La Tête des autres

Prosecutor Maillard can rejoice he has just obtained the death sentence of an accused accused of murder It is the third head he gets at the assizes There followed an evening of rejoicing with his wife and friends including the prosecutor Bertolier The latters wife is Maillards mistress The lovers left alone the condemned man Valorin burst into the room He managed to escape during his transfer to the remand center Valorin immediately recognized Bertoliers wife And for good reason at the time of the crime they were together in a brothel Stunned by the miscarriage of justice he has just committed Maillard then tries to rehabilitate Vallorin while trying to avoid a scandal in the judiciary He then calls Bertolier to the rescue Valorin is opportunely killed accidentally and everything will go back to order