Georges Simenon
Maigret, Lognon and the gangsters
‘You’re a good soul, inspector, and when you’re up against the second-rate criminals you get here in Paris, you’re a crack policeman. But this business isn’t for you. These guys play rough and they may hurt you. Just drop it! What concern is it of yours, anyway?’ When Maigret learns that his hapless colleague Inspector Lognon is being menaced by some notorious American mobsters, he makes it his mission to bring them to justice – despite threatening warnings that he is out of his depth.
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Livre en mauvais état. ” Comment ! vous avez du pain blanc ! ” Les deux Persans entraient dans le salon, le consul et sa femme, et c’était celle-ci qui s’extasiait devant la table couverte de sandwiches joliment arrangés.
Or, il n’y avait pas une minute qu’on disait à Adil bey :
” – II n’existe que trois consulats à Batum : le vôtre, celui de Perse et le nôtre. Mais les Persans sont infréquentables.”
C’était Mme Pendelli qui parlait ainsi, la femme du consul d’Italie, et celui-ci, affalé dans un fauteuil, fumait une mince cigarette à bout rose. Les deux femmes se rejoignirent en souriant au milieu du salon au moment précis où des sons, qui n’avaient été jusque-là qu’une rumeur vague dans la ville ensoleillée, s’amplifiaient et soudain, au coin de la rue, éclataient en fanfare.
Alors tout le monde gagna la véranda pour regarder le cortège.
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