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While at this time the previous day he had never heard of the Martons, the train set specialist was beginning to haunt his thoughts, and so was the elegant young woman who, he admitted, had boldly stood up to him when he had done everything he could to unsettle her. When a salesman from a Paris department store confides his secret fears to Maigret, the Inspector soon becomes caught up in a treacherous feud between husband and wife that is not as clear cut as it seems.… (más)
Xavier Marton no tenía, precisamente, aspecto de trangresor de la ley. Era un hombre tímido, dependiente de unos grandes almacenes, lector voraz de tratados sobre enfermedades mentales. Apareció un día en el despacho de Maigret, para anunciarle su convencimiento de que Gisèle, su esposa, intentaba asesinarle, Maigret apenas le escuchó. Horas después, ni recordaba su nombre. Pero, Xavier Marton fue asesinado. La investigación obligará a Maigret a abismarse en lecturas de psicología médica, hasta convertirse casi en un especialista en psicosis pasionales...
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This scarcely happens more than once or twice a year at the Quai des Orfèvres, and sometimes it is over so soon that no one has time to notice it: suddenly, after a period of feverish activity during which cases follow one after another without a breathing-space, when they are not cropping up three or four at a time, working the whole staff so hard that the inspectors, for want of sleep, end up haggard and red-eyed, suddenly there is a dead calm, a blank, one might say, barely punctuated by a few telephone calls of no importance.
It hardly happens more than once or twice a year at Quai des Orfèvres, and sometimes it is over so quickly that you haven't time to notice it: all of a sudden, after a frantic period in which there is a rapid succession of cases, arriving three or four at a time, putting all the staff on edge, so much so that the inspectors, for want of sleep, end up gaunt and red-eyed, all of a sudden there is a dead calm, a void, one might say, barely punctuated by some unimportant phone calls. (Whiteside translation)
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
It was over for him. The rest was a matter for the judges, and he had no wish to be in their place. (Whiteside translation)
While at this time the previous day he had never heard of the Martons, the train set specialist was beginning to haunt his thoughts, and so was the elegant young woman who, he admitted, had boldly stood up to him when he had done everything he could to unsettle her. When a salesman from a Paris department store confides his secret fears to Maigret, the Inspector soon becomes caught up in a treacherous feud between husband and wife that is not as clear cut as it seems.
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