"A lover of mankind."
"That is all one. My dear M. Billet, I believe you have little chances of obtaining such a favor from the King. If he put the doctor in his Bastile, he had reasons for it."
"All right," returned Billet; "he shall offer his reasons and I will match them with mine?"
"My dear sir, the King is so busy that he will not receive you."
"Oh, if he will not let me in, I shall walk in without his leave or licence."
"But you will find Lord Dreux Breze at the door who will put you away from it. It is true he failed to do that with the National Assembly in a body; but that failure will only the more put him on his mettle and he will take his revenge out of you."
"Then I will apply to the National Assembly."
"The way to Versailles is cut off."
"I will have my three thousand men with me.
"Have a care, my dear fellow, for you will meet on the road four or five thousand Swiss soldiers and two or three thousand Austrians who will make mincemeat of your forces; in a twinkling you will be swallowed."