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`` Who is there in Issoudun who had any object in killing Gilet ? '' said Lousteau . `` No one , -- neither a jealous husband nor anybody else ; for the fellow has never harmed a soul . '' `` But what was Monsieur Gilet doing in the streets at four in the morning ? '' remarked Monsieur Hochon . `` Now , Monsieur Hochon , you must allow us to manage this affair in our own way , '' answered Mouilleron ; `` you do n't know all : Gilet recognized your painter . '' At this instant a clamor was heard from the other end of the town , growing louder and louder , like the roll of thunder , as it followed the course of the Grande-Narette .