"Down with the lie!"
"Bah, the Church! the Church! I too was fool enough to believe in it." Javogues swept his huge fist over their heads, and crashing it upon the table, shouted, "There is no God!"
A few mumbled approval, more laughed, while one voice cried:
"There he is again, with his God!"
"I tell you, it is with such superstitions that they enslave us!" Javogues drew back, defiant and aroused, and assembling his anger, he thundered again, as though to bear down all opposition, "There is no God!"
The laughter increased, while another scoffer cried:
"Well, if there is, he does us little good."
To this all agreed. Barabant, smiling, added:
"Citoyen, one thing at a time. Let us depose Capet first."