Make them sit down.

If any of them move, run him through without hesitation." At this moment an angry voice was heard shouting above.
"What is all this disturbance about! If I hear another sound, I will discharge you all in the morning." Philip gave a loud and derisive laugh, which had the effect he had anticipated for, directly afterwards, a man in a loose dressing gown ran into the hall.
"What does this mean, you rascals ?" he shouted angrily, as he entered.
Then he stopped, petrified with astonishment.
[Illustration: If you move a step, you are a dead man.] "It means this," Philip said, levelling a pistol at him, "that if you move a step, you are a dead man." "You must be mad," the president gasped.

"Do you know who I am ?" "Perfectly, sir.

You are president of the infamous parliament of Toulouse.

I am a Huguenot officer, and you are my prisoner.