She had often heard him; and they could believe her, for she always spoke the truth.

They could ask M.Debienne and M.Poligny, and anybody who knew her; and also M.
Isidore Saack, who had had a leg broken by the ghost! "Indeed!" said Moncharmin, interrupting her.

"Did the ghost break poor Isidore Saack's leg ?" Mme.

Giry opened her eyes with astonishment at such ignorance.
However, she consented to enlighten those two poor innocents.

The thing had happened in M.Debienne and M.Poligny's time, also in Box Five and also during a performance of FAUST.