"I wish to speak!" cries a deputy, taking at the same time possession of the tribune.
It is Vadier.
Thuriot rings the president's bell.
"Vadier has speech!"
"Yes, Vadier! Vadier!" members exclaim from all sides.
Robespierre continues to protest, disputing frantically with his neighbours in his fury.
"It is infamous treachery! Infamous!"
Again they call out—
"Vadier! Silence! Vadier! Vadier!"
"Citoyens!" commences Vadier—