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Count Claudieuse came to his assistance, saying, "I really think it might be dangerous to question Cocoleu." But the magistrate was master of the situation, and conscious of all the powers conferred upon him by the laws of France in such cases. "I must beg, gentlemen," he said, in a tone which did not allow of any reply, "I must beg to be permitted to act in my own way."
"Well, then you must help me to find him out, so that the gendarmes may catch him, and put him in jail. You know who it is; you have told these people and" He paused, and after a moment, as Cocoleu kept silent, he asked, "But, now I think of it, whom has this poor fellow talked to?" Not one of the peasants could tell. They inquired; but no answer came.
M. Daubigeon smiled sarcastically, and said, much more for the purpose of teasing his visitor than because he believed it himself, "Take care! do not trust appearances. You have to do with very clever people. I always told you Cocoleu is probably the mainspring of the whole case. The very fact that M. Gransiere will speak ought to make you tremble.
I wondered at her readiness to yield to M. Galpin's whim, and to allow Cocoleu to be examined; for I knew that she was the only one who could ever make that so-called idiot talk. You see I have good eyes, gentlemen, in spite of my spectacles.
If Cocoleu pretends to be imbecile, or, at least, exaggerates his incapacity, then we have a confirmation of what M. de Boiscoran last night told Miss Dionysia. It would be the proof of an odious trap of a long-premeditated vengeance. Here is the turning-point of the affair evidently." M. de Chandore was bitterly undeceived. "What!" he said, "you think so, and you refuse to support Dr.
"But what do you think, doctor?" asked M. Folgat. Dr. Seignebos solemnly put on again his spectacles, and replied coldly, "My opinion, which I have fully developed in my report, is, that Cocoleu is not idiotic at all." M. Chandore started: the proposition seemed to him monstrous.
Thereupon he lifted his hat, returned to town, and immediately asked M. Seneschal in the most imperious manner to have Cocoleu arrested. Unfortunately the gendarmes had been unsuccessful; and Dr. Seignebos, who saw how unfortunate all this was for Jacques, began to get terribly impatient, when on Saturday night, towards ten o'clock, M. Seneschal came in, and said, "Cocoleu is found."
"Ah, I begin to see! I notice from Cocoleu's eyes, that this practice with the bottle must have been going on for some time already. Cocoleu is drunk." Goudar again took up his violin and repeated his song. "I I want want to to drink!" stammered Cocoleu. Goudar kept him waiting a little while, and then handed him the bottle. The idiot threw back his head, and drank till he had lost his breath.
"Upon my word, my good fellow," said M. Seneschal, "you have done better than the gendarmes!" The manner in which Michael winked with his eye showed that he had not a very exalted opinion of the cleverness of the gendarmes. "I promised the baron," he said, "I would get hold of Cocoleu somehow or other.
Why will you refer to relations which must be forgotten? It is no longer the friend who speaks to you, not even the man, but simply the magistrate. You were seen" "Who is the wretch?" "Cocoleu!" M. de Boiscoran seemed to be overwhelmed. He stammered, "Cocoleu? That poor epileptic idiot whom the Countess Claudieuse has picked up?" "The same."
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