And who will read the document ?" "Who but the man he's trying to defeat ?--tell me that." "You mean Barode Barouche ?" "Who else ?" "Has he agreed to do it ?" Luzanne nodded.

"On the day--Carnac became a candidate." "And if Carnac Grier denies it ?" "He won't deny it.

He never has.

He says he was drunk when the thing was done--mais, oui." "Is that all he says ?" "No.

He says he didn't know it was a real marriage, and--" Luzanne then related Carnac's defence, and added: "Do you think anyone would believe him with the facts as they are?
Remember I'm French and he's English, and that marriage to a French girl is life and death; and this is a French province!" "And yet you are a Catholic and French, and were married by a Protestant judge." "That is my own affair, ma'm'selle." "It is not the thing to say to French-Canadians here.