10 February 2027
Wednesday. A couple tonight, booked for a quiet evening in the middle of the week, which they said was cheaper and more romantic. I could not comment on the romance.
The young man asked, rather anxiously, whether other people would be put in the lift with them. Never. Every party in the hotel is a private party. Nobody joins who did not arrive with you. If you find a stranger in the lift, inform me at once, because that is not a guest, it is a development.
They had chosen a weeknight with care. The hotel charges less from Monday to Thursday than at the weekend, outside the holidays. I approve of thrift in a suspect. It suggests a steady character.
As they went up, she told him that if he was secretly the murderer she would be very cross. He said the same of her. I have seen weaker foundations for a marriage.
— Insp. A. Brochard, Gendarmerie
