DESMOULINS. Speak, Robespierre.
HULIN. Don't be afraid. [ROBESPIERRE looks at him with a timid and disdainful smile.]
DESMOULINS. He's not used to speaking.
HOCHE. Silence, comrades!
ROBESPIERRE [composing himself]. Citizens, I am Deputy to the Third Estate. I have come from Versailles. That man spoke the truth: Necker has been exiled. The power is now in the hands of the nation's enemies. De Broglie, Breteuil, Foulon: Carnage, Rapine, and Famine, are now the ministers. This means war. I have cast my lot with you.
THE CROWD [terrified], We're lost!
DESMOULINS. What shall we do?
ROBESPIERRE. Let us know how to die.
HOCHE [with a shrug]. Lawyer!
HULIN. Speak to them, Citizen Deputy.