“Do you hear, Jacques?” cried M. Magloire. “Notice that M. Galpin takes care not to insist. He does not wish to rouse your suspicions. He has got you to confess, and that is enough for him.”
But, in the meantime, M. Folgat had found another paper.
“In your sixth examination,” he went on, “I have noticed this,—
“‘Q.—You left your house with your gun on your shoulder, without any definite aim?
A.—I shall explain that when I have consulted with counsel.
Q.—You need no consultation to tell the truth.
A.—I shall not change my resolution.
Q.—Then you will not tell me where you were between eight and midnight?
A.—I shall answer that question at the same time with the other.
Q.—You must have had very strong reasons to keep you out, as you were expected by your betrothed, Miss Chandore?