This one has its advantages; it is only about a hundred feet from the prison, which economized and still economizes the tumbrel and the horse of M.de Bourg.

By the way, have you noticed that the executioner remains noble and keeps his title?
For the rest, the square is excellently arranged for spectators, and my ancestor, Montrevel, whose name it bears, doubtless, foreseeing its ultimate destiny, solved the great problem, still unsolved by the theatres, of being able to see well from every nook and corner.

If ever they cut off my head, which, considering the times in which we are living, would in no wise be surprising, I shall have but one regret: that of being less well-placed and seeing less than the others.

Now let us go up these steps.

Here we are in the Place des Lices.