The Abbé

The wind blows cold in Nantes, and so I wear

This cloak! So long I’ve looked on fires of hell

I needs must have a hat to shade my eyes!—

But now I’ll cock it in the face of all—

Cold, wind, darkness, devils, and Republic!

Grégoire

I think the citizen has lost his head.

The Abbé

Ay, and my heart as well. Holà! what’s that?