"Know him?" replied the Gros-Boiteux. "Why, my lads, I denounce him as a nose, and he must be punished!"
"Yes, yes!" replied the prisoners.
"Are you sure it was he who informed against you?" asked Frank; "suppose it was a mistake,—we mustn't ill-use a man who's innocent."
This remark was displeasing to the Skeleton, who leaned over to the Gros-Boiteux, and said in his ear:
"Who is this man?"
"One with whom I have worked."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes—but he hasn't gull enough—too much treacle in him."
"Good, I'll keep an eye on him."
"Tell us how Germain turned nose," said a prisoner.