– La loi est claire, ajouta-t-il ; il est trop évident que votre frère ne s’est point blessé lui-même, comme il le raconte, en tombant d’une échelle, au moment où il tenait à la main un couteau tout ouvert.
"The law is clear on the subject," he added; "it is evident that your brother cannot possibly have injured himself, as he says, by falling from a ladder while he was holding an open knife in his hand."