"You have earned the franc, fool. Here are the two I owe you."
"Now, perhaps, you will tell me what I came here to tell you."
"The Advocate intends to defend Gautran, who stands charged with the murder of the flower-girl."
"You are a master worth serving. I have half a mind to give you back your franc."
"Make it a whole mind, Fritz."
"No; second thoughts are best. My pockets are not as warm as yours. They are not so well lined. How did you guess, Master Lamont?"
"By means of a golden rule, an infallible rule, by the Rule of One--which, intelligibly interpreted to shallow minds--no offence, Fritz, I hope----"
"Don't mind me, Master Lamont; I am a fool and used to hard knocks."
"Then by the Rule of One, which means the rule of human nature--as, for example, that makes the drunkard stagger to the wine-shop and the sluggard to his bed--I guessed that the Advocate could not withstand so tempting a chance to prove the truth of the scriptural words that all men are liars. What will be palatable information to me is the manner in which the news has been received."
"Heaven keep me from ever being so received! The Advocate has not added to the number of his friends. People are gazing at each other in amazement, and asking for reasons which none are able to give."