If you kill the --s, so much the better."
He paused, his sallow face flushed with the enthusiasm of his idea.
Andre-Louis stared at him inscrutably.
"Well, what do you say to that?"
"That it is most ingenious." And Andre-Louis turned aside to look
out of the window.
"And is that all you think of it?"
"I will not tell you what else I think of it because you probably
would not understand. For you, M. Danton, there is at least this
excuse that you did not know me. But you, Isaac - to bring this
gentleman here with such a proposal!"
Le Chapelier was overwhelmed in confusion. "I confess I hesitated,"
he apologized. "But M. Danton would not take my word for it that
the proposal might not be to your taste."
"I would not!" Danton broke in, bellowing. He swung upon Le
Chapelier, brandishing his great arms. "You told me monsieur was
a patriot. Patriotism knows no scruples. You call this mincing
dancing-master a patriot?"
"Would you, monsieur, out of patriotism consent to become an
assassin?"
"Of course I would.
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