Drown the men like puppies, and put the women to public shame!
MOB.
Aye! Aye!
CARRAC.
The voice of the people is the voice of God.--Have your will--it is
God's command!
_Enter_ CITIZENS, _dragging the_ DUKE, GOUROC, DIANE, NANETTE, _and_
ALINE, _a young girl_.
_The_ MOB _groan and laugh mockingly.
The young girl is dragged forward--two_ SANS CULOTTES _contending for
her_.
FIRST SANS CULOTTE.
She's mine!
SECOND SANS CULOTTE.
You lie!--I caught her first!
ALINE.
Mercy!--Kill me if you will,--but spare me this!
CARRAC.
[_Laughing_.]
Citizens,--behold your victims!
[MOB _rush forward with ferocious yells_.
DUKE.
[_Interposing_.]
No, no!--Let my grey hairs suffice!
[_The_ MOB _pause_.
PAUL.
[_Starting up, speaks aside_.]
My God!--That voice!
[_During what follows_, PAUL--_screened from the_ MOB'S _view by his
soldier_ GUARDS--_expresses in pantomime his conflicting emotions_.
CARRAC.
[_To the_ DUKE.]
Who are you?
GOUROC.
[_Speaking quickly_.]
We are Citizens of the Republic!--He
[_Pointing at the_ DUKE.]
is George Leblanc--and I, Citizen Gouroc of the Committee of Public
Safety.
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