Four pipes arranged in order of size on his desk. A RICH AMERICAN WOMAN STRANGLED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE MAJESTIC. The headline ran across the front page of an evening paper of the day before. To journalists, of course, all American women are always rich. But Maigret’s smile broadened on seeing a photograph of himself, in his overcoat and bowler hat, and with his pipe in his mouth, looking down at something which wasn’t shown in the picture. SUPERINTENDENT MAIGRET EXAMINES THE CORPSE. But it was a photograph which had been taken a year before, in the Bois de Boulogne, when he had in fact been looking at the body of a Russian who had been shot with a revolver. Some more important documents, in manila folders. Report from Inspector Torrence as to inquiry regarding Monsieur Edgar Fagonet, alias Eusebio Fualdès, alias Zebio, aged twenty-four, born in Lille. “Son of Fagonet, Albert Jean-Marie, foreman at the Lecoeur Works, deceased three years ago; “. . . and Jeanne Albertine Octavie Hautbois, wife of the above, aged 54, housewife.
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