"Pitou, I sent for you to join me," said the farmer.
"And you see I have not kept you waiting," retorted the National Guards captain, with his own frank smile, showing all his thirty-two teeth.
"No. You must have guessed that something serious is afoot."
"I suspected as much. But, I say, friend Billet, I do not see anything of Mayor Bailly or General Lafayette."
"Bailly is a traitor, who nearly murdered the lot of us on the parade-ground."
"Yes, I know that, as I picked you up there, almost swimming in your own blood."
"And Lafayette is another traitor, who wanted to take away the king."
"I did not know that. Lafayette a traitor, eh? I never would have thought of that. And the king?"
"He is the biggest traitor of the lot, Pitou."
"I can not say I am surprised at that," said Pitou.