The Man Who Laughs Part II, Book the Sixth, Chapter V - State Policy Deals with Little Matters as Well as with Great

In which Ursus mourns deeply over a somber night, only to be confronted at dawn by the stern authority of the law, which demands exile and the forced dismantling of his life’s livelihood. The justice, with an air both resolute and unforgiving, not only threatens the fate of Ursus and his companions but brings ruin upon the innkeeper who harboured them, sealing their fate with unyielding finality.