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Play line 1: Quelqu’un suit Camille, a dit Élise. Someone is following Camille, Élise said. 0:01 ⟲ Repeat line 1
Play line 2: La porte bleue s’ouvre : c’est Gaspard. The blue door opens: it is Gaspard. 0:10 ⟲ Repeat line 2
Play line 3: Il est là, en uniforme, devant elle. He is there, in uniform, in front of her. 0:20 ⟲ Repeat line 3
Play line 4: Camille veut courir vers la porte du fond. Camille wants to run to the back door. 0:30 ⟲ Repeat line 4
Play line 5: Gaspard clique son stylo une seule fois. Gaspard clicks his pen just once. 0:39 ⟲ Repeat line 5
Play line 6: « Je connaissais Armand depuis vingt ans. » "I had known Armand for twenty years." 0:49 ⟲ Repeat line 6
Play line 7: « Une fois, pas deux… Il dit la vérité », pense Camille. "Once, not twice," Camille thinks. 0:59 ⟲ Repeat line 7
Play line 8: Un peu plus tard, Camille parle avec colère. A little later, Camille speaks angrily. 1:21 ⟲ Repeat line 8
Play line 9: « Vous m’avez menti dans le train. » "You lied to me on the train." 1:34 ⟲ Repeat line 9
Play line 10: « Oui, je n’ai pas dit la vérité. » "Yes, I didn't tell the truth." 1:41 ⟲ Repeat line 10
Play line 11: Gaspard enlève sa casquette et s’assoit. Gaspard takes off his cap and sits down. 1:49 ⟲ Repeat line 11
Play line 12: « Armand est mon ami depuis l’école. » "Armand has been my friend since school." 1:59 ⟲ Repeat line 12
Play line 13: « Je voulais le protéger, c’est tout. » "I wanted to protect him, that's all." 2:08 ⟲ Repeat line 13
Play line 14: Élise met de l’eau chaude dans trois tasses. Élise puts hot water in three cups. 2:16 ⟲ Repeat line 14
Play line 15: Gaspard ouvre son carnet sans le lire. Gaspard opens his notebook without reading it. 2:29 ⟲ Repeat line 15
Play line 16: « Armand m’a demandé de l’aider. » "Armand asked me to help him." 2:39 ⟲ Repeat line 16
Play line 17: « Il voulait descendre à Saint-Aubin. » "He wanted to get off at Saint-Aubin." 2:48 ⟲ Repeat line 17
Play line 18: « Cette nuit-là, il pleuvait beaucoup. » "That night it was raining a lot." 2:56 ⟲ Repeat line 18
Play line 19: « J’ai ouvert la porte du train. » "I opened the train door." 3:04 ⟲ Repeat line 19
Play line 20: « Mais je n’ai pas écrit la page. » "But I didn't write the page." 3:13 ⟲ Repeat line 20
Play line 21: Camille serre son stylo d’argent très fort. Camille grips her silver pen very hard. 3:21 ⟲ Repeat line 21
Play line 22: Ensuite, Camille sort le manuscrit de son sac. Then Camille takes the manuscript out of her bag. 3:32 ⟲ Repeat line 22
Play line 23: « Je vérifie », dit-elle à voix basse. "I'm checking," she says quietly. 3:43 ⟲ Repeat line 23
Play line 24: Elle pose la page avec la tache. She puts down the page with the stain. 3:51 ⟲ Repeat line 24
Play line 25: Gaspard regarde la tache en forme de clé. Gaspard looks at the key-shaped stain. 4:01 ⟲ Repeat line 25
Play line 26: « Cette encre est celle d’Armand », dit-il. "This ink is Armand's," he says. 4:12 ⟲ Repeat line 26
Play line 27: « Alors, qui a copié mon écriture ? » "So who copied my handwriting?" 4:21 ⟲ Repeat line 27
Play line 28: À midi, Théo entre vite dans la librairie. At noon, Théo comes quickly into the bookshop. 4:37 ⟲ Repeat line 28
Play line 29: Il ferme la porte et regarde dehors. He closes the door and looks outside. 4:46 ⟲ Repeat line 29
Play line 30: « Il y a une voiture noire, là. » "There is a black car over there." 4:55 ⟲ Repeat line 30
