In the first place neither Marthe, nor Monsieur and Madame d'Hauteserre took the oath.

Catherine and the Durieus, in their capacity as servants, did not take it.

Monsieur d'Hauteserre stated that he had ordered Michu to replace and mend the stone post which had been thrown down.

The deposition of the experts sent to examine the fence, which was now read, confirmed his testimony; but they helped the prosecution by declaring they could not fix the exact time at which the repairs had been made; it might have been several weeks or no more than twenty days.
The appearance of Mademoiselle de Cinq-Cygne excited the liveliest curiosity; but the sight of her cousins in the prisoners' dock after three weeks' separation affected her so much that her emotions gave the audience an impression of guilt.

She felt an overwhelming desire to stand beside the twins, and was obliged, as she afterwards admitted, to use all her strength to repress the longing that came into her mind to kill the prosecutor so as to stand in the eyes of the world as a criminal beside them.