SBRI. This is a bad business, for in this country justice is terribly
rigorous against that sort of crime.

MR. POUR. Yes; but even if there should be information, citation,
decree, and verdict obtained by surprise, default, and contumacy, I
have still the alternative of a conflict of jurisdiction to gain
time, and a resort to the means of nullity that will be found in the
court case.

SBRI. The very terms, and it is easy to see that you are in the
profession, Sir.

MR. POUR. I? Certainly not; I am a gentleman. [Footnote: Compare act
i. scene v.]

SBRI. But to speak as you do, you must have studied the law.

MR. POUR. Not at all. It is only common sense which tells me that I
shall always be admitted to be justified by facts, and that I could
not be condemned upon a simple accusation, without witnesses,
evidence, and confrontation with my adverse party.

SBRI. This is more clever still.

MR. POUR. These words come into my head without my knowledge.

SBRI. It seems to me that the common sense of a gentleman may go so
far as to understand what belongs to right and the order of justice,
but not to know the very terms of chicane.