—Well?
—He asked me, if I did not go and play with the little boys.
—And then?
—If I had not culpable relations with them.
—Culpable relations with little boys, well! And what did you answer him?
—I answered him that I had not.
—That you had not! Was that quite true? Do not blush, and do not tell a falsehood. I shall see if you are going to tell a falsehood.
—Yes, Monseigneur, it was quite true; I did not even know what Monsieur
Matou meant.
—And you know it now?
—Yes, he explained it to me.