The incident with the tree...
So Ugolin and Papet go to see Pique-Bouffigue to buy his lands. PB is sitting in a tree, then Papet pulls him out by his ankles,,, they think the worst, but no... PB has just lost his memory.
Is Pagnol telling us it is the law of the jungle out there? Or something else? In any case, I'm not having ANY of them round for tea. Not till Jean de Florette turns up anyway :-)