17/17 We must trust only to the sword of the law. I must compose my thoughts,--prepare my harangue. To-morrow, I will reappear at the Convention; to-morrow, bold St.Just joins us, fresh from our victorious armies; to-morrow, from the tribune, I will dart the thunderbolt on the masked enemies of France; to-morrow, I will demand, in the face of the country, the heads of the conspirators.". |