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I intrust to you my honor as a mother and a wife, gentlemen. I shall not answer the infamous charges of this abject calumniator." "But that means the galleys for Jacques," exclaimed M. de Chandore, "or even the scaffold!" "That would be the maximum, at all events," replied the advocate of Sauveterre.
"Well, here we are now before the court at Sauveterre, before a jury composed of people from this district, incapable of prevarication, I am sure, but, unfortunately, under the influence of that public opinion which has long since condemned M. de Boiscoran. The proceedings begin; the judge questions the accused.
I thought, at one time, of calling in politics, and to pretend, that, on account of the peculiar views of which he is suspected, M. de Boiscoran preferred keeping his relations with the priest at Brechy a secret." "Oh, that would have been most unfortunate!" broke in M. Magloire. "We are not only religious at Sauveterre, we are devout, my good colleague, excessively devout."
You know, no doubt, all the law officers of Sauveterre?" "Very few. I know the commonwealth attorney." "And the magistrate before whom the matter has been brought." The older of the two Misses Lavarande rose, and exclaimed, "That man, M. Galpin, is a monster of hypocrisy and ingratitude.
Both a disturbance and a row would have been badly received, said M. Seneschal; for he was sorry to say, the immense majority of the people of Sauveterre did not doubt M. de Boiscoran's guilt. In several groups he had heard people say, "And still you will see they will not condemn him.
We can see their vine-trellised balconies and little gardens, and sometimes the pet cats run down to the water's edge to look at us. And all this time, from the beginning of our journey to the end, the river winds amid the great walls of the Causses to our left the spurs of the Causse Mejean; to our right those of Sauveterre.
Jacques is very unfortunate, and still he is to be envied." Dionysia finished her recital. Then, turning with a triumphant air to M. Magloire, she added, "After that, is there any one yet who could believe that Jacques is a vile assassin?" The eminent advocate of Sauveterre was not one of those men who prize their opinions more highly than truth itself.
Not that he had ever injured anybody, he was too wise for that; but they knew the harm he might do, if he chose, as he was master of every important secret in Sauveterre, and the best informed man in town as regarded all their little intrigues, their private foibles, and their dark antecedents. This gave him quite an exceptional position.
The merciless Calvinist leader, Merle, who burnt, pillaged, and depopulated Mende; the equally merciless quellers of the Camisard revolt, emissaries of Louis XII., were tempted by no more prey to penetrate these solitudes. Were they, indeed, peopled at all? Was the so-called capital of Sauveterre even in existence? Who can answer the questions?
And there are certain sensations which come to us only once in life, and which can never again be effaced. He was moved to tears. But as the eminent advocate of Sauveterre repeated his words, and even added, "No, it is not credible!" "I do not ask you to believe me," he said gently: "I only ask you to hear me."
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