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80 them in their place. We are ready. We can do it in a day, and we won't be troubled again for a good fifty years with these insane ravings of philosophers and cheap lawyers.

then, a revolution would do that for you? You don't object to the people having a grand butchery? A few crimes, eh?

not? Something that will create quite a disturbance.

if they began with you?

idea!

you know what I'd like to do this instant?

.

't provoke me!

you wouldn't do anything, my friend. You are an honest man!

do you know about that? I said I was; I was boasting.

, no, but you are now. Even if you had said nothing, I could have seen it in your face.

that a reason why I shouldn't inform on you if I like.

. You must pay for your honesty by sacrifice. What would you think of yourself, Hulin, if you betrayed me? Would you not lose forever that invaluable possession: your self-esteem? It's not so easy as you think to go against your conscience. As you say, you are an honest man. Good-byHe goes.]

's making game of me. He knows me.