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Updated: June 3, 2025
"The d'Esgrignons will defend the case and have counsel from Paris; they will have Berryer," said Mme. Camusot. "You will have a Roland for your Oliver." Du Croisier, M. Sauvager, and the President du Ronceret looked at Camusot, and one thought troubled their minds.
Was it not obviously Camusot's part to make a stepping-stone of this criminal case by favoring the d'Esgrignons, a family with power of a very different kind from the power of the du Croisier party? "Sauvager will never marry Mlle. Duval. They are dangling her before him, but he will be the dupe of those Machiavels in the Val-Noble to whom he is going to sacrifice his position.
My advice would be to come to a compromise," he added, turning to du Croisier. "Compromise!" echoed the President; "why, he is in the hands of justice." "Acquitted or convicted, the Comte d'Esgrignon will be dishonored all the same," put in Sauvager. "I shall have Dupin senior. We shall see how the d'Esgrignon family will escape out of his clutches." Tr.
Blondet locked the door with some precautions when Camusot and Michu came in together. "Well, Mr. Vice-President," began Michu, "M. Sauvager, without consulting the public prosecutor, has issued a warrant for the apprehension of one Comte d'Esgrignon, in order to serve a grudge borne against him by one du Croisier, an enemy of the King's government. It is a regular topsy-turvy affair.
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