]
Paul!--Alive!
PAUL.
Heaven is merciful at last!
[_He takes her in his arms_.
POTIN.
By the gods, it is!--The Citizen Kauvar!
GOUJON.
Then La Rochejacquelein has got away?
CARRAC.
[_Rising, to_ PAUL.]
If you are a soldier of the Republic, how is it we find you in the
coat of a brigand?
PAUL.
That's my affair, not yours.
CARRAC.
What! You refuse to answer? [_Coming close to_ PAUL.] Do you know who
I am?
PAUL.
[_With quiet, increasing intensity, before which_ CARRAC _is utterly
cowed_.]
Yes,--Carrac--an anarchist--a fiend--in the name of liberty invoking
the tyranny of terror! An assassin--shouting fraternity and committing
fratricide! A libertine--claiming equality with the good, while
ravishing the pure! A monster--part vulture, part toad--who, in the
holy name of progress, makes our Country and our Cause revolting to
the world!
BOURDOTTE.
Ha! See! Carrac recoils! He's found his match at last!--
[MOB _laugh and jeer_.
SCARLOTTE.
[_Appearing_.]
Room there!--Room for General Kleber.
MOB.
[_Falling back on both sides_.]
Kleber!--Kleber!--Long live Kleber!
KLEBER.
[_Entering with three_ OFFICERS.
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