The Methods of Maigret ( PDFDrive )

“They prefer not to think about it any more.”
“What did you live on in Paris?”
“Selling a picture or a drawing now and then. I had friends.”
“Who lent you money?”
“Sometimes. At others, I carried vegetables at the Market. At others, I
distributed prospectuses.”
“Did you already have an urge to come to Porquerolles?”
“I didn’t even know of the existence of this island.”
“Where were you planning to go?”
“Anywhere there was sun.”
“And you expect to go where?”
“Farther on.”
“Italy?”
“Or somewhere else.”
“Did you know Marcellin?”
“He helped to recalk my boat when it leaked.”
“Were you at the Arche de Noé the night he died?”
“We are there almost every night.”
“What were you doing?”
“We were playing chess, Anna and I.”
“May I inquire, Monsieur de Greef, what is your father’s profession?”
“He’s a judge at Groningue.”
“You don’t know why Marcellin was killed?”
“I’m not curious.”
“Did he speak to you about me?”
“If he did, I didn’t hear.”
“Do you possess a revolver?”
“What for?”
“You have nothing to say to me?”
“Nothing at all.”
“And you, Mademoiselle?”
“Nothing, thank you.”
He called them back just as they were about to leave.