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And he took his seat again, while Sambuc resumed: "And you, Cabasse, have you nothing to say either for or against the defendant?" "All I have to say," shouted the Provencal, "is that we are wasting a deal of breath in settling that scoundrel's hash. I've had my little troubles in my lifetime, and plenty of 'em, but I don't like to see people trifle with the affairs of the law; it's unlucky.
Sambuc was constantly repeating, turning to his henchmen at every step he took, "Come along, will you, you snails!" Maurice was as little charmed with the two men as with their leader.
And when the man hesitatingly answered in the affirmative Maurice recoiled a step or two, for this Sambuc had the reputation of being a particularly hard case, the worthy son of a family of woodcutters who had all gone to the bad, the drunken father being found one night lying by the roadside with his throat cut, the mother and daughter, who lived by begging and stealing, having disappeared, most likely, in the seclusion of some penitentiary.
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