. Ninety-three . ther—is the genius and the virtue of great revolutionists. Danton saw that ]\rarat faltered. Oh, Citizen Cimourdain is not one too many, said he. And he held out ins hand to the new-comer. Then he said : Zounds, explain the situation to Citizen Cimourdain. He appearsjust at the i-ight moment. I represent the Mountain; Robespierre repre-sents the Committee of Public Safety ; Marat repiesents the Commune ;Cimourdain rei^resents tlie Évêché. He is come to give the castingvote. So lie it, said Cimourdain, simply and gravely. What is thematter in ([uestion ? The \endée, replied Rob
. Ninety-three . ther—is the genius and the virtue of great revolutionists. Danton saw that ]\rarat faltered. Oh, Citizen Cimourdain is not one too many, said he. And he held out ins hand to the new-comer. Then he said : Zounds, explain the situation to Citizen Cimourdain. He appearsjust at the i-ight moment. I represent the Mountain; Robespierre repre-sents the Committee of Public Safety ; Marat repiesents the Commune ;Cimourdain rei^resents tlie Évêché. He is come to give the castingvote. So lie it, said Cimourdain, simply and gravely. What is thematter in ([uestion ? The \endée, replied Rob(s])ierre. The Vendée! repeated Cimourdain. Then he contiimed : There is tlie great danger. If tlie Revolutionperish, slie will jierish Ity the Veiidte. One Vendée is more formidable XÎXE T r - TUB EE. 109 than ten Gevmanies. Fn onlii- that France may live, it is necessary tokill the Vendée. These few words won liiiii lîobespierre. Still Eobesi)ierre asked this question, Were yon not formerly ajwiest f. M I R A B E A U . Cimonrdains priestly air did not escape Robespierre. He recognizedin another that which he had within replied :Yes, citizen. What difference does that make ? cried Danton. When priests 170 iVViV^i; T Y - THREE. are good fellows, they are worth more than others. In revolutionarytimes, the priests melt iuto citizens, as the bells do into arms and can-non. Daujon is a priest; Dannou is a ^iriest; Thomas Liudet is theBishop of E-vTcnx. Robespierre, yon sit in the Convention side by side^vith Massien, Bishop of Beauvais. The G-rand Vicar Vaugeois was ameml)er of the Insurrection Committee of August lOth. (habot is at!apuciiin. It was Dom (lerle wlio devised the tennis-court oath; it wasthe Alibé Audran who caused the Xational Asseml;)ly to be declaredsuperior to the king ; it was the Abbé Goutte who demanded of theLegislature that the dais should be taken away from Louis arm-Ihair; it was the Abbé Grégoirt^ who proposed the a
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