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I asked for a passage , and was thus able to be near my son , and study his character . It was I who saved him from prison at Grand Pré ; it was I who heard the last words of my former enemy , Laborde ; it was I who saved my son , two nights since , from prison . He is guilty of nothing . If any one is guilty , that one am I alone . I ask , then , that I be considered as a prisoner , and that this innocent young man be set free . But as a peer of France , I claim to be sent to France , where I can be tried by my peers , since this court is one that can have no jurisdiction over one of my rank . '' Here the Count de Montresor ceased , and turning to his son , stood conversing with him in a low whisper .