Curse these civil shouters!

SOLDIERS all groan. Cries of "Carrac! Carrac!" with cheers heard outside.

POTIN.

Here they come, led on by Scarlotte—

GOUJON.

Scarlotte! A woman in form—a fury in nature!

POTIN.

Like my wife.

[Cheers outside.]

Good heavens! Worse and worse! Yonder comes Carrac—the king of curs!—Damme! The devil himself is a saint compared with him.