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122 blow up a large part of Paris? What heroism! It's too ridiculous. You really couldn't do that unless you believed in something! Ridiculous to do it for no reason at all. You mustn't upset the table just because you lose.

what can I do?

.

! The King confided the Bastille to me. I shall never surrenderHe again tries to go, but the Pensioners seize him.]

[to , you command us!

[coldly le Gouverneur is not well. Conduct him to his apartments, and take care of him.

[struggling! CowardsThey carry him off.]

[aside was an idiot to get dragged into this! Nothing to do now. I must draw my next card with equanimityAloud. de Flue?

is it?

us draw up our capitulation papers.

? No, thanks, I'll have nothing to do with them''He turns his back.  writes, leaning against a cannon.'']

to  will massacre us.

[phlegmaticallyHe sits down on a drum and lights his pipe.]

[wiping their faces