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As for me," thought Ursus, "that is more than I always know myself."
We could send you to prison."
I see that perfectly, gentlemen."
You cannot deny your infractions nor your encroachments."
My philosophy asks pardon."
Great audacity has been attributed to you."
That is quite a mistake."
It is said that you have cured the sick."
I am the victim of calumny."
The three pairs of eyebrows which were so horribly fixed on Ursus
contracted. The three wise faces drew near to each other, and whispered.
Ursus had the vision of a vague fool's cap sketched out above those
three empowered heads. The low and requisite whispering of the trio was
of some minutes' duration, during which time Ursus felt all the ice and
all the scorch of agony. At length Minos, who was president, turned to
him and said angrily,--
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