"You must not equivocate with justice. Where did you live before you were arrested?"
"On the globe." (A half-suppressed laugh among the crowd in the back ground.)
"What profession?"
"None."
"On what then do you live, have lived, or expect to live?"
"To-day on nothing, for your guards have given me nothing. Yesterday, I lived on what I could get. To-morrow, it depends on circumstances whether I shall want any thing." (A low murmur of applause among the bystanders, who now gathered closer to the front.)
"Prisoner," said the chief, swilling a glass of cognac to strengthen the solemnity of his jurisprudence, "the Republic must not be trifled with. You are arraigned of incivisme. Of what country are you a subject?"
"Of France, while I remain on her territory."
"Have you fought for France?"