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Monsieur Bonacieux

           Thetwoguardsledtheprisonertowardthetable,anduponasignfromthecommissarydrewbacksofarastobeunabletohearanything.

           Thecommissary,whohadtillthistimeheldhisheaddownoverhispapers,lookeduptoseewhatsortofpersonhehadtodowith.Thiscommissarywasamanofveryrepulsivemien,withapointednose,withyellowandsalientcheekbones,witheyessmallbutkeenandpenetrating,andanexpressionofcountenanceresemblingatoncethepolecatandthefox.Hishead,supportedbyalongandflexibleneck,issuedfromhislargeblackrobe,balancingitselfwithamotionverymuchlikethatofthetortoisethrustinghisheadoutofhisshell.HebeganbyaskingM.Bonacieuxhisname,age,condition,andabode.

           TheaccusedrepliedthathisnamewasJacquesMichelBonacieux,thathewasfifty-oneyearsold,aretiredmercer,andlivedRuedesFossoyeurs,No.14.

           Thecommissarythen,insteadofcontinuingtointerrogatehim,madehimalongspeechuponthedangerthereisforanobscurecitizentomeddlewithpublicmatters.Hecomplicatedthisexordiumbyanexpositioninwhichhepaintedthepowerandthedeedsofthecardinal,thatincomparableminister,thatconquerorofpastministers,thatexampleforministerstocomedeedsandpowerwhichnonecouldthwartwithimpunity.

           Afterthissecondpartofhisdiscourse,fixinghishawk’seyeuponpoorBonacieux,hebadehimreflectuponthegravityofhissituation.

           Thereflectionsofthemercerwerealreadymade;hecursedtheinstantwhenM.

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