And so, Mardoche, you have been tried and condemned.
MARDOCHE.
Yes. Accused by beasts, tried by fools, and condemned by assassins.
GOUROC.
And of what were you accused?
MARDOCHE.
I was a quiet cobbler; I made shoes for Jacobins that pinched their toes, so I was accused of sympathy with aristocrats.
GOUROC.
Is this all the cry they raised against you?