THE WOMEN (_They nod their heads_) Ah! _Enter_ LALAIN _with_ NANON _and_ ANGÉLIQUE. CÉLESTE Hé! Angélique! Nanon! [NANON _and_ ANGÉLIQUE _make their way through the press to the gallery stairs_. THE CROWD Rémond Lalain. A JUDGE Thy place is here, Lalain! LALAIN Make way, my friends. The Levée’s thronged to-day. THE CROWD Ha, ha, ‘tis so! Levée of the Citoyen Carrier! _Vive la République! Vive Rémond Lalain!_ [LALAIN _sits beside the judges_. A JUDGE (_to a gaoler_) The next. THE GAOLER Dog of a priest! [THE ABBÉ _approaches the bar_. THE ABBÉ On yesterday, Messieurs the Judges, you acquitted me. A JUDGE It is to-day. THE ABBÉ Citoyen Lambertye— LAMBERTYE (_hastily_) I give thee o’er—I give thee o’er— THE ABBÉ Parbleu! Samaritan! Would I had played Levite! And left thee in the ditch with every wound Till Satan came to hale his minion forth!— Well, with this life I’ve done! FIRST JUDGE Thou art a priest THE ABBÉ Granted. SECOND JUDGE Death! A TRICOTEUSE (_from the gallery_) Hé! Citoyen, below there! I’ve dropped my knitting. Throw it here to me! THIRD JUDGE Thou hast aided emigrés. THE ABBÉ Granted. SECOND JUDGE Death! FIRST JUDGE And written unto exiles. THE ABBÉ Granted. SECOND JUDGE Death! THIRD JUDGE Thou hast been heard to scorn and to lament That which the Revolution hath achieved! THE ABBÉ Scorn and lament! Why, no, I’ve wept with joy To see the things the Revolution hath achieved! As— FIRST JUDGE As what? THE ABBÉ Why, thou death’s-head, many things! It did achieve, for one, my brother’s death!