In this he was not mistaken, there was then no "Gazette des Tribunaux;" and as not a week passed which had not its counterfeiter to boil, or its witch to hang, or its heretic to burn, at some one of the innumerable justices of Paris, people were so accustomed to seeing in all the squares the ancient feudal Themis, bare armed, with sleeves stripped up, performing her duty at the gibbets, the ladders, and the pillories, that they hardly paid any heed to it.
En cela il ne se trompait point, il n’y avait pas alors de Gazette des Tribunaux et comme il ne se passait guère de semaine qui n’eût son faux-monnayeur bouilli, ou sa sorcière pendue, ou son hérétique brûlé à l’une des innombrables justices de Paris, on était tellement habitué à voir dans tous les carrefours la vieille Thémis féodale, bras nus et manches retroussées, faire sa besogne aux fourches, aux échelles et aux piloris, qu’on n’y prenait presque pas garde.