The Witness

An Italian painter Antonio Berti pays a visit to Reims to his friend Robert Maurisson a banker with political views on the town hall who hides under an affable air and an irreproachable dignity a libertine and cynical temperament Charged by the notable with the restoration of paintings exhibited in the cathedral the artist calls on Cathy a young girl from the choir to serve as his model The young girl will be found dead a few hours after their interview near one of Roberts properties