MR. POUR. They are a few words I remember from reading novels.

SBRI. Ah! I See.

MR. POUR. To show you that I understand nothing of chicane, I beg of
you to take me to a lawyer to have advice upon this affair.

SBRI. Willingly. I will take you to two very clever men; but, first,
I must tell you not to be surprised at their manner of speaking. They
have contracted at the bar a certain habit of declaiming which looks
like singing, and you would think all they tell you is nothing but
music.

MR. POUR. It does not matter how they speak, as long as they tell me
what I wish to know!




SCENE XIII.--MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI, TWO LAWYERS, TWO
ATTORNEYS, TWO SERGEANTS.

1ST LAWYER (_drawling out his words_).
Polygamy's a case, you find,
A case of hanging.

2ND LAWYER (_singing and speaking very fast_).
Your deed
Is plain and clear,