"Well?"
"Well, they visited your room, and searched through all your papers."
"That does not alarm me. They found nothing against the Republic."
"No, but they found one act of a tragedy."
"Ah! my tragedy of 'Théramène.'"
"They took it with them."
"The wretches! Fortunately I know it by heart."
"But do you know why they took it with them?"
"Because they found the verses to their taste, I presume."
"No, because they saw that the writing in the note was the same as that of the manuscript."