“Ah! I do not know, sir,” she replied in a feeble voice. “How can I collect my thoughts after such terrible shocks?”
“Still you questioned Cocoleu.”
“Who would not have done so, when the truth was at stake?”
“And you were not surprised at the name he mentioned?”
“You must have seen, sir.”
“I saw; and that is exactly why I ask you, and why I want to know what you really think of the state of mind of the poor creature.”
“Don’t you know that he is idiotic?”
“I know; and that is why I was so surprised to see you insist upon making him talk. Do you really think, that, in spite of his habitual imbecility, he may have glimpses of sense?”
“He had, a few moments before, saved my children from death.”
“That proves his devotion for you.”