“Who?”
“A gentleman.”
There was not a person present at this extraordinary scene who did not anxiously hold his breath as the word was uttered. The doctor alone kept cool, and exclaimed,—
“Such an examination is sheer folly!”
But the magistrate did not seem to hear his words; and, turning to Cocoleu, he asked him, in a deeply agitated tone of voice—
“Did you see the gentleman?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know who he is?”
“Very—very—well.”
“What is his name?”