But let us see.

That Masson must be struck of a heap.

What sort of a man is he to look at?
Apart from his morals, what class of creature is he ?" "He is a man of strength, of force in his way, monsieur.

He made himself from an apprentice without a cent, and he has now thirty men at work." "Then he does not drink or gamble ?" "Neither, monsieur." "Has he a family ?" "No, monsieur." "How old is he ?" "Forty or thereabouts, monsieur." The Judge cogitated for a moment, then said: "Ah, that's bad--unmarried and forty, and no vices except this.

It gives him few escape-valves.