Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Page #3

- Sorry, I've no change.

- Me neither.

Nobody ever has change.

So how can I have any?

- Look for it.

- Sure, but where?

You must have 4.30 fr.

1.30. 1.40...

1.50... 1.60.

All you've got is 1.60?

People don't go around

with only 1.60 francs in their pocket!

- I've 200 francs.

- Hell with that!

If you've no money,

don't go to cafs!

This is money, mister.

I'm waiting for a friend.

Maybe she'll have change.

So you say.

Waiting for a friend...

my foot!

I know that trick:

I turn my back and you're gone!

I'm alone here.

I wait on the terrace and the inside.

So as soon as I turn my back,

people can vanish.

Can they really? No...

because I've got my eye on them!

It's not always easy.

A girl split on me the other day.

Looked like you!

I've never been here before!

I'm only saying she looked like you...

a dead ringer!

I remember faces.

I'm not falling

for the "friend" bit twice...

- So watch it!

- I wasn't me, I tell you!

I don't have to believe you,

whatever you say! Just watch it!

Coming!

He's crazy!

95 francs...

Here you are.

You do too have change!

For customers!

People like you are a waste of time!

Sit here for two hours

over one lousy coffee!

It's been 5 minutes!

You'll stay, I guarantee you...

You'll wait till I get change...

maybe all afternoon!

Don't try to split,

I'm alert!

I'm waiting for someone!

What do I know?

You can't hog two seats all day

for 4.30 francs!

There're plenty of empty tables!

Yeah, things are slow today.

People like you who take

one coffee... I could starve!

You won't believe me?

I wouldn't get far

if I believed everybody.

I fell for the "friend" bit once.

Not twice!

I'm watching now... I'm watching!

What'll you folks have?

A big foamy hot chocolate.

Hi!

Don't!

Leave that chair where it is!

- How can I sit if I have no chair?

- I removed it.

So don't touch!

You're going to stop me

from sitting on the terrace of your caf?

So you're the friend!

Who's? Hers?

What of it?

He didn't think you'd come,

so he took the chair.

I'm here, so I'll take it back.

Go ahead, take it.

- What'll you have?

- Coffee.

- You, too?

- What?

OK, you'll get your coffee.

Damn right I'll get my coffee!

We can go elsewhere.

There're lots of cafes in Paris.

Stay!

- What a face!

- Stay, but pay first!

- I've had nothing!

- Not you. Her!

Pay and let's go.

Got 4.30 francs? I've no change.

All I have is a 500-franc bill.

Make change for her.

You kidding? First 200, now 500...

Who do you think you are?

What? How about

the cash register inside?

I have no change, so there!

- Too bad! We're off.

- First you pay!

We're trying to pay you!

Here the customer must have

the exact change!

That's news to me!

I'm studying law, and I know...

The customer should have exact change

on the bus and subway,

but not in shops and cafs.

Listen, kid...

Don't talk to me like that!

You can go,

but she stays until I get change.

No matter how long it takes.

And don't try to run out on me!

If you do...!

He's a maniac!

What a creep!

Let's go. To hell with this!

You got 4.30 francs?

I hate to...

No I don't.

He's not here, so come on.

Wait a bit!

Come on, hurry up!

I was sure they wouldn't pay!

Yet I was watching...

4.30 francs isn't much,

but it still makes me sore!

See you later.

Don't wake me when you come in.

I'll be home before midnight.

I'm going to bed early

so I can go pay the caf.

You're crazy...

for 4.50 francs.

It's not the 4.50 francs.

It's that I did what he said I'd do:

leave without paying.

No, I always get into these fixes.

It must be my face.

No one believes me.

Right away they think

I'm gonna pull a fast one...

Like at the dentist's:

I had an 11 A.M. appointment.

I got there at 11 on the dot,

walked in,

said "good morning":

no reply.

I waited 5 minutes...

10 minutes...

No one.

I asked the secretary

why I hadn't been called.

She said,

"You've got the wrong day, miss."

I check my date book: 11 A.M.

I said, "I have it marked down...

- "it can't be a mistake".

- "Yes it is"!

Everyone laughed.

They thought I was trying...

to get in without an appointment.

She said:
"if we'd given you

an appointment,

"you'd have it on a card

in the doctor's handwriting".

I said:
"I did get one,

but I'm scared of losing cards,

"so I copy it all in my book".

"Impossible", she said.

I got mad,

grabbed my huge purse,

searched it, and what did I find?

The card.

I took it out and said,

"Did I write this?"

They all looked dumbfounded.

But at first no one believed me.

Then they had to admit...

I wasn't lying.

I want that caf waiter to know

I was telling the truth, too.

Where's the waiter

who was on yesterday?

He was just a fill-in.

What's it about?

I owe him 4.30 francs...

my coffee.

- You take it?

- Sure thing.

No problem.

She came back just for that!

THE BEGGAR, THE

KLEPTOMANIAC, THE HUSTLER

Why not handout for him?

He didn't look nice enough.

You only give

to people who look nice?

I can't give to everybody!

But he needed it.

His sign said:
"for food".

There're 15,000 of them,

in the subway, on street corners,

they're all hungry,

they all need money.

That's it.

It's not right to let people

starve to death

when we have plenty to eat.

Why don't you

go to Africa as a...

medical missionary...

go ahead.

What are you doing here...

living in an apartment?

A franc or two,

it's the least we can give.

You give to everybody?

Not if they play music

I don't like,

or if I think they're really faking...

Otherwise, I give a little,

not much, what I can afford.

To all the guys in the street?

I give to all the ones

I think really need it.

Mr Berthier,

you're wanted at the door.

The lady with...

Your bag, please.

You nuts?

What do you want?

May I inspect your bag?

What for?

There's a second bag.

Where is it?

Someone else, then?

Had to be...

I'm sure there was something...

You're not eating out tonight?

No, where'd you get that idea?

I didn't buy anything.

Doesn't matter...

There's really nothing?

Not much!

You bought a bag?

I've some lemons.

You never know...

I don't know

what we'll use 'em with.

Champagne!

Not much of a mixture.

Canned duck?

And salmon?

You remembered

it was my birthday!

Thank you!

At home no one ever remembered.

We'll make a real birthday.

I'll put this on a plate

and heat this up.

We'll have flowers, everything...

OK?

Can I use your bouquet?

You don't owe any of this to me.

What?

You don't owe any of this to me.

To whom, then?

To a beautiful young brunette.

Do I know her?

With big eyes, blue or green,

I dunno, and hair very...

Can't be Agatha,

she has black eyes...

Can't be her...

You don't know her.

Neither do I.

I'll tell you.

After class, I went

to the supermarket to buy cookies.

In the pastry section

I saw a woman...

the tall brunette...

pushing her cart

at the end of the aisle.

I also saw a guy and a chick,

both shady-looking,

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