Twenty ! I was twenty years old and diDn’t necessarily agree with those who said that it was the perfect age…
On One hand because nineteen wasn’t too bad either…
… and on the other hand because… well, the fact is…
… regardless of what we say or do, the world can be an uncompromising and dangerous place
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Everything seems threatening to a young man at that age:leaving his family and becoming a [grown-up ]…
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TiME iT is! WHERE HAVE YOU BEeN ? !
But darling…
...Love, friends, ideas, the violence that accompanies it all… yet the entire thing can often be reduced to....
… the mundane concerns of everyday life !
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For a long time I had searched for a hero, a role model with whom I could identify… I didn’t find anyone.
I was desperate...until one day, a flash ! A breakthrough !@ My long search was finally over !! I had found one !!!
… All it took was a single look in my bathroom mirror… That’s WHEN I became my favorite hero
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Ah ! Babette. it's you.
Yeah, it's me !
I have a little present for you ! Nice !
Jerome! open up, it's me!
I'm not interrupting, am I ?
Always the same mess in here!
uh…
I had a lay= over in Tokyo yesterday and brought this for your collection.
Yes ! A new recording !! The latest Japanese police siren...
Really? !! A...a siren?
oh ! I see that you have work...
...And when will you write yours ?
Another translation of a detective novel !
Jerome ?!
You are not listening to me anymore ! Those sirens make you feel like you’re a real detective !
By the way ! This envelope was Sticking out of your mailbox. one of…
...your correspondence courses, I suppose ?@
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Jerome …What?!
The
11:55 pm train I’ll never make it
five minutes to The station…
… I have half an hour left. Just…
Good ! Let's recap ! Detective course No. 28...Professor Maison wants me to follow a man arriving on the 11:55 pm train ! in his sixties, Slight limp…
… enough time to unlock my solex!
… a pommel cane, hat, crocodile leather briefcase...
you hooligan you!
Damn! I’m too late
unless...
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there ! That man I almost ran down...
...Not a minute to waste ! Cane, crocodile, hat, pommel, briefcase.
That’s
My Man Follow that taxi,
quick
Don’t lose sight of it...
A cemetery !.. Strange place for an evening stroll... Stop right here !!
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Well...so...student Jerome K. Jerome Bloche …Questionable accuracy, 2 pTS off...memory for faces, minus 1.5 ...
I'm your teacher... Professor Maison… listen to what I have to...say...
Jerome K. Jerome Bloche glup... listen...
Ah ! That's why you know my name !! Professor Maison ! Now I understand !
...Listen, my boy...the poison is starting to work...I have...glup little time left...I had an appointment tonight with the person I thought (rightly as a matter of fact) was the notorious Shadow Killer...
You know my name ?! Well ! He knows my name !
I wanted to make this simple appointment a practical exercise for my best student...gl… it's not too late !
Listen... now...I know who the Shadow Killer is !!!
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...for… Argh… For my protection...I thought of you... (wrongly as a matter of fact !)
it’s a... student… in the course !
Tell me… Who is it ?!
You’ll find clues in the … glp… briefcase… the homework … of the students
No, no... that would be too easy ...glp… it is for you to find out !
, it's not me sir@ Uh … r professo
consider this … your final ...assignment...
Professor… are you dead
But, sir…Oh! sir!... professor
What’s happening here?
!!
Who are you ? What are you two doing here ?
Come back ! What’s going on here !
EH! What!
in the name of...
The guard!
Someone stole my Solex !@!
GooD GOD
Who in this uncompromising and dangerous world could finally unmask the Shadow Killer ?
Apparently as foreseen by the late Professor Maison, there was only
me
What!
My favorite hero would finally be able to move into action
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