Félicie by Georges Simenon
Author:Georges Simenon [Simenon Georges]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780241188675
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2015-11-05T00:00:00+00:00
Maigret smiles at these last words, which are pure Félicie. Didnât she say exactly the same thing to Louvet, the garage mechanic from Orgeval?
âWhen I noticed â¦â
âYou mean when you noticed that you had this gun in the pocket of your overcoat?â
âYou know? â¦â
âYouâd just got on the Métro train. You were crushed up against a young woman in full mourning, and just as she was making for the door you felt something heavy being slipped into your pocket.â
âI didnât realize until afterwards.â
âAnd you were scared.â
âIâve never handled a gun in my life. I didnât even know if it was loaded. I still donât â¦â
To the horror of the stationery clerk, Maigret releases the cartridge clip, from which there is one bullet missing.
âBut because you remembered the girl in the mourning weeds â¦â
âAt first, I thought I should hand this ⦠this object in to the police â¦â
Monsieur 13 is getting rattled.
âYou are the susceptible type, Monsieur Charles. Women unnerve you, donât they? Iâd bet that youâve never had much to do with them.â
A bell rings. The clerk gazes in a panic at a panel fixed to the front of his desk.
âThatâs my boss. He wants me ⦠Can I â¦â
âYes, go! I know everything I wanted to know.â
âBut that young woman ⦠Tell me ⦠Did she really â¦â
A shadow appears in Maigretâs eyes and then is gone.
âAll in good time, Monsieur Charles. Now hurry up. Your boss is getting impatient.â
For the bell is ringing again, in the most self-important way.
A little later, the inspector barks to a taxi-driver: âGastinne-Renette, the gunsmith.â
So over a period of three days, feeling that her every move was being watched, that the house and the garden were about to be searched with a fine-tooth comb, Félicie has kept the revolver on her person! He pictures her in the front seat of the van. The road is not yet quiet enough. Maybe the vehicle is being followed. Louvet would notice if she ⦠Wait for Paris â¦
At Porte Maillot, an inspector picks up her trail. To give herself time to think she goes into a cake shop, where she stuffs herself full of cream cakes. And a glass of port ⦠Perhaps she doesnât like port but it ranks as one of the rare, rich things like the grapes and champagne which she took to the hospital. ⦠Make for the Métro ⦠Not enough people about at this time of day. ⦠She waits ⦠The inspector is there. He never takes his eyes off her.
Eventually six oâclock comes round. People crowd on to the trains. The passengers are packed close together ⦠The heaven-sent overcoat with the gaping pockets.
Such a shame that Félicie cannot see Maigret as the taxi ferries him to the expert gunsmith. If, perhaps for the space of a second, she could forget the scares and panics, would she feel a sense of pride as she reads the admiration in the inspectorâs expression?
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