On every side.
SCARLOTTE.
Good!--Tear his house about his ears!
CARRAC.
Aye--strip the old hawk's nest.
MOB.
Aye!--Aye!
[_The_ MOB _dismantle the house, with yells of exultation_.
SCARLOTTE.
[_Urging them on_.]
Heroes of Liberty!--demolish every trace of beauty in the place!
_Amid a scene of anarchic rage and turmoil, the room is stript stark_.
CARRAC.
Well done--noble levellers of the age!--Pull the boasted culture of
the nobility to the gutter.--Bravo!--We've demolished the old nest;
now to hunt the young hawk down!
MOB.
Aye!--Aye!
POTIN.
[_Waving the_ MOB _back_.]
Stop!--La Rochejacquelein is found!
SCARLOTTE.
Where is he?
POTIN.
There--our prisoner.
SCARLOTTE.
Drag him to the river!
MOB.
Aye--to the river!
POTIN.
Stand back!--He belongs to our battalion.
CARRAC.
What insolence is this? We demand his surrender here--to us.
POTIN.
We surrender him to none but our own Colonel.
CARRAC.
We are the people and supreme!--We represent the civil power of the
State, that rules the soldier.
MOB.
Aye!--Aye!
POTIN.
[_To the_ SOLDIERS.]
Make ready!--Aim!
[SOLDIERS _aim_;--_the_ MOB _fall back_.
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