Bouchard's Hideout - Bouchard's Office to Level Exit
After getting past the rubble-blocked corridor and meeting Bouchard's unfortunate henchman, as shown in the previous section, enter Bouchard's office.
At last your hard work has paid off—an audience with the kingpin himself. Save the game, approach Bouchard, wait for him to stand, then speak to him.
Dialogue - Louis Bouchard: The main walkthrough has details on which dialogue options to choose. If you're going for the "Darwin Awards" achievement/trophy, you'll want to let him kill Lara at least once, since this is one of several necessary deaths. If you navigated the pits at the beginning of the level without falling in, the "Let Pit Be" achievement/trophy unlocks here.
After this conversation, your notebook is updated (30/62): "Deliver passports to Daniel Rennes, pawnbroker - Rue St. Mark and Cours de la Seine," and you have a wad of passports (3) in your inventory. (Again, this page on Von Croy's Notebook list all entries.) Pull the lever in the corner to open one of the cell doors.
NOTE: The passports don't seem to register as a pickup on the in-game statistics screen. This appears to be a glitch. The 3 items you found in the ABANDONED MÉTRO TUNNELS also don't carry over, so after getting the next 2 pickups, you'll still finish the level with only 4 "official" pickups. (statistics)
Exit the office and search the cells. The first one on the left (opposite the cell with Arnaud's cot)...
...has Desert Ranger ammo (4) on the floor behind a coffin.
The second cell on the left...
...has a Vector clip (5) and a movable crate.
Push/pull the box directly in front of the open door. Then use it to climb onto the ledge above the door.
Pull the lever to open the exit in Bouchard's office.
Return to the office...
...and exit through the door you just opened.
You emerge inside ST. AICARD'S CHURCH. If you haven't already been here, it's covered in the PARISIAN GHETTO walkthrough. The exit is through the black-and-white tiled entryway, ahead and to the left.
IMPORTANT: See the notes in the main walkthrough about respawning items and revisiting the WILLOWTREE HERBALIST. Once you enter RENNES' PAWNSHOP, you won't be able to return to this neighborhood.
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