"The King——" proceeded Jude.
"The Big Hog," shouted a Councillor savagely.
"The Big Hog, then, has had his bristles singed with all this: the people despise him. Orleans is the people's favourite. What if the Galley-on-Land should put Orleans on the throne?"
"Good!" cried the Admiral.
The Big Bench broke into excited comment.
"Citizen Jude is admirable." Their leader went on, "Nothing could be more acceptable than the money of a friend to the people. I tell you, ragmen, our time has come. There is nothing we cannot try."
"Let us garrott every gendarme."
"They keep well out of our way now, at least when single," another boasted.
"We don't loot enough houses," a third grumbled. "What is the good of belonging to the nation?"
"It is the sacred right of the citizen to oppress the oppressor," chimed Jude.