Ernest Pérochon

“ Boiseriot began to laugh.
"You're strong but stupid. Why should I talk about your sister, when you are almost my god-son? And do you think I would want to make trouble with my boss? Go and ask him if we ever had a word of difference between us."
"What I've said I've said; and you may tell everybody else. Good-bye!"
"So long! Take the trouble to find out who your friends are."
They parted, Boiseriot, entirely over his fright, smiled in an ugly fashion, and Trooper walked slowly without turning around, his heart in a turmoil. ”

“ Trooper gave a start, which did not escape his companion's notice. They walked on a little, and then:
"Boiseriot, you've been talking about my sister and the man she works for. And I am angry. I heard of it only to-day. If I were drunk, I'd be likely to make trouble for you."
The other, realizing the effort he was making to control himself, faced about.
"I'm not afraid of any man."
"You can say that! You're not big enough for me to take you on. If I had been drinking, I wouldn't say—when I'm lit, I don't always look so close—who happens to get under my fists." ”

“ Mother, I haven't been drinking, you can look at me. ... I swear to you there'll be no drink until I have ploughed this furrow. So you needn't be afraid. Who said that Madeleine was living in sin with Michael Corbier, of the Moulinettes? ”