Maria Gambrelli:
Charles?
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
Yes, Maria?
Maria Gambrelli:
I'm worried about Jacques.
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
There, there, if he's anything like his father, he'll be all right, he'll manage.
Maria Gambrelli:
But that's the trouble: he's too much like his father! That's why I disappeared, came here, and encouraged him to be a musician or a poet. But, in spite of everything, he was determined to be a policeman. Can you protect him, Charles?
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
[Chief Lazar hangs on to a rope while attempting to get back up to Jacques's room]
Ha, ha.
Maria Gambrelli:
Soon, I must tell him who his father was.
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
His father, yes... was an idiot. I mean...
Maria Gambrelli:
Yes, but I can't tell him that.
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
No, of course, you can't.
Maria Gambrelli:
Clouseau has always been his hero. Can you imagine, if you wanted to be a great fisherman, and you suddenly discover that your father was Captain Ahab?
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
Ah, come, sit here. Tell me: you and Clouseau...
[Dreyfus chuckles]
Maria Gambrelli:
I was very young.
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
I know, but I still don't understand; you, such a beautiful woman...
Maria Gambrelli:
We were caught in a snowstorm. I knew we would freeze to death unless we kept moving. He said the Alaskan Indians kept from freezing to death by making love; I was young, I wanted to live. I hope you're not offended.
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
No; it's just too bad you didn't have a - a stationary bicycle, or a - a rowing machine, or something.
Maria Gambrelli:
But then, I would not have had Jacques.
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus:
Exactly; oh, no, of course, that would have been a pity. Ah, tell me, don't you think it would be best... if you told him about his father now... rather than have him find out for himself later on?
Maria Gambrelli:
Yes. I suppose you're right.
[Maria leaves the room]
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