[The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of a Crime CHAPTER XIX 13/23
Let us compel his volleys to pierce our sashes as well as our breasts.
This man is on a road where logic grasps him and leads him to parricide.
What he is killing in this moment is the country! Well, then! when the ball of Executive Power pierces the sash of Legislative Power, it is visible parricide! It is this that must be understood!" "We are quite ready!" they cried out.
"What measures would you advise us to adopt ?" "No half measures," answered I; "a deed of grandeur! To-morrow--if we leave here this night--let us all meet in the Faubourg St.Antoine." They interposed, "Why the Faubourg St.Antoine ?" "Yes," resumed I, "the Faubourg St.Antoine! I cannot believe that the heart of the People has ceased to beat there.
Let us all meet to-morrow in the Faubourg St.Antoine.Opposite the Lenoir Market there is a hall which was used by a club in 1848." They cried out to me, "The Salle Roysin." "That is it," said I, "The Salle Roysin.
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