"Bravo. Free him!"
The acquitted man, aware of what had happened, was led away by the guards. The priest was put in his place, Dossonville moving nearer.
But now the executioners without the gates, growing impatient, smote the air with their cries:
"More victims!"
"Hurry up!"
"No ceremony with the aristocrat!"
"Hurry up! More! More!"
"Give us more! We want more!"
"Maillard, we are thirsty!"
The judge, addressing the quiet victim, proceeded methodically: