A Shot in the Dark Page #4

- Good morning.

- You slept well?

- No.

- Wonderful.

- It is not easy to sleep in prison.

It isn't? No, no, no, of course it isn't. No.

We shall have to do something

about that, won't we?

uh...

Stupid box. Yes.

But, anyway, first, a few simple questions.

- Is it all right if l smoke?

- Oh, yes, of course.

- Have one of mine.

- Thank you.

- Ah.

- Well, have one of mine.

Mm? Oh, thank you.

That's very kind of you.

Very, very kind of you.

- That's all right.

- Allow me.

- Thank you. Other way around.

- Hm? What? Oh.

It tastes very bad when you do that.

Well, now...

Are you comfortable?

- They should have these chairs in prison.

- Most certainly.

- As l recall, the furniture is deplorable.

- Terrible. Might as well sit on the floor.

Yes, it's high time that somebody

did something about it, don't you think?

Sure.

As a matter of fact, l will do

something about it this very moment.

- Give me the prison superintendent.

- (man) Yes, sir.

Sometimes it's necessary to cut through

red tape and strike directly at the heart.

Prison is bad enough

without uncomfortable furniture.

(phone rings)

Yes?

Superintendent,

this is lnspector Clouseau.

When are you going to do something

about that terrible furniture?

We are not savages.

This is not the Middle Ages.

I mean, you are running a house

of correction, not a torture chamber.

That made him think. I suggest you take

the matter under serious consideration.

If one is to cope with a modern criminal,

it is necessary to use modern methods.

You can't have a contemporary prison

without, uh, contemporary furniture.

Yes. Well, that's my opinion anyway.

Oh. And the same to you, Superintendent.

Filthy swine.

You're not at all like a policeman.

Your dossier.

I always keep my important documents

under lock and key

because one can never be too sure.

Now, here...

Oh.

Oh, uh...

Excuse me.

Stupid.

Oh.

Now, um...

Miss Gambrelli, your dossier contains

some very, very interesting facts.

It seems that you have known

this Miguel Ostos for quite some time.

Yes.

- And were you in love with him?

- Yes.

You're in love

with the man that raped you?

That what?

Testimony of Georges Duval, gardener.

Referring to Ostos, you described him,

and l quote, as "that crazy Spaniard

who raped me in my father's field".

He did not rape me.

- He did not force you?

- Well, you see, l tripped over a root,

and l grabbed Miguel to keep me

from falling, and somehow we both fell.

I cried a little bit afterwards but that

wasn't because l was sorry it happened.

- It was something he said.

- He insulted you.

Oh, no. He lit a cigarette

and took a long puff, and...

Tell me, why do so many men

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