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When I asked her if Cocoleu was fond of her, she said, in a most embarrassed manner, that his devotion was that of an animal which is grateful for the care taken of him. What do you think of that, gentlemen?
Well, I swear by all I hold most sacred, on my Republican faith, I am ready to affirm upon oath, that, when Cocoleu uttered Jacques de Boiscoran's name, the countess exhibited no sign of surprise." Never before, in their life, had the mayor of Sauveterre and Dr. Seignebos been able to agree on any subject.
Still no reply. "Ah!" said Michael, "it is of no use to question him. You might beat him till to-morrow, and he would rather give up the ghost than say a word." "I am I am hungry," stammered Cocoleu. M. Folgat looked indignant. "And to think," he said, "that, upon the testimony of such a thing, a capital charge has been made!" Grandpapa Chandore seemed to be seriously embarrassed. He said,
"Sir, do not force me to remind you that I have not far from here, men whose duty it is to see that my authority is respected here." Then, turning again to the poor idiot, he went on, "All these misfortunes are the work of a vile incendiary. You hate him, don't you; you detest him, the rascal!" "Yes," said Cocoleu. "You want him to be punished, don't you?" "Yes, yes!"
"And upon the strength of the senseless words of a poor imbecile I am charged with incendiarism, with murder?" Never had the magistrate made such efforts to assume an air of impassive dignity and icy solemnity, as when he replied, "For an hour, at least, poor Cocoleu has been in the full enjoyment of his faculties. The ways of Providence are inscrutable." "But sir" "And what does Cocoleu depose?
There was not one among them who had not given him a piece of bread, or a bowl of soup, when he was hungry; not one of them had ever refused him a night's rest on the straw in his barn, when it was raining or freezing, and the poor fellow wanted a shelter. For Cocoleu was one of those unfortunate beings who labor under a grievous physical or moral deformity.
Could you attach any weight to his word?" The peasants were listening with open mouths. One of them said, "Oh! Cocoleu is not so innocent as he looks." "He can say very well what he wants to say, the scamp!" added another. "At all events, I am indebted to him for the life of my children," said the count gently. "He thought of them when I was unconscious, and when no one else remembered them.
It was he who went and brought the children of the countess out of their room. What has become of him? Cocoleu, Cocoleu!" One must have lived in the country, among these simple-minded peasants, to understand the excitement and the fury of all these men and women as they crowded around the ruins of Valpinson.
You find among them almost all those monomaniacs whom society is compelled to shut up in asylums, because they cannot master their instincts." "Very well said," repeated M. Folgat, who found here some elements of a plea, "very well said." The doctor bowed. "Such a creature is Cocoleu. Does it follow that I hold him responsible for his actions? By no means!
"And to think that he may, after all, be triumphant! Ah, why did not Goudar commence his experiment a little sooner?" For Goudar, while assuring everybody of certain success, asked for time. To disarm the mistrust of an idiot like Cocoleu was not the work of a day or a week. He declared, that, if he should be overhasty, he would most assuredly ruin every thing. Otherwise, nothing new occurred.
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