er of the Seals should have mentioned it, and that you
might be talked about, is enough to make the Court avoid any discussion
of the matter. Any conflict with public opinion must always be dangerous
for a constitutional body, even when the right is on its side against
the public, because their weapons are not equal. Journalism may say or
suppose anything, and our dignity forbids us even to reply. In fact,
I have spoken of the matter to your President, and M. Camusot has been
appointed in your place on your retirement, which you will signify.
It is a family matter, so to speak. And I now beg you to signify your
retirement from the case as a personal favor. To make up, you will get
the Cross of the Legion of Honor, which has so long been due to you. I
make that my business."

When he saw M. Camusot, a judge recently called to Paris from a
provincial Court of the same class, as he went forward bowing to the
Judge and the President, Popinot could not repress an ironical smile.
This pale, fair young man, full of covert ambition, looked ready to hang
and unhang, at the pleasure of any earthy king, the innocent and the
guilty alike, and to follow the example of a Laubardemont rather than
that of a Mole.

Popinot withdrew with a bow; he scorned to deny the lying accusation
that had been brought against him.

PARIS, February 1836.

ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Note: The Commission in Lunacy is also known as The Interdiction and is
referred to by that title in certain of the addendums.

Bianchon, Horace
Father Goriot
The Atheist's Mass
Cesar Birotteau
Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Bachelor's Establishment
The Secrets of a Princess
The Government Clerks
Pierrette
A Study of Woman
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Honorine
The Seamy Side of History
The Magic Skin
A Second Home
A Prince of Bohemia
Letters of Two Brides
The Muse of the Department
The Imaginary Mistress
The Middle Classes
Cousin Betty
The Country Parson
In addition, M. Bianchon narrated the following:
Another Study of Woman
La Grande Breteche

Bordin
The Gondreville Mystery
The Seamy Side of History
Jealousies of a Country Town

Camusot de Marville
Cousin Pons
Jealousies of a Country Town
Scenes fro