Greg. Fanaticism! You can not fit the laws of Heaven to the energies of earth, Lavrov! I tell you——
Galovkine. Leave this. We've no time. The burning of Yaltowa is fixed for to-morrow night.
Adr. [Dazed] The burning of Yaltowa!
Greg. Yes, Lavrov. Petrizoff intends to burn the town in our name. We are moving too fast toward the favor of the world, and must be repainted as red ogres.
Adr. Burn the town!
Manl. [Bitterly] That is not so bad a matter. What are a few thousand homes more or less in a country where no house is safe? The terrible part is the blow to the cause. Our great parties were never more united, never so ready for a telling stroke, and this horrible crime laid at the door of the revolutionists——
Adr. It must be prevented! We must act at once——
Manl. And get clapped into prison a little sooner. There is not time now for general action.
Adr. Burnt? The horror of it!