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Chapter 9

           OnthethirddayhewastakenwiththeotherstoahousewhereaFrenchgeneralwithawhitemustachesatwithtwocolonelsandotherFrenchmenwithscarvesontheirarms.Withtheprecisionanddefinitenesscustomaryinaddressingprisoners,andwhichissupposedtoprecludehumanfrailty,Pierreliketheotherswasquestionedastowhohewas,wherehehadbeen,withwhatobject,andsoon.

           Thesequestions,likequestionsputattrialsgenerally,lefttheessenceofthematteraside,shutoutthepossibilityofthatessence’sbeingrevealed,andweredesignedonlytoformachannelthroughwhichthejudgeswishedtheanswersoftheaccusedtoflowsoastoleadtothedesiredresult,namelyaconviction.AssoonasPierrebegantosayanythingthatdidnotfitinwiththataim,thechannelwasremovedandthewatercouldflowtowaste.Pierrefelt,moreover,whattheaccusedalwaysfeelattheirtrial,perplexityastowhythesequestionswereputtohim.Hehadafeelingthatitwasonlyoutofcondescensionorakindofcivilitythatthisdeviceofplacingachannelwasemployed.Heknewhewasinthesemen’spower,thatonlybyforcehadtheybroughthimthere,thatforcealonegavethemtherighttodemandanswerstotheirquestions,andthatthesoleobjectofthatassemblywastoinculpatehim.Andso,astheyhadthepowerandwishtoinculpatehim,thisexpedientofaninquiryandtrialseemedunnecessary.Itwasevidentthatanyanswerwouldleadtoconviction.

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