I Confess Page #3

It's easy for you to be good.

Have you no pity for me?

- Otto.

- Oh, Alma.

Otto, Father Benoit asked earlier...

...would you please

mend the tire on his bicycle?

But the tire wasn't flat

after all, Alma.

I don't see why you're so damn solemn

about this case, Larrue.

Anyway, why do you come

and worry me after lunch?

I've always had the greatest

admiration for you.

You have, in the past, been faced

with tremendously difficult cases...

...all of which you have solved

with remarkable skill.

And now, here you have

a case in which there are no clues...

...no fingerprints,

no motives, no suspects.

Ought to be very simple for you.

Shall I bring the girls in, sir?

- Girls?

- Yes.

Just a possibility.

It may be something to go on.

Sit down.

Sorry I had to drag you

away from school.

We love to be dragged away

from school. Thank you.

Are you a detective, monsieur?

Yes. And monsieur here

is the crown prosecutor.

Hello.

- Would you like a biscuit?

- Please.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Now, my little ones,

tell me everything.

Your mother said that you

passed the Villette house last night.

- That's right.

- And what was the time?

- Eleven o'clock.

- No, it was after 11:O0.

- Well, now, which of you is right?

- Well, we had been babysitting...

...but we didn't go straight home.

That's why.

Well, shall we say, then,

between 11 and 11:30?

- Yes.

- And what did you see?

We saw someone

leaving the Villette house.

- A man or a woman?

- Man.

- Well, what was he like?

- He was a priest.

- What?

- A priest.

Now this is very important.

Are you sure?

Quite sure.

Tell us exactly.

On our way home by the Rue Valentine,

we passed Monsieur Villette's house.

We know it well. It was very dark,

and she was frightened.

- I was not.

- Yes, you were, and we began to hurry.

And then suddenly,

there was this priest.

He was coming out of the house

and walking away.

- Did you see his face?

- No.

How tall was he?

Like him.

- Was he fat or thin?

- Not fat. Not thin.

Did you notice anything special

about him?

- Did he see you?

- I don't think so.

But you are absolutely sure

he was a priest?

Yes.

Thank you. You may go now.

Oh, my little ones, I do not want you

to say anything to anyone about this.

- Promise.

- Yes.

Thank you.

Murphy, I want you to check

every rectory in town...

...and find out which priests

were out late last night.

Yes, sir.

Of course, it's absurd

that a priest would be involved.

You don't really think

it could be a priest?

Yes, maybe.

- Who?

- I have to make sure.

I can't tell you until

I've checked further.

Well, don't be so mysterious.

Most of his time is given

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