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of its men and of its women, Yvonne.

And you'll be brave, I know.

That's why I love you.

And I have faith in you.

I have to go now.

They're waiting for me.

No, I'll not let you! No, you can't!

I'm not leaving you,

nothing can separate us.

I'll return and we'll have joy,

happiness, peace.

Kiss me, Yvonne! Say goodbye.

Goodbye.

Hello?

Hello, Mademoiselle?

The Police.

The Police Directorate.

Two hours

after this telephone call,

I found myself in a cell.

I spent 35 days

in solitary confinement.

The 36th day,

bored of playing with my little mouse,

and having caught all the flies,

counted all the cockroaches...

- Ah, it's Mr Pannis.

- Yes, it's me. Hello, dear sir.

My dear colleague.

If only you knew how grateful I am.

You're my first contact

with the outside world.

Dear sir, the entire colony

is sorry to learn of your arrest.

- All the lawyers too.

- All of them? I doubt that!

You've always been good to me

and I felt it my duty

to offer you my services.

That's very kind of you.

Oh, I must admit,

the idea of defending a cause clbre...

Naturally.

What exactly

have you been accused of?

I have no idea.

I've not even been questioned.

What are they saying in town?

Resistance, I think,

conspiracy to escape too.

Really, and you'd be willing

to defend me

despite the seriousness

of the charges?

That's very kind of you.

They organised a court martial.

The first in Madagascar,

it's very serious.

Michel must have sworn

to get me this time.

He won't get us, believe me.

I say us, I mean, if I defend you.

Do you think we have a chance

against Michel?

What proof could Michel

have against you?

That's exactly

what I was wondering.

No doubt you were clever enough

to burn any compromising documents.

Dear Pannis, my documents

were not compromising.

All the better. Give me

all the details of your story.

The tiniest of details... I need to know

the pitfalls so as to avoid them.

Of course.

No doubt, you must have

letters and telegrams.

Telegrams? I sent many.

In our profession, indeed.

It might be used against you,

by claiming, for instance,

that they have a double meaning.

Michel is capable of anything.

You will need all the details.

I only have my memory

to help me in here.

When would you need

all these details by?

As soon as possible.

I brought you everything you need.

Here.

Excuse me.

I don't have anything to write with.

You'll have it

by tomorrow morning.

I'll work straight through.

Perfect.

Goodbye, kind sir.

Goodbye, dear colleague.

Dirty scoundrel, rotten sneak.

Turncoat!

I would have thought

Michel was too intelligent

to think you'd have fallen

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