You've swindled
me out of it, thief and liar that you are."
"Come, come, don't speak so freely. My superiors will always listen
first to one of their own employes, and it will be awkward if I charge
you with obstructing an official and making false charges against
him."
Mine is a hasty temper; I am constrained to confess to a fault which
often stood in my way especially in my particular business. The
conductor's insolence irritated me beyond measure, and coming as it
did on the top of bitter disappointment I was driven into a deplorable
access of rage, which I shall always regret. Without another word I
rushed at him, caught him by the throat, and shook him violently,
throwing him to the ground and beating his head upon it savagely.
Help must have come to him very speedily and to good purpose, for I
soon found myself in custody, two colossal gendarmes holding me tight
on each side. I was quickly removed like any malefactor to the lock-up
in the town above, and was thus for the moment effectively precluded
from continuing my pursuit.
Law and order are not to be lightly trifled with in Switzerland, least
of all in the Canton de Vaud.
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