"The said Jacques Aubry, angered by her coldness, threatened her—"
"Oh! oh!" exclaimed Jacques.
"Oh! oh!" echoed the judge.
"But," the clerk read on, "the said Gervaise-Perrette Popinot held out so stubbornly and courageously that the insolent fellow begged her forgiveness in view of his sincere repentance."
"Ah! ah!" muttered Aubry.
"Ah! ah!" exclaimed the magistrate.
"Poor Gervaise!" Aubry continued, speaking to himself, with a shrug; "what was the matter with her head?"
"But," continued the clerk, "his repentance was only feigned; unfortunately, the complainant, in her innocence and purity, allowed herself to be deceived by it, and one evening, when she was imprudent enough to accept refreshments of which the accused invited her to partake, the said Jacques Aubry mixed with her water—"
"With her water?" the student interrupted.
"The complainant declared that she never drinks wine," said the clerk.—"The said Jacques Aubry mixed an intoxicating decoction with her water."