"It is; and I humbly beseech you to follow it."
"Monsieur Gilbert, let me say that you are not consistent in your opinions."
"My opinions are always the same, madame. Devoted to king and country, I wished him to be in accord with the Constitution; from this desire springs the different pieces of counsel which I have submitted."
"What is the one you fit to this juncture?"
"One that you have never had such a good chance to follow. I say, get away."
"Flee?"
"Ah, you well know that it is possible, and never could be carried out with greater facility. You have nearly three thousand men in the palace."
"Nearer five thousand," said the queen, with a smile of satisfaction, "with double to rise at the first signal we give."
"You have no need to give a signal, which may be intercepted; the five thousand will suffice."