“Oh! yes, monsieur.”
“That is quite another thing. You strongly resisted, then?”
“We had three of our men crushed to death, monsieur!”
“But you killed nobody yourselves?”
“Monsieur, a few of the rioters were left upon the square, and one among them who was not a common man.”
“Who was he?”
“A certain Menneville, upon whom the police have a long time had an eye.”
“Menneville!” cried Colbert, “what, he who killed Rue de la Huchette, a worthy man who wanted a fat fowl?”
“Yes, monsieur; the same.”