"The Republic is in peril; it must be saved, and I shall do it." "You do it ?" cried Gohier.

"It seems to me it is for the Directory, not you, to say, 'I shall do it!'" "There is no longer a Directory." "I did indeed hear that you said so just a moment before we came in." "There is no longer a Directory, now that Sieyes and Ducos have resigned." "You are mistaken.

So long as there are three Directors, the Directory still exists.

Neither Moulins, Barras nor myself, have handed in our resignations." At that moment a paper was slipped in Bonaparte's hand, and a voice said in his ear: "Read it." He did so; then said aloud: "You, yourself, are mistaken.

Barras has resigned, for here is his resignation.