Monsieur Verdoux Page #10

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Goodbye, my dear.

Mme Grosnay. Mme Grosnay.

G.

Ah. Gro... Gro... Gro...

Ah, here we are, Mme Grosnay.

Passy 3211.

Hello, Passy 3211, please.

Hello, has Mme Grosnay

returned to town?

Oh, she has?

This is Benedict, the dressmaker.

Oh, she's out now?

When will she return?

12:
30? Thank you.

No, there's no message.

Mme Grosnay.

151 Avenue Victor Hugo.

Ah, 151... 151...

Mme Grosnay. Captain Bonheur.

Who?

I said I had the honor of meeting

you in the south of France.

I'm M. Varnay.

You came to look over my house.

- Oh, yes, I remember.

- Ah, yes.

I wanted to send an astrology book

but couldn't find your address.

- Quite so.

- Quite so. Quite so.

I realize I embarrassed you then,

but if you'll only allow me

to explain.

I don't think that incident requires

any further explanation.

Good day, M. Varnay.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

I want to order three dozen roses,

half a dozen orchids,

and send them to Mme Grosnay,

151 Avenue Victor Hugo.

Merci, Monsieur.

- A card?

- Yes. Five or six.

Oui, Monsieur. As many as you wish.

I want to repeat it

twice a week for two weeks.

Oui, Monsieur.

- How much will that be?

- Let me see.

That'll be five orders altogether.

2,500 francs, Monsieur.

Oh, la, la.

Very well.

These things have to be done.

- Keep the change.

- Merci, Monsieur.

- Cordial, Martha?

- Yes, thanks.

- Maurice?

- Oh, thank you, Mona.

I hope we'll be seeing you more.

He must be on the go every minute.

One gets caught up

in this monoxide world

of confusion.

I look forward to

these quiet evenings together,

with your edifying talks

on theurgic matters,

the legerdemain of the apothecary.

You should have been a chemist.

Chemistry, my fellow, is the material

manifestation of the metaphysical.

Ah, you're a mystic.

Do you remember discussing a humane

method of killing dumb animals?

- Very distinctly.

- A lethal veterinary formula.

No pain, no convulsions,

absolutely tasteless.

The creature drinks it

and in an hour,

curls up into a comfortable sleep

and dies.

What a memory you have.

You were experimenting

with three elements as I remember.

Exnide, ethna bromide

and something else.

Yes, it was very interesting,

pharmaceutically.

The ethna bromide induces asphyxia,

but in order to delay

the erodent action of the exnide,

C2HC was added.

C2HC?

A freezing agent.

When swallowed,

tissue changes are gradual.

In an hour, the action

of the exnide takes place.

Its effect is like heart disease -

a systolic cramp and poof!

- What have you done about it?

- Nothing.

It's banned.

- Why?

- Too dangerous for public use.

In the post-mortem, not a trace

of the poison can be found.

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