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Upon being asked my na boldly "I am the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, Marquis of Bardelys, of Bardelys in Picardy"

The President--that is to say, the Keeper of the Seals--turned inquiringly to Chatellerault The Count, however, did nowritten on a paper that lay spread upon the table The President nodded

"Monsieur Rene de Lesperon," said he, "the Court may perhaps not be able to discriminate whether this stateuide or frustrate the ends of justice, or whether, either in consequence of your wounds or as a visitation of God for your treason, you are the victim of a deplorable hallucination But the Court wishes you to understand that it is satisfied of your identity The papers found upon your person at the time of your arrest, besides other evidence in our power, remove all possibility of doubt in that connection Therefore, in your own interests, we implore you to abandon these false statements, if so be that you areyour headour questions, and even then, Monsieur de Lesperon, the hope that we hold out to you is so slight as to be no hope at all"

There was a pause, during which the other judges nodded their heads in sage approval of their President's words Forhow little it could avail me to continue to protest, and awaited his next question

"You were arrested, o by a cooons under the command of Captain de Castelroux Is that so?"

"It is so,apprehended as Rene de Lesperon, you offered no repudiation of the identity; on the contrary, when Monsieur de Castelroux called for Monsieur de Lesperon, you stepped forward and acknowledged that you were he"

"Pardon, ed was that I was known by that name"

The President chuckled evilly, and his satellites smiled in polite reflection of hisis peculiar, Monsieur de Lesperon, to persons of unsound mental condition," said he "I aenerally known by his name, is he not?" I did not answer him "Shall we call Monsieur de Castelroux to confirm what I have said?"

"It is not necessary Since you allow that I nize the distinction between that and a statement that 'Lesperon' is my name, it would serve no purpose to summon the Captain"