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88 like her, and I will have you. Now, to battleShe snatches a musket from one of the People, and declaims with great warmth, a few lines from "Cinna":

She rushes into the arms of the People, who wildly applaud her.]

! Let Corneille be our guide! Wave the torch of heroism before our eyes!

are you going?

are we goingHe raises his eyes, and looks at the house of little  who, partly dressed, leans out the window, excited and joyous. that little woman. I want her to give the answer which is in all our hearts. You innocent little one, be our voice, and tell us where we are going?

[leaning far out of the window, but kept from falling by her mother,—shouting at the top of her voice the Bastille!

the Bastille''The Crowd is at the highest pitch of excitement. They gather into little groups—workingmen, bourgeois, students, and women.'' Bastille! The Bastille! Break the yoke! At last! Down with that stupid mass!