1 At the Museum of Fine Arts - Lyons, France. 2 "Irene - we can't go on meeting like this." 3 "We shouldn't hide our love - we must have the courage to face the situation." 4 "Your husband can't refuse you a divorce - " 5 "He'll never let me go! You are the only one who can set me free!" 6 "I mean - to go away together - now!" 7 "Irene - that would be an easy way out for me, but an impossible one for you!" 8 "Irene - please - let me face your husband -" 9 "He's madly jealous. He'd only make my life more miserable." 10 "This room seems to be reserved for the intimate arts." 11 "Dearest - I can't let you defy convention -- it would bring you too much unhappiness." 12 "I know how strong con- vention is, Andr� -- I have been a good wife to a man I don't love." 13 "You must believe that I love you enough to face my husband -- if it were not hopeless." 14 "You're getting excited again, Charles -- and you know it's bad for you." 15 "The servants are always hiding my keys!" 16 "I've searched every pocket twenty times!" 17 "You've been so nervous lately - are you worried about something?" 18 "Business troubles are not for you." 19 Weeks of loneliness - of social routine - of striving to forget - 20 "According to your in- structions, I have trailed your wife -" 21 "My son, Pierre, is quite mad about you." 22 "He is a charming boy, Mr. Lassalle." 23 "We'll all miss him when he returns to school." 24 "Who is the missing guest?" 25 "Andr� Dubail - a lawyer always has the privilege of being late." 26 "My vanity case -" 27 "Why did you come? We agreed not to meet any more!" 28 "I'm leaving for Paris to- morrow - I couldn't go without seeing you - for the last time!" 29 "For me, you were already gone - but now - !" 30 "Your love has not made me unhappy - it has made my life richer." 31 "I love you, Irene - I will never love anyone but you!" 32 "And I will love you, Andr�" - always!" 33 The next day was momen- tous for Irene Guarry. It began innocently on the tennis courts at the Lassalle home. 34 "I am sorry, Lassalle, to keep you from your guests - but I am in a desperate situation, my friend - on the verge of bankruptcy." 35 "It's a large sum, but you can depend on me absolutely." 36 "Come here tonight, and we'll arrange all the details." 37 "I think you're mean, Pierre. You promised to play doubles with us!" 38 "Why were you so rude?" 39 "When a man grows to my age - there are more important things than playing tennis with children." 40 "Please don't go. I've something awfully im- portant to tell you." 41 "You know, I'm eighteen years old. I'm passed the age of puppy love." 42 "You women don't know how love affects a man like me." 43 "You're just a boy, Pierre." 44 "See - you are only a boy -" 45 "Your husband is waiting for you." 46 "Couldn't I have a picture of you - to take back to school with me?" 47 "I'll try to find one for you." 48 "I'll see you before you leave tomorrow, Pierre." 49 "Don't wait up for me -- I shall be very late." 50 "You're not well, Charles. You can see Lassalle tomorrow." 51 "You needn't wait up, Henri." 52 "Hello! May I come in?" 53 "I thought I'd drop in to say good-bye - to Mr. Guarry." 54 "Why - he's gone to visit your father." 55 "Then - we're alone -" 56 "I found a picture for you, Pierre." 57 "Turn back -- take me home." 58 "Now - promise to be good -- and study hard." 59 "And now - it's time for you to go." 60 "I - I - want to ask you a big favor." 61 "Won't you kiss me - good-bye?" 62 "Yes - at the door." 63 "You're mad! He's innocent!" 64 "Has Mr. Guarry left? I've been waiting for him all evening." 65 "And Guarry - ?" 66 "Dead." 67 "I am obliged to ask you some questions." 68 "Tell me exactly what happened last night." 69 "I was alone all evening - so I -" 70 "What time was it - exactly?" 71 "- let me see -" 72 "I left the door open - no, I -" 73 "- the windows were open - no, I think they were -" 74 "I did not hear my husband return." 75 "- Mr. Guarry - dead - !" 76 "Did you hear the shot?" 77 "No." 78 "Go up to her room - and at exactly three- fifteen -" 79 "Her story is full of contradictions." 80 "Irene -- I came as soon as I heard." 81 "I am here -- to do everything to help you!" 82 "I don't want you to get involved in this!" 83 "But who should defend you if not I?" 84 "I don't want to be defended!" 85 "I know you are inno- cent - but we must prove it to the Court!" 86 "To clear you - I must know everything that happened -" 87 "Don't torture me with questions - I have told all there is to tell!" 88 "- don't let the unfair- ness of the world make you bitter - and come between us -" 89 "The world has always stood between us - now, more than ever before!" 90 "This paper authorizes Mr. Dubail to act as your lawyer." 91 "Madame - it would be somewhat difficult to call your marriage a love match - would it not?" 92 "--it has even been suggested that you have not taken your marriage vows too seriously -" 93 "I have always been a faithful wife - and I have nothing to reproach my- self with!" 94 "-and I am indifferent to public opinion." 95 "Because she married an older man, you make vile insinuations against her character -" 96 "But your malicious attacks do not prove the slightest motive for murder -" 97 "I, myself, gladly, openly avow my faith in her innocence -- a faith greater than that of lawyer to client." 98 "I don't blame her! Half us women would shoot our husbands - if we only had the nerve!" 99 "Get to work - you're putting bad ideas in my head." 100 "- and at Mr. Guarry's order, I followed them - they met every day -" 101 "Do you know the name of this young man?" 102 "Pierre Lassalle." 103 "Perhaps you - as a great detective - can tell the Court what part this young man played in my client's life?" 104 "He carried the packages - and took the dogs walking." 105 "The young attorney is very clever to lead us away from the charge - murder!" 106 "Not murder - suicide! I can prove that Mr. Guarry had reason to end his life!" 107 "I would like to call my first witness." 108 "Mr. Guarry came to me on the day of his death and confessed that he was on the verge of bankruptcy -" 109 "Did you or did you not offer him financial assistance?" 110 "Unfortunately, owing to a panic on the stock exchange, I was forced to refuse him." 111 "Tell the jury what Mr. Guarry's state of mind seemed to be when he left you." 112 "He was terribly de- pressed -- his utter despair worried me." 113 "This is the time for happiness -- you're free now." 114 "- there's something I -" 115 "Irene, you did this for me - you love me!" 116 "Is there somebody else?" 117 "Are you afraid Andr� Dubail will find out?" 118 "Leave his name out of this!" 119 "You needn't worry - I won't tell him." 120 "I'm going to tell him myself." 121 "He'll think you lied because you love me." 122 "I'm going to tell him everything." 123 "You'll be glad to come to me." 124 "I have something to tell you." 125 "I know that what I am about to say will kill your love for me." 126 "My husband did not commit suicide." 127 "I couldn't let him kill that boy." 128 "I had to lie, Andr� - and it is too much to ask that you believe in me now." 129 "I do believe you, Irene- I love you!" 130 "Excuse me, but we have to clean the Court." 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