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Rh Signed by the Committee of the Hôtel de Ville. Countersigned by the Captain of the Bourgeois Militia, Gonchon.

joke! Anybody can buy thoseHe grumblingly allows  to pass.]

course! Everything can be boughtAs he turns to go, he throws a coin at .]

[on the alert! What's that?

[without turning see. Take it and keep your mouth shut.

[running to  and blocking his way you're an aristocrat? You're trying to bribe me?

[interposing't, comrade, don't. I know him very wellHe goes to .]

[casually, it's—

.

course''A moment's silence. They look at each other.'']

[to  him pass.

[furiously—shouting wanted to bribe me—he wanted to buy my conscience!

conscience? What should I do with it? The idea! I pay for favors done me. Quick! Take it

'm not doing favors! I'm doing my duty.

it's to pay you for doing your duty. What do I care?

don't pay people for doing their duty. I am free!