"Who is he, and what is his business with me?"
"He is a great lawyer, who has sent murderers to their doom----"
"Ah!" and Gautran drew a long vindictive breath through closed teeth.
"And has set some free, I've heard."
"Is he going to do that for me?" asked Gautran, and a light of fierce hope shone in his eyes.
"He will earn Heaven's curse if he does, and man's as well. Here he is. Silence."
The door was opened, and the Advocate entered the cell.
"This is Gautran?" he asked of the gaoler.
"This is he," replied the gaoler.
"Leave me alone with him."