All right, Citizen! I'm always ready at the call of the Republic.
[Exit.
GOUROC.
Good!—Now to secure my victory!—But where can I find Kauvar?
[Starts for door. KAUVAR enters, absorbed in thought, without seeing GOUROC, who watches him.]
He's just in time! Fate conspires with me for success.
[PAUL seats himself at desk and buries his face in his arms.—GOUROC goes over quietly and touches him on the shoulder.
PAUL.
[Starting up in dismay]
You here, Gouroc!