Yes, thou mayst live thyself to accuse thy beloved Robespierre, and to perish in his fall." "For all that, we must keep well with Henriot till we can find the occasion to seize and behead him.

To be safe, we must fawn on those who are still in power; and fawn the more, the more we would depose them.
Do not think this Henriot, when he wakes to-morrow, will forget thy threats.

He is the most revengeful of human beings.

Thou must send and soothe him in the morning!" "Right," said Dumas, convinced.

"I was too hasty; and now I think we have nothing further to do, since we have arranged to make short work with our fournee of to-morrow.