To hell with the law; the judge and the lawyers might acquit the guilty.
To hell with the law; the judge and the lawyers might acquit the guilty.Laurent de la Fleure to Francis de Brangelton to - 1693
Lacking any other clues, Francis and his friends acted on Jacques’ information. De Brissot had two days start on them, but they pressed on as quickly as the hired horses would carry them.
“If I had a coin for every time a woman boasted to me that another man paid her attention, the money would have paid for a new outfit,” de la Fleure observed. “But Marguerite saw no reason to inform me of a – what she considered to be – a trifling nuisance! ‘You are a busy man’ she said!”
‘’“Did you reply that you would turn the world upside-down for her smile?” Paul inquired drolly.
The murderous grima
