"And you had your plan laid out?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"That depends. How many soldiers can you call upon?"
"Five or six thousand, including the Holy Battalion of Patriots."
"With that number it is useless to think of attacking forty-five or fifty thousand in the streets. I tell you that plainly."
"Would you evacuate Paris?"
"No, but I would convert the Convention into an intrenched camp. I would await the attack of the Sections, and I would annihilate them in the Rue Saint-Honoré, the Place du Palais-Royal, and along the quays and the bridges."
"Well," said Barras, "I will adopt your plan. Will you attend to the execution of it?"