by children swinging censers, then by a shouting
throng drawing a triumphal car upon which sits the
Goddess of Reason. She is clothed in a white tunic
and a blue mantle; upon her loosened hair is a
wreath of oak leaves and she has in her hand a
light spear.
The Crowd
Reason! Reason!—Yvette! Yvette!
De Vardes
Mon Dieu!