MME. TUPIN. I should think so!
PRES. Very well, but cut it short.
TUPIN. I gave my lawyer the month’s account. Please let him read it to you.
PRES. Very well.
The counsel for the defence rises.
COUN. Here it is.
PRES. Stop. You’re not Tupin’s counsel.
COUN. No, M. le président. But my learned friends, with a confidence which honors me, and for which I thank them, have begged me to take over the conduct of the case as a whole, reserving to themselves the right to discuss important matters affecting their several clients.
PRES. Then I give you permission just to read this document. But do not attempt to address the court. This is not the time. You can read the paper and that is all. Do you understand?