Barre went towards her, and having asked the demon as usual by what pact he had entered the maiden's body, and received the information that it was by water, continued his examination as follows: "Quis finis pacti" (What is the object of this pact ?) "Impuritas" (Unchastity).
At these words the bailiff interrupted the exorcist and ordered him to make the demon say in Greek the three words, 'finis, pacti, impuritas'.
But the superior, who had once already got out of her difficulties by an evasive answer, had again recourse to the same convenient phrase, "Nimia curiositas," with which Barre agreed, saying that they were indeed too much given to curiosity.

So the bailiff had to desist from his attempt to make the demon speak Greek, as he had before been obliged to give up trying to make him speak Hebrew and Gaelic.

Barre then continued his examination.
"Quis attulit pactum ?" (Who brought the pact ?) "Magus" (The sorcerer).
"Quale nomen magi ?" (What is the sorcerer's name ?) "Urbanus" (Urban).
"Quis Urbanus?
Est-ne Urbanus papa ?" (What Urban?
Pope Urban ?) "Grandier." "Cujus qualitatis ?" (What is his profession ?) "Curcatus." The enriching of the Latin language by this new and unknown word produced a great effect on the audience; however, Barre did not pause long enough to allow it to be received with all the consideration it deserved, but went on at once.
"Quis attulit aquam pacti ?" (Who brought the water of the pact ?) "Magus" (The magician).
"Qua hora ?" (At what o'clock ?) "Septima" (At seven o'clock).
"An matutina ?" (In the morning ?) "Sego" (In the evening).
"Quomodo intravit ?" (How did he enter ?) "Janua" (By the door).
"Quis vidit ?" (Who saw him ?) "Tres" (Three persons).
Here Barre stopped, in order to confirm the testimony of the devil, assuring his hearers that the Sunday after the superior's deliverance from the second possession he along with Mignon and one of the sisters was sitting with her at supper, it being about seven o'clock in the evening, when she showed them drops of water on her arm, and no one could tell where they came from.

He had instantly washed her arm in holy water and repeated some prayers, and while he was saying them the breviary of the superior was twice dragged from her hands and thrown at his feet, and when he stooped to pick it up for the second time he got a box on the ear without being able to see the hand that administered it.

Then Mignon came up and confirmed what Barre had said in a long discourse, which he wound up by calling down upon his head the most terrible penalties if every word he said were not the exact truth.