It is before the magistrates of his own appointing that such a matter must be laid, since it is matter strictly concerning his own seigneurial jurisdiction.

As a lawyer you should not need to be told so much." "As a lawyer, I am prepared to argue the point.

But, as a lawyer I also realize that if that case were prosecuted, it could only end in the unjust punishment of a wretched gamekeeper, who did no more than carry out his orders, but who none the less would now be made a scapegoat, if scapegoat were necessary.

I am not concerned to hang Benet on the gallows earned by M.de La Tour d'Azyr." M.de Lesdiguieres smote the table violently.

"My God!" he cried out, to add more quietly, on a note of menace, "You are singularly insolent, my man." "That is not my intention, sir, I assure you.