Mazeroux's accent was so full of conviction, and the answer struck Don
Luis Perenna as so comical, that he burst out laughing.
"You have no warrant? Poor little chap! Well, I'll soon show you if I need a warrant!"
"You'll show me nothing," cried Mazeroux, hanging on to his companion's arm. "You shan't touch the man."
"One would think he was your mother!"
"Come, Chief."
"But, you stick-in-the-mud of an honest man," shouted Don Luis, angrily, "if we let this opportunity slip shall we ever find another?"
"Easily. He's going home. I'll inform the commissary of police. He will telephone to headquarters; and to-morrow morning—"
"And suppose the bird has flown?"
"I have no warrant."
"Do you want me to sign you one, idiot?"