“ ‘You are mistaken, monsieur,’ I replied; ‘he has perished by the poniard.’

“ ‘What do you want me to do?’ asked the magistrate.

“ ‘I have already told you⁠—avenge him.’

“ ‘On whom?’

“ ‘On his murderers.’

“ ‘How should I know who they are?’

“ ‘Order them to be sought for.’

“ ‘Why, your brother has been involved in a quarrel, and killed in a duel. All these old soldiers commit excesses which were tolerated in the time of the emperor, but which are not suffered now, for the people here do not like soldiers of such disorderly conduct.’