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it was the accent.
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The accent gave him "the stench of a dissembler."
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You want to know where that quotation comes from.
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It feels like we're hearing Broussard's voice.
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Who is there with them in bed to tell us this?
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Everything Broussard said came out warped because of the accent,
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even when he spoke his own name.
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The jurors, the merchant told his wife, would have been able to accept
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why the partner was killed if Broussard had sat on the stand and
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told his whole story without an accent.
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Well, what's interesting here is that Jones and Brindle do tell the
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story without an accent.