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I will marry you

straight after Jacqueline's wedding.

My fortune will be yours.

I'm not the sort of woman you can buy.

"Will you walk a little faster?"

Said a whiting to a snail.

"There's a porpoise close behind us

And he's treading on my tail.

See how eagerly the lobsters

And the turtles all advance!

They are waiting on the shingle -

Will you come and join the dance?

What sort of head will Favraux

have had made for himself?

A vulture's head.

My dear friends...

...I would like to announce

some great and happy news.

Tonight not only are we celebrating...

...the culmination of 20 years of effort...

...and real dedication...

...which has allowed

the Favraux Bank to prosper...

...and extend its activities

to most branches of industry.

We are also celebrating

the engagement...

...of my daughter Jacqueline...

...to Viscount

Amaury de la Rochefontaine.

My joy is all the greater...

With the great happiness

that I feel at this moment...

I'm a doctor, let me through.

He is dead.

Diana!

THE NIGHT AFTER:

FAVRAUX'S FUNERAL...

Mr Favraux died at the exact time

indicated in Judex's second letter.

The coincidence is extremely troubling.

I think this is merely a coincidence

and that's why I didn't say anything.

I felt it was my duty to warn you.

Mrs Aubry will decide for herself

what action to take.

Madam.

Mr Cocantin...

...I am sure I don't need to ask you

to exercise the utmost discretion.

I am sure you will be bound

by professional secrecy.

You can count on me, sir.

Vallires, we must alert the police.

No, madam, it's impossible.

Why?

Madam... these letters spoke the truth.

Show me proof.

I only stayed in your father's employ...

...to try to put right, in so far as

my limited means would allow me to...

...the mistakes

I had been powerless to prevent.

Favraux's fortune,

like that of many others...

...has its origins...

...in the Panama scandal.

Your father was once a lowly bank clerk.

And...

...fate put him in possession...

...I would rather not tell you why...

...of some documents

that were very compromising...

...for certain high-ranking

politicians and financiers.

Thanks to these documents...

...he had no trouble

getting the necessary funds...

...to permit him to carry out

his first major business deals.

As early as 1882...

About time.

It will take three days.

Follow the doctor's instructions

to the letter...

...and do not leave him unguarded

for a moment.

My dear Jacqueline,

the gentleman is right.

Do not insist.

I have given it a lot of thought.

I am giving up my father's inheritance.

All I ask is that my daughter's share

be kept for her until she comes of age.

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