"I, monsieur!—an attorney?"
"The king is sorely in need of attorneys, monsieur, for his affairs are terribly involved."
"I would do it willingly, monsieur; but what about my office?"
"You can leave it to be run by your clerks."
"Impossible! How could they arrange to procure my signature?"
"Pardon, messieurs, if I venture to say a word," said Barrabas.
"Most assuredly!" said the attorney; "say on, monsieur, say on."
"It seems to me that if monsieur, who would make but a sorry soldier—"
"Yes, monsieur, you are right; sorry, indeed," interposed the attorney.
"If monsieur would offer your friend, or the king, in his stead—"