"Very sure."
"You saw it?"
"Oh, no. I heard them talking."
"Who?"
"Monsieur Podvin and le Cochon."
"Go on, mon enfant; you grow interesting at last."
"Monsieur Podvin was very angry because of it. They quarrelled. I heard them from my bed in the cellar. The man had resisted,—over a few sous, think! And Monsieur Podvin said it was not worth while, for so little, to bring the police down on the neighborhood. It spoiled business. For the twelve sous Monsieur Podvin said he'd lose a thousand francs."
"M. Podvin was undoubtedly right."
"Yes; but le Cochon said it was worth a thousand francs to hear the man squeal."
"So!"