"A man offered me one thousand livres to-day if I'd slip in the name of his wife."
"That was cheap!"
"Héron is becoming insupportable. He's sent in the name of every one in his building. To-day it's the woman above him."
"She makes too much noise, no doubt."
"What's the difference? The Nation needs the funds. We must coin money on the Place de la Revolution; the guillotine is the mint of the Nation."
"You're a financier."
"I'm proud of it. Guillotine the rich—there's my finance."
Couthon raised his head.
"That's strange; I too thought I'd seen the name."