SCENE IL

Danton announces the victory of Valmy, which has saved the Republic» He ccUls on the Girondins to put an end to internai dissensions and join him in working for the glory of France, Vergniaud and Pétion welcome him, but Barbaroux, Louvet and Buzot refuse, and reproach him with the September massacres, and he goes out in anger.

1. 411. Ou Je m^ abuse, ou, * either I am mistaken, or * — ^i.e. 'if I am

not mistaken.'

1. 412. aurait besoin d* excuse, 'mîght be thought to need an excuse.'

The use of the conditional implies some such idea as 'if a reason were

asked, my visit would need an excuse.'

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1. 426. Nous n*en sommes plus là, Uhat is no longer the case.' Valmy, a small village near St. Menehould in Champagne, where Dumouriez and Kellermann with the French army were attacked by the Duke of Brunswick and the Prussians, Sept, aoth, 1792. The latter were repulsed and soon after retreated.

X ^3. ils se sont élancés» Danton gives the news in its fîrst

exaggerated form. The action was confined to a cannonade, and the French merely held their position.

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