M. Labori.--“I make a reservation, as in the case of General Billot.”

The Judge.--“Here is a letter from M. Gibert, cited as a witness by

M. Zola. ‘I have left Havre, and have retired to.... In view of the

gravity of my condition, it is impossible for me to come to testify in

person, and I have just sent what I have to say to M. Labori.’”