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**Voice Sheet — "The Orchard Photograph"** *(A café in Alborn, Minnesota, during apple festival week.)* Hunter: "Excuse me, ma'am. Detective Hunter, Alborn Police. I'd like to ask you a few questions about Saturday night." Marie: "Pardon ? Je... je ne comprends pas. Je ne parle pas anglais." Hunter: "Right. Okay. Saturday. A man went missing near the Hansen orchard. Did you see anything unusual?" Marie: "Oh mon Dieu... l'homme du verger ? Je l'ai vu ! Samedi soir, près des pommiers. Et... il n'était pas seul." Hunter: "Ma'am, I'm sorry, I don't— do you speak any English at all?" Marie: "Non, non... Attendez ! Mes photos ! Regardez mes photos !" Hunter: "Your camera. You took pictures Saturday?" Marie: "Oui ! Des photos du coucher de soleil, et puis... là. Regardez. L'homme. Et derrière lui, entre les arbres... quelqu'un d'autre." Hunter: "Slow down. You're shaking. Easy now. I can't understand a word, but... show me. The camera." Marie: "J'ai eu si peur. Je me suis cachée derrière une grange. Et après... je crois qu'on m'a suivie jusqu'en ville." Hunter: "Followed? Did someone follow you? Ma'am, nod if— okay, you're not nodding. You're just crying. That's... not nothing." Marie: "C'est pour ça que je suis ici, au café. Il y a du monde. Je n'ose plus retourner à ma chambre." Hunter: "Uh... parlez... lentement? Is that a word? Sprechen Sie— no, that's German. Damn it." Marie: "L'homme... disparu. Moi... voir. Photos. Peur. Comprenez ?" Hunter: "The missing man. You saw him. And you've got pictures of whoever he was with." Marie: "Oui ! Oui ! Enfin, vous comprenez !" Hunter: "Don't move. There's got to be somebody in this town who speaks French. Mrs. Beaumont at the library spent a summer in Quebec, maybe she—" Hunter: "Hunter. ... What? When? ... The festival grounds? You're sure it's connected? ... Keep everyone back. I'm on my way." Hunter: "Ma'am, I have to go. Another one's gone missing. Stay here. Stay. I'll send someone who speaks... your words." Marie: "Attendez ! Attendez ! La personne sur la photo... je l'ai revue ce matin ! En ville ! C'est quelqu'un d'ici, je vous jure !" Hunter: "I wish I understood you. I really do. Lock your door tonight. Don't talk to strangers." Marie: "Mais... monsieur l'inspecteur... revenez... s'il vous plaît..." --- **Translation key (Marie's lines, for the reader):** - "Sorry? I don't understand. I don't speak English." - "Oh my God... the man from the orchard? I saw him! Saturday night, near the apple trees. And... he wasn't alone." - "No, no... Wait! My photos! Look at my photos!" - "Yes! Sunset photos, and then... there. Look. The man. And behind him, among the trees... someone else." - "I was so scared. I hid behind a barn. And after... I think someone followed me back to town." - "That's why I'm here, at the café. There are people. I don't dare go back to my room." - "The man... missing. Me... see. Photos. Fear. Understand?" - "Yes! Yes! Finally, you understand!" - "Wait! Wait! The person in the photo... I saw them again this morning! In town! It's someone from here, I swear!" - "But... detective... come back... please..."