Mouzon. Oh! You deny it? So much the better! Come, you are cleverer than I thought! Was it you who murdered Goyetche?
Etchepare. No, Monsieur.
Mouzon. You had an interest in his death?
Etchepare. No, Monsieur.
Mouzon. Oh, really! I thought you had to pay him a life annuity.
Etchepare [after a moment's hesitation] Yes, Monsieur.
Mouzon. Then you had an interest in his death? [Silence] Eh! You don't answer? Well, let us continue. You said to a witness, the young woman—the young woman Gracieuse Mendione—"It is really too stupid to be forced to pay money to that old swine."
Etchepare [without conviction] That's not true.
Mouzon. It's not true! So the witness is a liar, eh?
Etchepare. I don't know.