"It is ad horribilationem!" groaned Zatonyi.
"You may, if you please, pass a resolution of infamy against me," said Völgyeshy; "but permit me, not indeed for the sake of those who care for nothing except the execution of the prisoner, but out of love and respect for your president——"
"Captatio benevolentiæ!" cried Zatonyi. "Our respected president wants no flatteries from the like of you!"
"——direct the attention of the court——"
"The attention of the court wants no direction whatever," said the Baron.
"——to the heavy responsibility which rests with every one of you, if the present proceedings are brought to a fatal end."
"What, the devil! are the judges to be made responsible? I never in all my life——"
"Halljuk! halljuk!" said Kishlaki, who listened with great eagerness.
Völgyeshy took the articles, and pointed out to the court that their safety consisted in the strict legality of their proceedings, and that the present case did not come within their jurisdiction.
"Crassa ignorantia!" said Zatonyi, contemptuously, "as is but too common among the young gentlemen of the present day. Viola's case is a court-martial case with a vengeance!"