“No, to the workmen. I have no use for the cattle.”
“You made men drunk—sometimes?”
“It is possible.”
“Is it a good thing to make men drunk, to turn them into violent beasts, when there is work to be done?”
“I am not God, monsieur.”
“Perhaps that is a blessing!”
“Madame Latour also sells wine, but that is nothing, I suppose! If an angel makes men drunk!——”
“I will ask Beaucourt a question. Has the village been the worse for Madame Latour’s wine?”
A number of voices replied to him.
“Never, monsieur, never.”