Mondoubleau. Who do you suppose? He is the only one who knows.
Attorney-General. Eug—[Quickly] The Keeper of the Seals?
Mondoubleau. You want to be appointed to Orléans? Am I correctly informed?
Attorney-General. Quite true. We have relations there.
Mondoubleau. I fancy you are concerned in the movement now in preparation.
Attorney-General. Is there a movement in preparation?
Mondoubleau. There is. As for Monsieur Ardeuil, the Minister confined himself to saying that he had confidence in your firmness and zeal.
Attorney-General. The Keeper of the Seals may rely on me. I shall have to show considerable severity in several directions here, and I shall lack neither determination nor zeal, I can assure you.
Mondoubleau. Yes, but above all, tact! Eugène repeated a dozen times, "Above all, no prosecutions, no scandals. At the present moment less than ever. We are being watched. So everything must be done quietly."
Attorney-General. You needn't be alarmed. There's the matter of Mouzon.