A third published a terrible pamphlet.

The latter, whose name was Kerdanic, was a formidable controversialist.

The public was unmoved.

It was said that these defenders of the traitor had been bribed by the rich Jews; they were stigmatized by the name of Pyrotists and the patriots swore to exterminate them.

There were only a thousand or twelve hundred Pyrotists in the whole vast Republic, but it was believed that they were everywhere.