Sibilet is a relative of your enemy Gaubertin.

What you have just said about the attorney-general and the others will probably be reported before you have reached the Prefecture.

You don't know what the inhabitants of this district are." "Don't I know them?
I know they are the scum of the earth! Do you suppose I am going to yield to such blackguards ?" cried the general.
"Good heavens, I'd rather burn Les Aigues myself!" "No need to burn it; let us adopt a line of conduct which will baffle the schemes of these Lilliputians.

Judging by threats, general, they are resolved on war to the knife against you; and therefore since you mention incendiarism, let me beg of you to insure all your buildings, and all your farmhouses." "Michaud, do you know whom they mean by 'Shopman'?
Yesterday, as I was riding along by the Thune, I heard some little rascals cry out, 'The Shopman! here's the Shopman!' and then they ran away." "Ask Sibilet; the answer is in his line, he likes to make you angry," said Michaud, with a pained look.

"But--if you will have an answer--well, that's a nickname these brigands have given you, general." "What does it mean ?" "It means, general--well, it refers to your father." "Ha! the curs!" cried the count, turning livid.