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Quasi warned that a question had been addressed to hie, andin no arned of the deafness of the accused, thought that the latter had answered, as all accused do in general, and therefore he pursued, with his e?"

Again Quasie supposed that it had been replied to, and continued,-"Now, your profession?"

Still the saun, lances

"That will do," went on the imperturbable auditor, when he supposed that the accused had finished his third reply "You are accused before us, ~primo~, of nocturnal disturbance; ~secundo~, of a dishonorable act of violence upon the person of a foolish woman, ~in proejudicium meretricis; tertio~, of rebellion and disloyalty towards the archers of the police of our lord, the king Explain yourself upon all these points---Clerk, have you written dohat the prisoner has said thus far?"

At this unlucky question, a burst of laughter rose froht by the audience, so violent, so wild, so contagious, so universal, that the two deaf ing his hump with disdain, while Master Florian, equally astonished, and supposing that the laughter of the spectators had been provoked by some irreverent reply fro of the shoulders, apostrophized hinantly,-"You have uttered a reply, knave, which deserves the halter Do you knoho?"

This sally was not fitted to arrest the explosion of general merriment It struck all as so whihter even attacked the sergeants of the Parloi- aux-Bourgeois, a sort of pikemen, whose stupidity was part of their uniforood reason that he understood nothing of as going on around hiht it his duty to continue in the sa thereby to strike the accused with a terror which should react upon the audience, and bring it back to respect

"So this is asknave that you are, that you per in respect towards the Auditor of the Châtelet, to the ed with searching out cri all trades, and interdictingthe hucksters of chickens, poultry, and water-fowl; of superintending thethe city of iouscontinually to public affairs, without wages or hope of salary! Do you know that I am called Florian Barbedienne, actual lieutenant to monsieur the provost, and, moreover, commissioner, inquisitor, controller, and examiner, with equal power in provostship, bailiwick, preservation, and inferior court of judicature?--"