"Oh! don't speak ill of him, my dear deputy.

You know that I have Anarchist ideas myself." "I speak no ill of him," gaily replied Duthil.

"Nor has our friend Amadieu any right to speak ill of him.

For you know that this affair has set Amadieu on a pinnacle.

He was never before talked about to such an extent as he is now; and he delights in being talked about, you know! He has become quite a social celebrity, the most illustrious of our investigating magistrates, and will soon be able to do or become whatever he pleases." Then Massot, with his sarcastic impudence, summed up the situation.