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Rosalie could write. On the 23rd of May the witness told Helene that he would like her to give him an account of expenses. The request made Helene angry, and increased her spite against the more educated Rosalie. Helene attempting to order Rosalie about, the latter laughingly told her, ``M. Bidard pays me to obey him.
During her whole illness, added M. Bidard, Rose was attended by none save Helene and himself. Rose's mother came. In Rose the poor woman had lost a beloved child and her sole support. She was prostrated. Helene's grief seemed to equal the mother's. Tears were ever in her eyes, and her voice trembled. Her expressions of regret almost seemed to be exaggerated.
THE PRESIDENT. Helene Jegado, have you anything to say upon the application of the penalty? HELENE. No, Monsieur le President, I am innocent. I am resigned to everything. I would rather die innocent than live in guilt. You have judged me, but God will judge you all. He will see then . . . Monsieur Bidard. All those false witnesses who have come here to destroy me . . . they will see. . . .
Rosalie's mother asked Helene to place a pillow for her. ``Ma foi! Helene replied. ``You're beginning to weary me. You're her mother! Help her yourself! The testimony of a neighbour, one Francoise Louarne, a domestic servant, supports the idea that Helene resented the presence of Rosalie in the house. Helene said to this witness, ``M. Bidard has gone into the country with his housemaid.
HELENE. I had been given a funnel to wash. I was bringing it back. M. BIDARD. Helene, with her usual cleverness, is making the most of a fact. She had already appeared when she was given the funnel. Her presence disturbed me. And to get rid of her I said, ``Here, Helene, take this away and wash it. The accused persisted in denying M. Bidard's version of the incident.
The most complete and important testimony in the trial was given by M. Theophile Bidard, professor to the law faculty of Rennes. The facts he had to bring forward, he said, had taken no significance in his mind until the last of them transpired. He would have to go back into the past to trace them in their proper order.
She then declared that she herself had heard some one give a loud knock. ``I thought, she said, ``that I was hearing the call for poor Rose. On Sunday, the 3rd of November, 1850, M. Bidard, who had been in the country, returned to Rennes. After dinner that day, a meal which she had taken in common with Helene, Rose was seized with violent sickness.
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