“The pillory leads to the gallows.”

“The gallows is a balance which has a man at one end and the whole earth at the other. ‘Tis fine to be the man.”

“The gallows leads to hell.”

“‘Tis a big fire.”.

“Jehan, Jehan, the end will be bad.”

“The beginning will have been good.”

At that moment, the sound of a footstep was heard on the staircase.

“Silence!” said the archdeacon, laying his finger on his mouth, “here is Master Jacques.

Listen, Jehan,” he added, in a low voice; “have a care never to speak of what you shall have seen or heard here. Hide yourself quickly under the furnace, and do not breathe.”