Detective Pierrot is a man. There is no doubt about it…
But he’s also a private detective and that’s quite discreet.
Like every morning, Pierrot had received the newspaper…
‘Les Nouvelles’ is the New Caledonian newspaper which provides information, personal messages, relates facts, and reproduce in very small print, announcements of everything and about everything.
Pierrot didn’t know anyone so he stays a long time at the nearby café to get some news.
He didn’t know anyone close enough to have personal confidences, so he wasn’t interested in the personal messages of others either.
He started reading the information printed on the right page, in the bottom corner, between the price of gasoline – which didn’t interest him because he doesn’t have a car, and the weather – which didn’t interest him either because it’s only precise on the weather of yesterday…
What he was about to read would definitely upset the schedule of his day…
‘There is nickel in tap water! And more…’
