A Suit For Damages

A Suit for DamagesThe Judge of Portillon, though wise and learned, was a man of merry disposition. He kept, for example, a buxom servant girl named Jacqueline, and all the district knew the nature of the tasks she performed. But the people of Portillon were broad of mind: they were aware that the solemnity of official life weighed heavily upon the good man, and they did not begrudge him this pleasant relaxation.Being, as we have said, a merry man, the judge was delighted to find in his judicial...