Charlotte
Twenty-four.
Montané
A woman
Young as you are could not have done this murder
Unless abetted.
Charlotte
No! You little know
The human heart. The hatred of one’s heart
Impels the hand better than other’s hate.
Montané
You hated Marat?
Charlotte
Hated! I did not kill
A man, I killed a wild beast eating up
The people and the nation.