Should we fail to establish his guilt, he will remain de Commarin more than ever; and my young advocate will be Noel Gerdy to the grave." "Yes, but--" The old man fixed his eyes upon the magistrate with a look of astonishment.
"You see, then, some difficulties, sir ?" he asked.
"Most decidedly!" replied M.Daburon.

"This is a matter demanding the utmost circumspection.

In cases like the present, one must not strike until the blow is sure, and we have but presumptions.

Suppose we are mistaken.

Justice, unhappily, cannot repair her errors.