sailles. That man spoke the truth: Necker has been exiled. The power is now in the hands of the nation's enemies. De Broglie, Breteuil, Foulon: Carnage, Rapine, and Famine, are now the ministers. This means war. I have cast my lot with you.
The Crowd [terrified]. We're lost!
Desmoulins. What shall we do?
Robespierre. Let us know how to die.
Hoche [with a shrug]. Lawyer!
Hulin. Speak to them, Citizen Deputy.
Robespierre. What is the use of talk? Let each one consult his own conscience.
Hoche. They are mad with terror. If they're not made to do something, they are lost. [Robespierre takes manuscripts and printers' proofs from his pocket.]
Hulin. What's he going to read? Don't read! One really human word is worth a thousand from those papers!
Robespierre [opens out his papers, and reads in a quiet, but cutting tone]. "Declaration of Rights."
Hoche. Listen!
Robespierre. "Declaration of Rights, proposed to the National Assembly, yesterday, Saturday July 11: The National Assembly proclaims abroad to the Universe and under the eye of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and citizen:
Nature has made men free and equal—" [A thunder of applause, which drowns out the rest of the sentence.]
"Every man is born with inalienable and indefeasible
