"I am."
"I hold your promise?"
"Yes."
Sanson readjusted his disguise, while Dossonville sought some pretext to retain him and make him talk.
"Citoyen, one question."
"Well, what?"
"I should like to know," Dossonville said, "does the popular hatred affect you?"
Sanson frowned, hesitated, and then answered in two words eloquent with meaning:
"Not now."