“All very natural,” replied the poet.
“But he will be condemned also, I hope?” said Eusebe, with some vehemence of tone.
“Not at all. He will be acquitted,—first, because he was insulted, and second, because he has suffered at your hands.”
“But if I had killed him?”
“As the combat was honorably conducted, we should have been exonerated from all blame.”
“Ah!” exclaimed Eusebe, “my father said wisely that we should never do things by halves.”
CHAPTER XXXIX.
On the appointed Wednesday, Eusebe, Daniel Clamens, and Paul Buck arrived at Versailles. As the hour fixed for the hearing had not yet come, the three friends took a stroll through the city before repairing to the court-room.
“Is that what you call the Palais de Justice?” inquired Eusebe, pointing to a building of rather pitiful appearance.