De Verby
And what do you think of the affair?

All
Yes, tell us.

Dupre
According to my experience of the law courts, I believe it possible to
obtain important revelations by offering commutation of sentence to
the condemned.

De Verby
The accused are all men of honor.

Rousseau
But--

Dupre
Characters sometime change at the prospect of the scaffold, especially
when there is much at stake.

De Verby (aside)
A conspiracy ought not to be entered upon excepting with penniless
accomplices.

Dupre
I shall induce my client to tell everything.

Rousseau
Of course.