\"Parbleu！thethingisplainenough；monsieurseesnothinginit？
Well，Ishallnotputmyhonorandmyfortuneintothehandsofalittleupstartlikeyourself；Ishalltakesomegreatlawyerifthecasecomestotrial。I’vehadenoughofyourcollaborationbythistime。\"
UndertheinjusticeoftheseremarkslaPeyradefelthisangerrising。
However，hesawhimselfdisarmed，andnotwishingtocometoanopenrupture，hepartedfromThuillier，sayingthatheforgaveamanexcitedbyfear，andwouldgotoseehimlaterintheafternoon，whenhewouldprobablybecalmer；theycouldthendecideonwhatstepstheyhadbettertake。
Accordingly，aboutfouro’clock，theProvencalarrivedatthehouseinthePlacedelaMadeleine。Thuillier’sirritationwasquieted，butfrightfulconsternationhadtakenitsplace。Iftheexecutionerwerecominginhalfanhourtoleadhimtothescaffoldhecouldnothavebeenmoreutterlyunstrungandwoe—begone。WhenlaPeyradeenteredMadameThuillierwastryingtomakehimtakeaninfusionoflinden—