"Pull the dog loose, man!—he'll drown her yet!"
"There!"
"Your knife, Pierre!"
"Hold!"
This was from the river policeman, who held up his bull's-eye lantern so that it threw a yellow glare on the white upturned face.
"She's dead, poor little thing!"
"We shall bring in the body just as it is," said the official.
"But——"
"That's the law!"
"Tonnerre! Is it the law to let a child drown in one's sight?"