. Ninety-three . » and was disariangeil, tliongli it still showed traces of powder;his very peruke was like a mane. His face was marked with small-pox;there was a chohric line l)etwoen his brows; a Avrinkle that signifiedkindness at the coi-ner of his mouth; his lips were tliick, the teeth large;ho had the fist of a. jtorter and eyes that blazed. The little on(» was ayellow man, who looked deformed when stated. He carried his head XI¥E T Y - TU U E K. 147 thrown back, the eyes wero injected with Ijlood, tlieve were livid blotcheson his face ; he had a handkerchief knotted abont his greasy, str
. Ninety-three . » and was disariangeil, tliongli it still showed traces of powder;his very peruke was like a mane. His face was marked with small-pox;there was a chohric line l)etwoen his brows; a Avrinkle that signifiedkindness at the coi-ner of his mouth; his lips were tliick, the teeth large;ho had the fist of a. jtorter and eyes that blazed. The little on(» was ayellow man, who looked deformed when stated. He carried his head XI¥E T Y - TU U E K. 147 thrown back, the eyes wero injected with Ijlood, tlieve were livid blotcheson his face ; he had a handkerchief knotted abont his greasy, straighthair; lie had no forehead; the month was enormons and horril)le. Hewore jiantaloons instead of knee-l)reeclii>s, slippers, a waistcoat whichseemed originally to have been of white satin, and over this a loosejacket, i;nder whose folds a liard, straight line showed that a poniardwas hidden. The first of these men was named Rol>es]ii(n-re; the second, Danton;the third, •m^%^\^^^^^ M A R A Ï. They were alone in the room. Before Danton was set a ghiss anda dusty wiue-bottle, reminding one of Luthers pint of beer; beforeMarat a cup of coffee ; before Robespierre only x>ftp?rs. Near the papers stood one of those heavy, round, ridged, leaden ink-stands which will be remembered by men wlio were school-boys at thebeginning of tliis century. A pen was thrown carelessly by the side ofthe inkstand. On the papers lay a great brass seal, on which coidd beread Pallojj fecit, and which was a perfect miniature model of theBastile. A map of Fr;nic(> was s]iread in tlic miildle of the table. Outside 148 A^IXE T Y - THE E E. tlie door was stationed Marats Avateli-dog, a oertaiii Lam-ent Basse,porter of No. 18 Rue des Cordeliers, who, some fifteeu days after tliis28tli of .June, say the l)!th of July, was to deal a blow Avith a ohair onthe head of a woman named Charlotte Corchiy, at this moment vaguelydreaming in Caen. Laurent Basse was the proof-carrier of t
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