If he had been guillotined he would be more dangerously ill than he is now." "Now, what are you gabbling about?
What court tried and condemned him ?" "That of the Companions of Jehu!" "And who are the Companions of Jehu ?" "Goodness! Have you forgotten our friend Morgan already, the masked man who brought back the wine-merchant's two hundred louis ?" "No," replied Bonaparte, "I have not forgotten him.

I told you about the scamp's audacity, didn't I, Bourrienne ?" "Yes, general," said Bourrienne, "and I answered that, had I been in your place, I should have tried to find out who he was." "And the general would know, had he left me alone.

I was just going to spring at his throat and tear off his mask, when the general said, in that tone you know so well: 'Friend Roland!'" "Come back to your Englishman, chatterbox!" cried the general.

"Did Morgan murder him ?" "No, not he himself, but his Companions." "But you were speaking of a court and a trial just now." "General, you are always the same," said Roland, with their old school familiarity; "you want to know, and you don't give me time to tell you." "Get elected to the Five Hundred, and you can talk as much as you like." "Good! In the Five Hundred I should have four hundred and ninety-nine colleagues who would want to talk as much as I, and who would take the words out of my mouth.

I'd rather be interrupted by you than by a lawyer." "Will you go on ?" "I ask nothing better.