M. Clemenceau.--“Then I ask an explanation of the word ‘tormenting.’
This word is now in the trial, and I hold to it. It must be explained,
for it is a very pregnant matter.”
The Judge.--“Let us say that the witness will not speak.”
M. Bertillon.--“I burn with only one thing--to make known my
deposition. But there are a thousand obstacles in the way. I am
tormented every day by a thousand plots. Then from time to time the
dike bursts, _sapristi!_”
The Judge.--“You see that the witness will not speak. Come, M.
Bertillon, have you photographs of the letters which served you for
comparison?”