Or else he concluded from our looks what we had been saying. There are those who can read other people's thoughts--Adolphe being the dupe, it seemed quite natural that we should have called him an ass. It's the rule, I understand, although it's varied at times by the use of "idiot" instead. But ass was nearer at hand in this case, as we had been talking of carriages and triumphal chariots. It is quite simple to figure out a fourth fact, when you have three known ones to start from. (HENRIETTE: Just think that we have let ourselves be taken in so completely.) That's the result of thinking too well of one's fellow beings. This is all you get out of it. But do you know, I suspect somebody else back of the Commissaire, who, by-the-bye, must be a full-fledged scoundrel. (HENRIETTE: You mean the Abbe, who was taking the part of a private detective.) That's what I mean. That man has to receive all kinds of confessions. And note you: Adolphe himself told us he had been at the Church of St. Germain that morning. What was he doing there? He was blabbing, of course, and bewailing his fate. And then the priest put the questions together for the Commissaire.

Maurice Monologue from There Are Crimes and Crimes

Rehearse Maurice's monologue