GOUJON.
The beast!
POTIN.
The bloodiest beast of all--a tiger!
[_To_ SOLDIERS.]
Quick, form on this side [_Pointing to the left_.] and protect the
General.--This hog will want to eat him, before we can deliver him to
Kleber and get the credit of his capture.
[SOLDIERS _form in front of_ PAUL.
SCARLOTTE.
[_Outside_.]
This way, you fools!--Death to Rochejacquelein. Come on!
MOB.
[_Outside_.]
Death to Rochejacquelein!
SCARLOTTE.
[_Entering, followed by_ MOB.]
Rochejacquelein!--Rochejacquelein!--Where is Rochejacquelein?
MOB.
Down with Rochejacquelein! Down with Rochejacquelein!
BOURDOTTE.
[_Appearing_.]
Silence! Here comes Carrac, the great Carrac--representative of the
Republic--who never spares an enemy!
[_Comes down stage_.
POTIN.
And never makes a friend.
MOB.
Carrac!--Carrac!--Long live Carrac!
CARRAC _appears, followed by a second_ MOB, _and makes a gesture
commanding silence_.
CARRAC.
So--this is the ancestral hall of that cursed kin of kings, La
Rochejacquelein!--Ha! He's doubtless sneaking like a coward in some
safe corner of his den. Is the place surrounded?
BOURDOTTE.
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