He must therefore, to make those thirty thousand francs a year which he was credited with doing, have some special line of business.

He assayed rather risky matters, which might bring both parties into the clutches of the criminal law, or, at any rate, leave them with a taint upon both their names.

A sensational lawsuit is begun, and the public eagerly await the result; suddenly the whole thing collapses, for Catenac has acted as mediator.

He has even settled the disputes of murderers quarreling over their booty.

But he has even gone farther than this.