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Poor Henriette is divided between her frenzied wish to clasp her sister and her horror about Maurice. The young man defends himself. "An emigre, yes!" he acknowledges, "but not an enemy of the people." Is there an undercurrent of sympathy for him even amongst hard sansculottes? But this is Jacques-Forget-Not's great moment. Vengeance's hour has struck.
Unfortunate women of the street are arraigned next high-bred aristocrats, or moderates whose only crime has been to denounce such horrors. A gallant gentleman pleads vainly to the judges who are also the jury: "We have had no trial!" The mob howls "Guillotine!" and "Guillotine!" is Jacques-Forget-Not's brief sentence ! A young Corsican lieutenant of artillery looks on meditatively.
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