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108 you realize what you have done? Do you know what a traitor is?

, Monseigneur. He who takes up arms against his people.

[turns his back with a shrug!

beg your pardon, I did not intend to insult you. On the contrary, I come as a friend. I was told I would be shot. Possibly I shall, but really I should be surprised. I have come to try to help you to arrange matters. But if I am shot, well, you know the proverb: "A fine death compensates for a whole life."

is your message?

[presenting a letter the Permanent Committee of the Hôtel de Ville'' takes the letter, stands to one side, with two officers, reading it. The Pensioners hold  on their knees.'']

did you take it into your head to come, little one? Do you know some one here?

know a great many.

?

the prison.

have nice acquaintances! Who? Relatives?

.

are their names?

don't know.

don't know? What do they look like?

couldn't say.

you making fun of us?