Danton, and sneered. "You've
an ingenious mind." He turned to Le Chapelier. "What did you say
he was to begin with - a lawyer, wasn't it?"
"Yes, I was a lawyer, and afterwards a mountebank."
"And this is the result!"
"As you say. And do you know that we are after all not so
dissimilar, you and I?"
"What?"
"Once like you I went about inciting other people to go and kill
the man I wanted dead. You'll say I was a coward, of course."
Le Chapelier prepared to slip between them as the clouds gathered
on the giant's brow. Then these were dispelled again, and the
great laugh vibrated through the long room.
"You've touched me for the second time, and in the same place. Oh,
you can fence, my lad. We should be friends. Rue des Cordeliers
is my address. Any -- scoundrel will tell you where Danton lodges.
Desmoulins lives underneath. Come and visit us one evening. There's
always a bottle for a friend."
CHAPTER VII
THE SPADASSINICIDES
After an absence of rather more than a week, M. le Marquis de La
Tour d'Azyr was back in his place on the Cote Droit of the National
Assembly.
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