03-07-2026, 09:29 PM
The most important characters:
Professor Raymond Brisset - a famous psychiatrist
Oriane Brisset (aged 60) - the professor's wife
Beatrice Brunet - the professor's daughter
Henri Brunet - Beatrice's second husband, a biologist
Marc Brunet (aged 8) - son of Beatrice's second marriage
Philippe (aged 15) - son of Beatrice's first marriage
Robert Rousseau (aged 38) - Professor Brisset's favourite pupil
Julien Sorel - a young police inspector
Gabriel de Lorsange (aged 20) - flatmate of Julien
Gilberte Rênal (aged about 58) - a police superintendent
Monseigneur Renou (aged 47) - an archbishop
Peter (fiftyish) - an English cook and domestic servant
Carole Sauveterre (aged 72) - sometime patient of the professor
Mr. Fouchet (aged about 50) - a private detective
Madame Pissoud - a cook and domestic servant



