On its side, the Company did not acknowledge the disasters it had suffered, any more than the Grégoires cared to compromise their daughter in the scandal of a trial in which she would have to give evidence.
De son côté, la Compagnie n'avouait pas les dommages soufferts, pas plus que les Grégoire ne se souciaient de compromettre leur fille dans le scandale d'un proces, ou elle devrait témoigner.