"Who has dared to denounce my wife ?" "You have!" said Lomaque, turning on him with a grin of contempt.
"You--and 'blackguard' back in your teeth! You, in denouncing her brother! Aha! we work hard in our office; we don't waste time in calling names--we make discoveries.

If Trudaine is guilty, your wife is implicated in his guilt.

We know it; and we arrest her." "I resist the arrest," cried Danville.

"I am the authority here.

Who opposes me ?" The impassible chief agent made no answer.