There was nothing that he could say.

All that Robespierre had put so emphatically before him, he had fully realised, even whilst he was forming his most daring plans.
It was an "either--or" this time, uttered to HIM now.

He thought again of Marguerite Blakeney, and the terrible alternative he had put before HER less than a year ago.
Well! he was prepared to take the risk.

He would not fail again.

He was going to England under more favourable conditions this time.