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"They found letters from Captain Brocq on her." De Loubersac's laugh had a sneer in it. "Bah!" said the old accordion player, punctuating his remark with some piercing sounds from his ancient instrument of discordant music. "It was a got-up business!" "What is that you say?" objected de Loubersac.
He regarded him calmly there was a touch of irony in his gaze: at the same time, he did not clearly understand de Loubersac's last phrase. The excellent Monsieur de Naarboveck murmured in his ear: "De Loubersac, you know, has to do with the Second Bureau at the Ministry of War: the statistics department."...
"Disgusting creatures!... Low-minded wretches!... Degrading occupation!... They respect nothing, and no one!... Insinuating such abominations!... Wilhelmine de Naarboveck the mistress of Brocq!... How vile!... Loathsome creatures!" It was now obvious to the alert Juve, who drank in every word, each gesture of de Loubersac's that the enraged lieutenant adored Wilhelmine ... no doubt on that score!
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