 At the trial, the prosecution produces many witnesses of good faith, all bourgeois parents of good faith.Hector Loursat does not bulge, has no questions to asks the witnesses, doesn't seem to be there altogether, to the point where people, and his daughter among them, wonder, with awe, if he is not still drinking.But when finally Hector Loursat stands up and speaks, everyone is bewildered by his speech and strategy.