then got shot in the Resistance

shortly after D-Day.

"One bad egg in the wrong basket.

"A fine omelette!

"Pierre Charpin was then murdered

in strange circumstances.

"One of his daughters, Micheline,

was suspected."

That's so unfair!

The case was dismissed, Aunt Line!

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