OU_214051 UNIVERSA - Osmania University
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274 MAINLY MAIGRET having given the owner the full amount I'd received on a villa. . ,, You see, they're mere nothings. ..." One felt that he, anyway, was used to facing the police. He remained at his ease, with a touch of malice in his expression. " Your turn! " said Maigret, turning to the woman. " Adele Noirhomme . .. born at Belleville. .. ." "Registered?" " They put me on the register at Strasbourg five years ago, because a woman had it in for me for vamping her husband. But since then...." " You've managed to escape police control. . .. Fine! Will you tell me in what capacity you sailed on the Ocean? " " I must first explain! " answered the man. " The fact that we've come here shows that we've nothing to reproacli ourselves for. At Yport Adele came and told me you'd got her photograph and were sure to arrest "us. . .. Our first idea was to get out to avoid any trouble . . . because we know the police racket. ... At Etretat I saw gendarmes on the lookout and I knew we were going to be nabbed. So I preferred to come here of my own accord. . . ." " Your turn, madame! I asked you what you were doing on the trawler. . .." " That's quite simple—I was following my lover! " " Captain Fallut? " " Yes, the captain! I've been with him, so to speak, since November. We met at a cafe at Le Havre. ... He fell in love. ... He came back two or three times a week. Right from the beginning I thought he was mad because he never asked for anything—but he was just struck on me. He took a nicely furnished room for me, and I thought that, if I set about it the right way, he'd end up by marrying me. Sailors aren't rolling in money, but they're regular and there's always the pension. ..." " You never came to Fecamp with him? " " No! He forbade me. It was he who came over here He was jealous. The sort of chap that can't have had much experience because at fifty he was as timid with women as a schoolboy... And yet, when he was mad about me . . ." " Excuse me! You were already the mistress of Gaston Buzier? ' " Of course. But I introduced Gaston to Fallut as my brother.' " I understand. In short, both of you were living on the captain' money." " I was working . . ." Buzier protested.
THE SAILORS' RENDEZVOUS 275 " I know! Every Saturday afternoon!—Who thought of taking you on board? " " Fallut! The idea of leaving me alone during the entire trip was worrying him.. . . On the other hand, he was scared stiff, because the regulations are strict and he was a stickler for regulations. .. . Up to the last moment he hesitated. Then he came to get me. He made me go into his cabin the night before they sailed. The idea of a change amused me, but if I'd known how it was going to turn out I'd have dropped it like a hot coal! " " Didn't Buzier protest? " " He was a bit doubtful. But, you know, he didn't want to go against the old boy's ideas. He'd promised to retire straight away after the trip and marry me. A fine life he had in store for me! Shut up all day in a cabin stinking of fish! And what's more, when anyone came in I had to hide under the bed! . . . We'd hardly put out to sea when Fallut regretted having taken me. . . . I've never seen a man with such moods as he had. Ten times a day he'd come to see whether the door was properly locked. If I spoke, he made me shut up for fear anyone should hear me. He was sulky and irritable. He even used to give me dirty looks as if he were tempted to get rid of me by throwing me overboard. . . ." Her voice became shrill and she waved her arms about " Not to mention the fact that he got more and more jealous! He questioned me about my past. He tried to find out. For three days he didn't speak to me, just watched me like an enemy. .Then suddenly his passion would get hold of him again. There wafe times when I was afraid of him. ..." " Which of the members of the crew saw you on board? " " It was on the fourth night. I wanted to go on the bridge for a breath of air . . . I'd had enough of being shut up. Fallut went to make sure there was no one about. He only just allowed me to take about five steps up and down. He had to go down to the deck for a moment, and it was then the operator came and talked to me. He was very shy, but in a fever. . .. The next day he managed to get into my cabin. . . ." "Did Fallut see him?" " I don't think so—he didn't say anything. . . ." " You became Le Clinche's mistress? " She made no answer. Gaston Buzier sneered. " Go on, tell him! " he snapped at her in a nasty voice, " I'm free to do what I like! It's not as if you had kept off women
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THE SAILORS' RENDEZV<strong>OU</strong>S 275<br />
" I know! Every Saturday afternoon!—Who thought of taking<br />
you on board? "<br />
" Fallut! The idea of leaving me alone during the entire trip was<br />
worrying him.. . . On the other hand, he was scared stiff, because<br />
the regulations are strict and he was a stickler for regulations. .. .<br />
Up to the last moment he hesitated. Then he came to get me. He<br />
made me go into his cabin the night before they sailed. The idea of<br />
a change amused me, but if I'd known how it was going to turn out<br />
I'd have dropped it like a hot coal! "<br />
" Didn't Buzier protest? "<br />
" He was a bit doubtful. But, you know, he didn't want to go<br />
against the old boy's ideas. He'd promised to retire straight away<br />
after the trip and marry me. A fine life he had in store for me! Shut<br />
up all day in a cabin stinking of fish! And what's more, when anyone<br />
came in I had to hide under the bed! . . . We'd hardly put out to<br />
sea when Fallut regretted having taken me. . . . I've never seen a<br />
man with such moods as he had. Ten times a day he'd come to see<br />
whether the door was properly locked. If I spoke, he made me<br />
shut up for fear anyone should hear me. He was sulky and irritable.<br />
He even used to give me dirty looks as if he were tempted to get rid<br />
of me by throwing me overboard. . . ."<br />
Her voice became shrill and she waved her arms about<br />
" Not to mention the fact that he got more and more jealous!<br />
He questioned me about my past. He tried to find out. For three<br />
days he didn't speak to me, just watched me like an enemy. .Then<br />
suddenly his passion would get hold of him again. There wafe times<br />
when I was afraid of him. ..."<br />
" Which of the members of the crew saw you on board? "<br />
" It was on the fourth night. I wanted to go on the bridge for a<br />
breath of air . . . I'd had enough of being shut up. Fallut went to<br />
make sure there was no one about. He only just allowed me to take<br />
about five steps up and down. He had to go down to the deck for<br />
a moment, and it was then the operator came and talked to me. He<br />
was very shy, but in a fever. . .. The next day he managed to get<br />
into my cabin. . . ."<br />
"Did Fallut see him?"<br />
" I don't think so—he didn't say anything. . . ."<br />
" You became Le Clinche's mistress? "<br />
She made no answer. Gaston Buzier sneered.<br />
" Go on, tell him! " he snapped at her in a nasty voice,<br />
" I'm free to do what I like! It's not as if you had kept off women
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