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Rh. And don't hesitate; if the prosecutor flinches, arrest himHe closes the wicket.]

[looking at the crowd the people gape at us!

[really ashamed, but with a forced laugh're not used to seeing this old face of mine on this infamous bench. It's not an ordinary sight! Danton at the mercy of a pack of charlatans. Ha, ha! I must laugh! Look at David over there; his tongue sticks out from sheer hatred, like a dog's. Good God, Camille, pull yourself together! What the devil, the people are looking at us!

, Danton, I shall never see my Lucile again!

! You'll sleep in her arms tonight.

me away from here, Danton; save me. I don't know what to do. I can never defend myself!

than a girl! Keep a stiff upper lip, and remember that we are making history.

do I care for history?

you want to see Lucile, don't sit there looking like a criminal! What the devil are you looking at?

, Danton, there—

? What is it?

the window—that young man—

impudent rascal, with a shock of hair over his eyes, that law-clerk with his arm around a woman's waist?