M. Lécosse was the leading doctor in Villers-Cotterets.
"M. Lécosse?" said Mocquet with scorn. "He? what does he know about spells? Goodness! No, it wasn't M. Lécosse."
"Who was it, then?"
"The shepherd at Longpré."
"A whole bowl of hot wine, you idiot! You would be dead drunk after you had taken it!"
"The shepherd drank half."
"Well, I understand the prescription; and the bowl of warm wine did no good?"
"General, she stamped on my chest all night, just as though I had taken absolutely nothing."
"And what did you do next?"