"It is an act of justice which I relied upon from your well-known character.

I promise you that your clemency will not be misplaced, and that she will become a worthy citizen.

May I ask," he said, "how it is that your secretary, whose face seems familiar to me, is interested in this young woman also ?" "It is simple enough," Robespierre replied.

"He was in the service of her father." "Oh, I remember now," Lebat said.

"He is English.