the Republic. Defend me! I defended you! You won't take me from here, you monsters! Cowards, murderers! Oh, Lucile! Horace! My dear ones! [They take him out.]
Danton [deeply stirred]. I, too, have a wife and children. [Recovering his self-command.] Come, Danton, no weakness.
Westermann [to Danton]. Why don't you take advantage of the people's feelings? They are on the point of fighting.
Danton. The pigs! Nonsense! Pigs! They enjoy our little performance; they are there to applaud the victors. I've taught them only too well to act for themselves.
Westermann. Stir them up now!
Danton. Too late. And what the devil do I care? The Republic will fall, and I want to go before I see the end.
Westermann. See what happened because you hesitated! Why didn't you forestall Robespierre?
Danton. The Revolution cannot exist with both of us. I could never have defended myself without killing him. I prefer the Revolution to myself. [Westermann goes out.]
Philippeaux. Come, Danton, it is some consolation to die as one has lived.
Danton. I committed every crime for the sake of Liberty. I shouldered every task that the hypocrites shunned. I have sacrificed everything for the Revolution. I now see it was all in vain. The minx has played me false; and now she sacrifices me, as she will
