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It is ever thus, the most trivial circumstance will overset the best laid plans, and the inevitable destroy the combinations of the most astute intellect." Mascarin interrupted his associate. "Paul is the son of the Duke de Champdoce," said he decisively. What was the meaning of this? Catenac felt that he was being played with, and grew angry.
Catenac will fight to the bitter end, but the proofs are against him, and he will be convicted of infanticide. In Rigal's papers I have found evidence against Perpignan, Verminet and Van Klopen, who will all certainly hear something about penal servitude. Nothing has been settled yet about Toto Chupin, for it must be remembered that he came and gave himself up." "And what about Croisenois?"
"I will do so," answered Mascarin, adjusting his spectacles carefully; "but before doing so, I feel that I must give you a short account of the rise and progress of this association." At this statement Hortebise and Catenac sprang to their feet in surprise and terror. "Are you mad?" said they at length, with one voice. Mascarin shrugged his shoulders.
He spoke of what would happen as if he was dealing with an absolute certainty, and went on with such wonderful lucidity and force of reasoning that they seemed to be absolutely real. "Oh! the farmer's wife will say this, will she?" demanded Catenac, in a tone of the utmost surprise. "Yes, this, and nothing more.
When the liquid has effected its work, which will be in ten minutes, I shall remove it, and apply an ointment, another invention of my own, to the wound; then I shall restore Paul to his senses, and go to dinner." Mascarin rubbed his hands with delight. "But you forget that a certain space of time is required to give a scar the appearance of not having been recent," objected Catenac.
"Ah! you shall see if, as soon as I am twenty-one, I don't marry her. I don't put all the blame on the old man. He has been advised by his lawyer, a beast by the name of Catenac. Do you know him?" "No." "You don't seem to know any one. Well, I shall send him a challenge to-morrow. I have got my seconds all ready. By the way, would you like to act for me? I can easily get rid of one of the others."
It is fully ten years since he brought in any business. I don't trust him at all. He always declines to join in any scheme that we propose, and sees danger in everything." "He would not betray us, however." Mascarin took a few moments for reflection. "I think," said he, "that Catenac is afraid of us. He knows that the ruin of me would entail the destruction of the other two.
"Catenac," remarked Mascarin in his bitterly sarcastic tone, "is best able to pronounce upon the truth or falsehood of this narrative, as he is the professional adviser of this same Duke de Champdoce, the very Norbert whose life has just been read to you." "I do not deny that there is some slight foundation to it," returned the lawyer. "Then what is it that you do deny?"
"What an ungrateful man he is!" said Mascarin, appealing to his audience, "when I am doing all I can to prevent his going there." "Sir!" But Catenac now felt it time to interfere. "You do not understand," remarked he, addressing Croisenois.
If in early childhood Paul had been scalded on his shoulder by boiling water, he would have a scar whose appearance would denote its origin?" Catenac nodded, "You are quite accurate," said he. "Well, then listen. Paul is coming home with me. I shall take him into my consulting-room; he will lie on a couch. I shall give him chloroform, for I do not wish him to suffer any pain.
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