“Yes! I am going very far! But, when a vessel is caught suddenly in a storm——”
Without waiting for the conclusion of this simile, another made a reply to his observation:
“Granted! But this is to demolish at a single stroke, like a mason devoid of judgment——”
“You are insulting the masons!” yelled a citizen covered with plaster. And persisting in the belief that provocation had been offered to him, he vomited forth insults, and wished to fight, clinging tightly to the bench whereon he sat. It took no less than three men to put him out.
Meanwhile the workman still remained on the rostrum. The two secretaries gave him an intimation that he should come down. He protested against the injustice done to him.
“You shall not prevent me from crying out, ‘Eternal love to our dear France! eterna
