"I shall leave this ministry without ever comprehending a single word that gentleman utters.

What does he mean with his 'heads that fall' ?" Fleury.

"'Heads that fell ?' why, think of the four sergeants of Rochelle, Ney, Berton, Caron, the brothers Faucher, and the massacres." Phellion.

"He asserts very flippantly things that he only guesses at." Fleury.

"Say at once that he lies; in his mouth truth itself turns to corrosion." Phellion.