"Au revoir and thanks, Monsieur Bernardet."
And the newsboy, going on his way, cried out:
"Ask for Lutèce—The Rovère trial! The affair to-morrow! Paul Rodier's inquest on the eye of the dead man!" His voice was at last drowned in the noise of tramways and cabs.
M. Bernardet hurried on. The little ones would have become impatient, yes, yes, waiting for him, and asking for him around the table at home. He looked at the paper which he had bought. Paul Rodier, in regard to the question which he, Bernardet, had raised, had interviewed savants physiologists, psychologists, and in good journalistic style had published, the evening before the trial, the result of his inquest.
M. Bernardet read as he hastened along the long titles in capitals in large head lines.
"A Scientific Problem Àpropos of the Rovère Affair!"
"Questions of Medical Jurisprudence!"
"The Eye of the Dead Man!"
"Interviews and Opinions of MM. Les Docteurs Brouardel, Roux, Duclaux, Pean, Robin, Pozzi, Blum, Widal, Gilles de la Tourette"——
Bernardet turned the leaves. The interviews filled two pages at least in solid columns.