BOURDOTTE.
When was this?
POTIN.
Three months ago in Paris.—I was secretary to my Section.—This man had a blank warrant signed by our president, Paul Kauvar.—He made me fill it in with the name of the Duc de Beaumont—and, after, falsely swear that Kauvar had ordered the arrest.
[Cries of execration from the MOB.
DIANE.
Father! You hear? It is to him that we owe our agony!—One of your own race.
POTIN.
Kauvar was his friend—this dog betrayed him!