OU_214051 UNIVERSA - Osmania University
OU_214051 UNIVERSA - Osmania University OU_214051 UNIVERSA - Osmania University
304 MAINLY MAIGRET But now the man was looking at them with an offended expression. " What do you want with me? " he mumbled at Maigret. " Nothing at all " All the sailors were following the scene without interrupting their game of dominoes. " Because you'd better tell me! Perhaps I haven't the right to drink? .. ." " Of course you have." " Tell me I haven't the right to drink . . ." he repeated with drunken obstinacy. The inspector's eyes lighted on die black band he was wearing on his red blouse. " Well, what do you both want, snooping round and talking about me? " Leon signed to Maigret not to answer, but went up to his client. " Come on now, no scenes, Canut.... It's not you the inspector's talking about, but this boy who's put a bullet in himself.. .." " Serves him right! Is he dead? " " No! . . . Perhaps they'll be able to save him...." " Pity! I wish they were all dead! . . ." Those words made a powerful impression. All faces were turned towards Canut. And he felt a need to shout louder: " Yes, the whole lot of you! " L£on was worried. He looked appealingly at everyone and made a hopeless gesture in Maigret's direction. " Go on! Off to bed.... Your wife's waiting for you...." "Go to hell!" " Tomorrow you won't even have enough guts left to lift your nets " The drunken man sneered. P'tit Louis took the opportunity to call Julie. " How much is that? " " Are you paying for both rounds? " " Yes, you can charge it to my account. I'll be getting my advance tomorrow before we sail.. .." He rose automatically, imitated by the Breton, who followed his every step. He touched his cap. He did it again in Maigret's direction.
THE SAILORS' RENDEZVOUS 3O5 " Cowards!" growled the drunk as they went past him. " They're all cowards. .. ." The Breton clenched his fists and nearly answered back, but P'tit Louis dragged him away. " Go on off to bed . . ." said Lion again. " Besides, we're closing. . . ." " I'll go when everyone else goes. Fm as good as anyone else, ain't I? " And he looked at Maigret as if he wanted to provoke an argument. " Look at that big man there. .. . What's he up to? " He was talking about the inspector. Ldon was on hot coals. The last customers were waiting, convinced that something was going to happen. " Oh, well! I might as well go. .. . How much? " He fumbled under his blouse and brought out a leather pouch, threw some greasy notes on the table, rose to his feet, wobbled and got to the door, which he had great difficulty in opening. He muttered something indistinctly, insults or threats. When he got outside he pressed his face against the pane to give Maigret a last look; his nose was flattened on the misty glass. " It gave him a turn . . ." said Leon, with a sigh as he went back to his place. " He had only the one son. . . . All the other kids are girls and don't count, so to speak. ..." " What are they saying down here? " Maigret asked. " About the operator? They don't know. So they invent. Stories about falling asleep standing. ..." " What? " " I don't know. It's still the evil eye. . . ." Maigret felt a keen look fixed on him. It was the chief engineer, who was sitting at the table just opposite. " Has your wife got over her jealousy? " he asked him. " Seeing that we're off tomorrow, I'd like to see her trying to keep me at Yport! ..." " The Ocdan sails tomorrow? " " Yes, sails with the tide! Did you think the owners were going to let her rot in harbour? " " They've found a captain? " " A retired man who hasn't sailed for eight years! And what's more, he commanded a three-mast brig! It's going to be fun...."
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THE SAILORS' RENDEZV<strong>OU</strong>S 3O5<br />
" Cowards!" growled the drunk as they went past him.<br />
" They're all cowards. .. ."<br />
The Breton clenched his fists and nearly answered back, but<br />
P'tit Louis dragged him away.<br />
" Go on off to bed . . ." said Lion again. " Besides, we're<br />
closing. . . ."<br />
" I'll go when everyone else goes. Fm as good as anyone else,<br />
ain't I? "<br />
And he looked at Maigret as if he wanted to provoke an<br />
argument.<br />
" Look at that big man there. .. . What's he up to? "<br />
He was talking about the inspector. Ldon was on hot coals. The<br />
last customers were waiting, convinced that something was going<br />
to happen.<br />
" Oh, well! I might as well go. .. . How much? "<br />
He fumbled under his blouse and brought out a leather pouch,<br />
threw some greasy notes on the table, rose to his feet, wobbled<br />
and got to the door, which he had great difficulty in opening.<br />
He muttered something indistinctly, insults or threats.<br />
When he got outside he pressed his face against the pane<br />
to give Maigret a last look; his nose was flattened on the misty<br />
glass.<br />
" It gave him a turn . . ." said Leon, with a sigh as he went back<br />
to his place. " He had only the one son. . . . All the other kids are<br />
girls and don't count, so to speak. ..."<br />
" What are they saying down here? " Maigret asked.<br />
" About the operator? They don't know. So they invent. Stories<br />
about falling asleep standing. ..."<br />
" What? "<br />
" I don't know. It's still the evil eye. . . ."<br />
Maigret felt a keen look fixed on him. It was the chief engineer,<br />
who was sitting at the table just opposite.<br />
" Has your wife got over her jealousy? " he asked him.<br />
" Seeing that we're off tomorrow, I'd like to see her trying to<br />
keep me at Yport! ..."<br />
" The Ocdan sails tomorrow? "<br />
" Yes, sails with the tide! Did you think the owners were going<br />
to let her rot in harbour? "<br />
" They've found a captain? "<br />
" A retired man who hasn't sailed for eight years! And what's<br />
more, he commanded a three-mast brig! It's going to be fun...."