The wife, the sister, the daughter, the mother answered,—"I do not know."
In the Allier eleven members of one family alone, the Préveraud family of Donjon, were struck down, one by the penalty of death, the others by banishment and transportation.
A wine-seller of the Batignolles, named Brisadoux, was transported to Cayenne for this line in his deed of accusation: his shop is frequented by Socialists.
Here is a dialogue, word for word, and taken from life, between a colonel and his convicted prisoner:—
"You are condemned."
"Indeed! Why?"
"In truth I do not exactly know myself. Examine your conscience. Think what you have done."
"I?"
"Yes, you."
"How I?"