hɪz ˈoʊn ɪnvˌɛstɪɡˈeɪʃənz lˈiːd hˌɪm ɪn kˌɑːntɹədˈɪktɚɹi dᵻɹˈɛkʃənz, tə klˈaɪn hˌuː lˈɪvz ɪn ɐ slˈʌm wˌaɪl hˌævɪŋ ɐn ɐfˈɛɹ wɪð hɪz kˌɑːnsɪˈɛɹʒ ænd tə klˈaɪn hˌuː vˈɪzɪts ɐ pælˈeɪʃəl kˈʌntɹi ᵻstˈeɪt wˌɛɹ hiː hɐz sᵻdˈuːst ɐn ɐpˈæɹəntli dʒˈuːɪʃ mˈæɹid wˈʊmən.
His own investigations lead him in contradictory directions, to Klein who lives in a slum while having an affair with his concierge and to Klein who visits a palatial country estate where he has seduced an apparently Jewish married woman.