Dubuisson, an obscure writer, whom the hisses of the theatre had forced to take refuge in intrigue.

Fabre d'Eglantine, a comic poet, ambitious of another field for his powers.

Chabot, a capuchin monk, embittered by the cloister, and eager to avenge himself on the superstition which had imprisoned him.

Lareynie, a soldier-priest.
Gonchon, Duquesnois, friends of Robespierre.

Carra, a Girondist journalist.