DANTON. Then bring them. Nothing can be done without your orders.
FOUQUIER-TINVILLE. I allow the witnesses to be called, except, of course, those designated by the prisoners as belonging to the Convention; because the accusation is made by the whole Assembly, and it would be ridiculous to insist that your own accusers should be brought in to justify you, especially when they are the representatives of the people, the guardians of the highest power, accountable only to the people.
HÉRAULT. A good Jesuit trick! [He and FABRE D'EGLANTINE laugh.]
DANTON. I see! My colleagues will be allowed to murder me, and I shall not be permitted to bring confusion on my murderers!
FOUQUIER-TINVILLE. You dare insult the national representatives!
PHILIPPEAUX. Are we here as a mere matter of form? Do you want us to remain mute?
CAMILLE. People, you hear! They are afraid of the truth! They fear the testimony that will confound them!
JUDGE. Address the court, and not the people.
PHILIPPEAUX. The people are our sole judges; you are nothing without them.
CAMILLE. I ask the Convention!