. Ninety-three . f Frederick II., and wo shall have killed the King of France forthe King of Prussias sake. And Danton Imrst into a terrible laugh. NIXE T Y - THREE. 153 Daiitous laugh made Manit smile. You have each oue yom* hobby, said he. Dautou, yoius isPrussia ; Robespierre, yours is the Vendée. I am going to state facts inmy tiuu. You do not perceive the real peril : it is this—the cafés andthe gaming-houses. The Café Choiseul is Jacobin ; the Café Pitou isRoyalist ; the Café Rendez-Vous attacks the National Guard ; the Caféof the Porte Saint-Martin defends it ; the Café Régence is again
. Ninety-three . f Frederick II., and wo shall have killed the King of France forthe King of Prussias sake. And Danton Imrst into a terrible laugh. NIXE T Y - THREE. 153 Daiitous laugh made Manit smile. You have each oue yom* hobby, said he. Dautou, yoius isPrussia ; Robespierre, yours is the Vendée. I am going to state facts inmy tiuu. You do not perceive the real peril : it is this—the cafés andthe gaming-houses. The Café Choiseul is Jacobin ; the Café Pitou isRoyalist ; the Café Rendez-Vous attacks the National Guard ; the Caféof the Porte Saint-Martin defends it ; the Café Régence is against Bris-sot ; the Café Corazza is for him ; the Café Procope swears l)y Diderot ;the Café of the Théâtre Fran(;ais swears by Soltaire ; at the Rotundethey tear \\\> the assignats ; the Cafés Saint-Marceau are in a fm-y ; theCafé Manouri debates the question of flour ; at the Café Foy uproarsand tisticutts ; at the Perron the hornets of the finance buzz. These arethe matters which are Danton laughed no longer. Marat continued to suiile. The smileof a ilwarf is worse than the laugh of a giant. Do you sneer at yourself, Marat! growled Dantmi. Marat gave that coimilsive movement of his liip which was cele-T)rated. His smile died. Ah, I recognize you, Citizen Danton ! It is indeed you who in fullConvention callfd me the individual Marat. Listen; I forgive are playing the fool! Ah! /mock at myself! See what 1 havedone. I denounced Chazot; I denounced Pétion; I denounced Kersaint ;I denounced Moreton ; I denounced Dufriche-Valazé ; I denouncedTjigonnior; I denounced Menou; I denounced Banneville; I denounced(xensijuné ; I denounced Biron ; I denounced Lidon and Chambon. WasI mistaken ? I smell treason in the traitor, and I find it best to denouncethe criminal before he can commit his crime. 1 have the habit of saying 154 XI X£ TY-TRBEE. iu the eveniBg that \vhieh you aud others say on the followiug day. II am the man who proposed to the Assemb
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