COUNSEL. They are right. They are not guilty! The respect that you lack—
PROCUROR. I demand—
COUNSEL. The guilt is at the door of the morals that brand the unmarried mother.
THE PUBLIC. Bravo!
PROCUROR. I ask that counsel for the defence—
COUNSEL. Every woman with child ought to be respected in whatever circumstances her child has come into being.
Applause.
PRESIDENT. Maître Verdier, by virtue of Article 43 of the Rules—
COUNSEL. Their crime is not an individual, but a social, crime.
PROCUROR. It is a crime against nature!