Fri, Jan 19, 1979
Persilès, office manager at the Ministry of Public Ruins, is approaching retirement age. He anxiously awaits the visit of a certain Edgard Bonnet de La Bonnetière, as he doesn't know what this stranger might want with him. Shortly afterwards, Emilie, the housekeeper, introduces the visitor, who presents himself as a librarian at the numismatics institute and a great specialist in genealogy. According to his research," he tells Persilès that he is a descendant of King Saint Louis. This news makes his head spin.