_2 Cit._ N'importe; we are happy to-day; c'est assez pour un François. _La Gloire._ [_Aside, to EUSTACHE._] But, father, cheer up! Mum! If, after the distribution, an odd sly barrel of mine--you take me--rammed down with good powdered beef, that will stand the working of half a dozen pair of jaws for a month, should be found in an odd corner of my father's house, why--hum! _Eust._ Base cur! insult me!--But I pardon thee; Thou dost mean kindly. Know thy father better. Though these be sorry knaves, I scorn to wrong them I love my country, boy. Ungraced by fortune, I dare aspire to the proud name of patriot. If any bear that title to misuse it,-- Decking their devilships in angel seeming, To glut their own particular appetites;-- If any, 'midst a people's misery, Feed fat, by filching from the public good, Which they profess is nearest to their hearts; The curses of their country; or, what's sharper, The curse of guilty conscience follow them! The suffering's general; general be the benefit. We'll share alike. You'll find me, boy, at home. [_Exit._ _La Gloire._ There he goes! full of sour goodness, like a fine lemon. He's as trusty a crusty citizen, and as goodnatured an ill tempered old fellow, as any in France: and, though I say it, that shouldn't say it--I am his son.----But, now, neighbours, for provision. _3 Cit._ Ay, marry! we would fain fall to. _La Gloire._ I doubt it not, good hungry neighbours: you'll all remember me for this succour, I warrant. _All._ Toujours; always. _La Gloire._ See now what it is to bind one's country to one, by doing it a service. Good souls, they are running over with gratitude--[_Walks about, CITIZENS following._]--I could cluck them all round the town after my tail, like an old hen with a brood of chickens. Now will I be carried in triumph to my father's: and ye may e'en set about it now--[_Two stout CITIZENS take LA GLOIRE on their Shoulders._]--now, while the provisions are sharing at the Governor's house. [_CITIZENS let him fall._ _All._ Sharing provisions! Allons! vite!--away! away! [_Exeunt CITIZENS hastily._