them in their place. We are ready. We can do it in a day, and we won't be troubled again for a good fifty years with these insane ravings of philosophers and cheap lawyers.
Hulin. So then, a revolution would do that for you? You don't object to the people having a grand butchery? A few crimes, eh?
Vintimille. Why not? Something that will create quite a disturbance.
Hulin. What if they began with you?
Vintimille. The idea!
Hulin. Do you know what I'd like to do this instant?
Vintimille. No.
Hulin. Don't provoke me!
Vintimille. But you wouldn't do anything, my friend. You are an honest man!
Hulin. What do you know about that? I said I was; I was boasting.
Vintimille. No, no, but you are now. Even if you had said nothing, I could have seen it in your face.
Hulin. Is that a reason why I shouldn't inform on you if I like.
Vintimille. Certainly. You must pay for your honesty by sacrifice. What would you think of yourself, Hulin, if you betrayed me? Would you not lose forever that invaluable possession: your self-esteem? It's not so easy as you think to go against your conscience. As you say, you are an honest man. Good-by. [He goes.]
Hulin. He's making game of me. He knows me.
