I did not know they were outcasts though, with a system for that. Indeed, in La Reine Margot[0], one of the protagonists escapes the brodequin[1] by simply hav

I did not know they were outcasts though, with a system for that. Indeed, in La Reine Margot[0], one of the protagonists escapes the brodequin[1] by simply having shaken the executioner's hand in the past: Monsieur, dit Caboche, vous êtes le seul gentilhomme qui m'ait donné la main, et l'on a de la mémoire et un coeur, tout bourreau qu'on est, et peut- être même parce qu'on est bourreau. Vous verrez demain comme je ferai proprement ma besogne. His more socially selective friend was not so fortunate. [0] http://www.dumaspere.com/pages/bibliotheque/chapitre.php?lid=r38&cid=58 http://www.dumaspere.com/pages/bibliotheque/chapitre.php?lid... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodequin_(torture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodequin_(torture)