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Updated: July 21, 2025
They swore at us, they took us off to prison. I want damages." He sat down. Brument confirmed in every particular the statements of his accomplice. The jury, in consternation, retired to deliberate.
"So I went to the pond with two pails and carried water, and still more water for an hour, seeing that the barrel was as large as a vat, saving your presence, m'sieu le president. "All this time Brument and Cornu were drinking a glass, and then another glass, and then another. They were finishing their drinks when I said to them: 'You are full, fuller than this barrel. And Brument answered me.
"Once more she ceased speaking, then, in a broken voice, she said: "'Leave me now, I beg of you. I want to die all alone, since they are not with me." Maitre Le Brument added: "And I left the house, monsieurs, crying like a fool, so bitterly, indeed, that my coachman turned round to stare at me. "And to think that, every day, dramas like this are being enacted all around us!
Then Cornu, turning towards his accomplice said in the deep tones of an organ: "Say that we were both full, and you will be telling no lie." The judge, severely: "You mean by that that you were both drunk?" Brument: "There can be no question about it." Cornu: "That might happen to anyone." The judge to the victim: "Continue your testimony, woman Brument."
Then Cornu, turning towards his accomplice said in the deep tones of an organ: "Say that we were both full, and you will be telling no lie." The judge, severely: "You mean by that that you were both drunk?" Brument: "There can be no question about it." Cornu: "That might happen to anyone." The judge to the victim: "Continue your testimony, woman Brument."
"And Brument said: 'Keep still, wretched creature! "And they lifted me up in the air and put me into the barrel, which was full of water, so that I had a check of the circulation, a chill to my very insides. "And Brument said: 'Is that all? "Cornu said: 'That is all. "Brument said: 'The head is not in, that will make a difference in the measure. "Cornu said: 'Put in her head.
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