“That is very evident.”
Eusebe felt the blood mount to his cheeks, not from fear, but from shame. He thought they took him for a fool because he was so ignorant.
This unexpected departure was interpreted in different ways by the curious, who had not heard the dialogue.
“They are going to give him the cross,” (of the Legion of Honor,) said a naïve policeman.
“The cross! Oh, very likely, since it is the police that gives the cross now-a-days!” replied a wag, in a white blouse.
“Why not?”
“Because it is not in their power.”
“They have power enough to put you where the dogs won’t bite you, you blackguard!”
“Hear! hear!”