Maigret And The Man On The Boulevard (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
It was made of “solid” walnut in a style fashionable fifty or sixty years ago, and included an enormous mirror-fronted wardrobe.The first thing that struck Maigret as he went in was a canary in a cage, on a table covered with a printed cotton cloth. As soon as he appeared, the bird began hopping about excitedly. It reminded him of Monsieur Saimbron’s place on the Quai de la Mégisserie, and he was convinced that the old bookkeeper’s bird had been a present from Louis Thouret.“Did the bird belong to him?”“He brought it here about a year ago. He was cheated over it, because it doesn’t sing. He was told it was a male bird, but in fact it’s a female.”“Who does the housework?”“I let furnished rooms. I provide linen, but no service. I used to in the old days, but I had a lot of trouble with maids. As my lodgers are nearly all women…”“Did Monsieur Louis clean his own room?”“He made his bed, cleaned the wash basin, and dusted around. Once a week, as a special favor to him, I used to go up and do a little extra cleaning and polishing.”She remained standing in the doorway, and the chief superintendent found this a little disconcerting.
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