Play line 31: Gaspard se lève d’un coup. Gaspard stands up suddenly. 5:04 ⟲ Repeat line 31
Play line 32: « Elle est là depuis ce matin », dit Théo. "It has been there since this morning," says Théo. 5:10 ⟲ Repeat line 32
Play line 33: « Quelqu’un a le jumeau du manuscrit. » "Someone has the manuscript's twin." 5:19 ⟲ Repeat line 33
Play line 34: Camille ouvre la bouche, mais rien ne sort. Camille opens her mouth, but nothing comes out. 5:29 ⟲ Repeat line 34
Play line 35: Dans l’arrière-boutique, Élise parle doucement. In the back room, Élise speaks softly. 5:40 ⟲ Repeat line 35
Play line 36: « Qui connaît ce jumeau, à ton avis ? » "Who knows this twin, in your opinion?" 5:50 ⟲ Repeat line 36
Play line 37: « Réponds-moi, Élise, sans poser de question ! » "Answer me, Élise, without asking a question!" 5:58 ⟲ Repeat line 37
Play line 38: Élise sourit un peu et ouvre son sac en papier. Élise smiles a little and opens her paper bag. 6:06 ⟲ Repeat line 38
Play line 39: Il y a des vieux livres, sales et jaunes. There are old books, dirty and yellow. 6:17 ⟲ Repeat line 39
Play line 40: Elle cache un livre sous son cardigan. She hides one book under her cardigan. 6:28 ⟲ Repeat line 40
Play line 41: Une heure plus tard, Camille regarde par la vitrine. An hour later, Camille looks through the window. 6:42 ⟲ Repeat line 41
Play line 42: La voiture noire n’a pas bougé. The black car hasn't moved. 6:52 ⟲ Repeat line 42
Play line 43: Un homme est assis derrière la vitre. A man sits behind the glass. 6:59 ⟲ Repeat line 43
Play line 44: « Je vais parler à cet homme », dit Gaspard. "I'm going to talk to that man," says Gaspard. 7:11 ⟲ Repeat line 44
Play line 45: « Camille, il faut garder le manuscrit. » "Camille, you must keep the manuscript." 7:20 ⟲ Repeat line 45
Play line 46: « Et si cet homme veut le prendre ? » "And what if that man wants to take it?" 7:29 ⟲ Repeat line 46
Play line 47: Camille serre le manuscrit contre sa poitrine. Camille holds the manuscript against her chest. 7:38 ⟲ Repeat line 47
Play line 48: Théo reste près d’elle, sans parler. Théo stays near her, without speaking. 7:48 ⟲ Repeat line 48
Play line 49: Dehors, la portière de la voiture s’ouvre. Outside, the car door opens. 7:57 ⟲ Repeat line 49
Play line 50: Des pas lents arrivent devant la boutique. Slow steps arrive in front of the shop. 8:08 ⟲ Repeat line 50
Play line 51: Camille entend son cœur dans ses oreilles. Camille hears her heart in her ears. 8:17 ⟲ Repeat line 51
Play line 52: Dehors, un homme en costume gris regarde la porte et dit : « Donnez-moi le livre. » Outside, a man in a grey suit looks at the door and says: "Give me the book." 8:26 ⟲ Repeat line 52
About this lesson Gaspard appears in the bookshop door. He clicks his pen once and admits he knew Armand for twenty years and helped him leave at Saint-Aubin, but says he did not write the page. A black car waits outside, and a man in grey demands the book.
How to practise Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story. Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the À toi · Your turn pause. At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time. Key words French English Level la voiture noire the black car descendre to get off la vérité the truth le livre the book la porte bleue the blue door
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