HULIN [_to_ JULIE]. Our Liberty, our light, our love! How small you are now! And how frail! Will you have the strength to resist the tempests that lie ahead? Grow, grow, little plant, straight up, and vigorous, and give happiness to the world with your fragrance of the fields! HOCHE [_saber in hand, climbs to an eminence at the foot of the niche where Liberty stands_]. Be reassured, Liberty, you are safe with us. We hold you fast. Woe be unto him who molests you! You belong to us, and we belong to you. These spoils, these trophies, are yours. [_The women strew Liberty with flowers. The men then lower their pikes, banners, branches, and trophies in her presence_.] But all this is not yet enough: we will give you a deathless triumph. Daughter of the People of Paris, your eyes shall inspire every enslaved nation. We will carry across the universe the great banner of Equality. We will take your chariot into the midst of battles, with the aid of our sabers, our cannon, toward Love, toward the brotherhood of all mankind! Brothers, my brothers! We are all brothers! We are all free! Come, let us deliver the world! [_Swords, lances, branches, handkerchiefs, hats, and arms wave madly, amid the uproar of drums, trumpets, and shouting. The People dance about the figure of Liberty._] DANTON A Play in Three Acts [_Danton_ was produced in Paris in 1900.] _To My Father_ CAST OF CHARACTERS: ROBESPIERRE DANTON CAMILLE DESMOULINS VADIER BILLAUD-VARENNE SAINT-JUST HERMAN WESTERMANN HÉRAULT DE SÉCHELLES PHILIPPEAUX FABRE D'EGLANTINE FOUQUIER-TINVILLE LUCILE DESMOULINS ELÉONORE DUPLAY MADAME DUPLAY The People, Jury, Gendarmes, etc. SCENE: Paris, March and April, 1794. Act I. Desmoulins' home. Act II. Robespierre's room. Act III. The Revolutionary Tribunal. [M. Rolland has suggested lines and "business" for The People in footnotes throughout Act III, but as these are not an integral part of the play and are intended rather as an aid to the producer, I have not deemed it necessary to incorporate more than half a dozen lines into the text.--THE TRANSLATOR.]_I_ ACT I [_The home of_ CAMILLE DESMOULINS. _A middle-class sitting-room, furnished in every style, and presenting a fantastic appearance. The walls are hung with licentious engravings of the 18th century. Over the fire-place is the bust of an ancient philosopher. On the table is a small model of the Bastille. A cradle stands in the corner. A window is open. Outside may be seen the gray sky and the rain._ CAMILLE _and_ LUCILE, _who holds her child in her arms, look out the window._ PHILIPPEAUX _strides back and forth, glancing out of the window occasionally._ HÉRAULT DE SÉCHELLES, _seated in an arm-chair by the fire, looks at his friends. The joyous shouting of the crowd is heard outside_.] LUCILE [_leaning out_]. There they are! There they are! They're passing at the end of the street!