"What, guillotine the Girondins!" Barabant exclaimed. "Guillotine Vergniaud, Brissot,—they would never dare!"
"Bah! you look upon it too seriously," Dossonville retorted. "What is the guillotine? Simply a vote of censure. But Louison—where can I find her?"
"At the Prêtre Pendu," Nicole answered. "You'll find her there about noon. That is, if there is no execution this afternoon."
"The Prêtre Pendu? Don't know it."
"It opened lately in the Rue Maugout, opposite No. 38."
"You call it—"
"The Prêtre Pendu."
"Charming!"
"I warn you, Javogues will be there."
"You are positive?"