The clock in the meeting room struck noon when the meeting from the board of the court finally began. In addition to the honored workers of the judiciary, at the negotiating table there was a hydroachonte and, of course, he, Neuvillette, who was heading this meeting. He sat at the head of the table and occasionally gave brief additions regarding the case of the native of Snezhnaya. It seems that Tartaglia's prank has interested the local legal system.