Olivier, though amazed at Robespierre's persistence, remained unshaken.
"Are you so thirsty for her blood?" he cried, hurling at him this last insult.
At these words Robespierre lost all self-control.
"Fool!" he cried, "insensate fool!" as he paced the room in unrestrained excitement.
But Lebas had heard enough.
"Let us have done with this madman," he said, hurrying towards the door to call in the police-agents.
But Robespierre turned round—
"No! Not yet!..."
Lebas, pretending not to have heard, called out—
"Héron! Hér..."