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But you will hear it all; for it is not enough that Cocoleu should confess it to Goudar: there must be witnesses present to certify to the confessions of the wretch." "He will not talk before witnesses." "He must not see them: they can be concealed. The place is admirably adapted for such a purpose." "But how, if Cocoleu refuses to talk after the witnesses have been introduced?" "He will not.
Although he saw very well the doctor's drift, M. Folgat started up, "What?" he said, "always Cocoleu?" Dr. Seignebos tapped his forehead with the end of his finger, and replied, "When an idea has once made its way in there, it remains fixed.
He held in his hand his violin, which the doctor had ordered to be left to him; and he accompanied himself with a few notes, as he repeated the same familiar song which he had sung on the New-Market Square when he first accosted M. Folgat. Cocoleu, a large piece of bread-and-butter in one hand, and a big clasp-knife in the other, was finishing his meal.
I waked my little sister, and tried to get on the staircase, when Cocoleu rushed in like a madman, and took us both out." "Martha," called a voice from the house, "Martha!" The child cut short her story, and said, "Mamma is calling me." And, dropping again her nice little courtesy, she said, "Good-by, gentlemen!" Martha had disappeared; and Dr.
Yes, the countess has an accomplice; and that accomplice is Cocoleu; and, if he has no sense, you see the wretched idiot at least carries his devotion and his discretion very far." "If what you say is true, doctor, we shall never get the key of this affair; for Cocoleu will never confess." "Don't swear to that. There is a way." He was interrupted by the sudden entrance of his servant.
She could not say another word; for at that moment the peasants crowded into the room, pushing the prisoner before them. "Where is the magistrate?" they asked. "Here is a witness!" "What, Cocoleu!" exclaimed the count. "Yes, he knows something: he said so himself. We want him to tell it to the magistrate. We want the incendiary to be caught." Dr. Seignebos had frowned fiercely.
But it follows that I look upon him as a false witness brought forth to ruin an honest man." It was evident that such views did not please M. de Chandore. "Formerly," he said, "you did not think so." "No, I even said the contrary," replied Dr. Seignebos, not without dignity. "I had not studied Cocoleu sufficiently, and I was taken in by him: I confess it openly.
"And in fine, my dear," said the commonwealth attorney, "you have not a single eye-witness. And from time immemorial an eye-witness has been looked upon as worth a hundred hearsays." "I have Cocoleu," said M. Galpin, who was rather impatient of all these objections. "Have the doctors decided that he is not an idiot?" "No: Dr. Seignebos alone maintains that doctrine."
But that does not matter. M. de Boiscoran's friends at first thought of making capital out of Cocoleu; but they have given that up. I am sure of that! The police-agent whom I have charged to keep his eyes on the idiot tells me that Dr. Seignebos does not trouble himself about the man any more."
It can only judge from appearances, and decide by plausibility; there is hardly a case which has not some unexplored mystery, some undiscovered secret. The truth! Ah! do you think M. Galpin has looked for it? If he did, why did he not summon Cocoleu? But no, as long as he can produce a criminal, who may be responsible for the crime, he is quite content. The truth! Which of us knows the real truth?
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