"If you do not speak you are his accomplice."
"His accomplice, monseigneur! and of what crime?"
"Of the crime of high treason. Ah! the police have had their eyes on you this long time, M. Buvat!"
"On me, monseigneur?"
"Yes, on you; under the pretext that they do not pay you your salary, you entertain seditious proposals against the State."
"Oh! monseigneur, how can they say so?"
"Under the pretext of their not paying you your salary, you have been making copies of incendiary documents for the last four days."
"Monseigneur, I only found it out yesterday; I do not understand Spanish."
"You do understand it, monsieur?"
"I swear, monseigneur."