The Carter Of ’La Providence’ (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
The Two Husbands ‘Listen, Darchambaux.’ Maigret was standing over the carter of the Providence when he spoke the words, his eyes never leaving the man’s face. His mind elsewhere, he had taken his pipe out of his pocket but made no attempt to fill it. Had he got the reaction he had expected? Whether it was or not, he sat down heavily on the bench fixed to the stable wall, leaned forward, cupped his chin in both hands and went on in a different voice. ‘Listen. No need to get upset. I know you can’t talk.’ A shadow appearing unexpectedly on the straw made him look up. He saw the colonel standing on the deck of the barge, by the open hatch. The Englishman did not move. He went on watching what was happening from above, his feet higher than the heads of all three men below. Lucas stood to one side in so far as he could, given the restricted size of the stable. Maigret, more on edge now, went on: ‘Nobody’s going to take you away from here.
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