Abolish them;
tumble these assassinateurs into the abyss of nothingness by the
same means."
"But how?"
"How? Name of God! haven't I said it?"
"That is where we require your help," Le Chapelier put in. "There
must be men of patriotic feeling among the more advanced of your
pupils. M. Danton's idea is that a little band of these - say a
half-dozen, with yourself at their head - might read these bullies
a sharp lesson."
Andre-Louis frowned.
"And how, precisely, had M. Danton thought that this might be done?"
M. Danton spoke for himself, vehemently.
"Why, thus: We post you in the Manege, at the hour when the Assembly
is rising. We point out the six leading phlebotomists, and let you
loose to insult them before they have time to insult any of the
representatives. Then to-morrow morning, six -- phlebotomists
themselves phlebotomized secundum artem. That will give the others
something to think about. It will give them a great deal to think
about, by --! If necessary the dose may be repeated to ensure a
cure.
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