Reign of Terror

Maximilian Robespierre:
That's *my* chair you're sitting in, Fouche.

Fouch?:
I just wanted to see how it fits.

Maximilian Robespierre:
Danton liked to sit in that chair, too.

Fouch?:
And to think that he had supper with us only last night. It's amazing how fast you lose friends these days.

Maximilian Robespierre:
And you never know who's next on the list, Fouche.

Fouch?:
It must be quite a thrill, making out your death list every night.

Maximilian Robespierre:
I can't decide whether to promote you or denounce you.

Fouch?:
Where in all Paris would you find anybody as disloyal, unscrupulous, scheming, treacherous, cunning, or deceitful as I? Oh, you'd have to do some tall looking, Max.

Fran?ois Barras:
I arrived just in time to see Danton on his way out. Exactly as you planned, wasn't it?

Maximilian Robespierre:
Danton was my friend, not yours. Why should you feel badly about it?

Fran?ois Barras:
Because Danton was a good soldier. Without him, France would have been overrun by the armies of Europe.

Maximilian Robespierre:
That was yesterday. Like all good soldiers, he outlived his usefulness.

Fran?ois Barras:
This would make you dictator of France.

Maximilian Robespierre:
Yes.

Fran?ois Barras:
We didn't storm the Bastille to make any man dictator.

Maximilian Robespierre:
I'm not "any man".

Maximilian Robespierre:
There's a man in Strasbourg who isn't afraid of anything. A man named Duval.

Fouch?:
Duval?

Maximilian Robespierre:
You know him?

Fouch?:
No, but I know his record. Five hundred executions in a single month. That's almost as good as yours, Max.

Maximilian Robespierre:
I've sent for Duval. He arrives at the Blue Goose Inn tonight. You go there and bring him to the bakery. I'll meet him there.

Fouch?:
How will I know him?

Maximilian Robespierre:
As one snake to another. You'll smell each other out.

Madelon:
I don't blame you for hating me.

Charles D'Aubigny:
I don't like to deprive you of that satisfaction, Madelon, but I don't hate you. I just don't care anymore.

Charles D'Aubigny:
Seems I remember an appointment we had four years ago. Only one of us showed up. The stupid one. Your Charles has grown up to be a smart boy, now.

Madelon:
I'll be waiting.

Charles D'Aubigny:
I wouldn't count the minutes.

Fouch?:
You had a visitor, I see.

Charles D'Aubigny:
All work and no play?

Fouch?:
I thought you enjoyed your work.

Charles D'Aubigny:
The real pleasure of my work went out with the guillotine. It's all over too fast now. Even hanging, that lasts for a few moments. No, Citizen Fouche. What this country needs is an elegant, slow death. Give a man four hours to die, it's worth watching.

Fouch?:
Let's try it sometime, shall we?

Charles D'Aubigny:
Anyone in particular?

Fouch?:
Robespierre has a beautiful long list. We're gonna have some great times together, eh, Duval?

Charles D'Aubigny:
Yes, I can hardly wait.

Saint Just:
You know something? I don't think you *are* Duval.

Charles D'Aubigny:
No?

Saint Just:
You don't look like a butcher.

Charles D'Aubigny:
You know, at first glance, one could almost mistake you for a human being.

Charles D'Aubigny:
Can't you see I'm not lying?

Madelon:
Frankly, no.

Madelon:
It's so dark in here.

Madelon:
I can hear in the dark... speak.

Fouch?:
One thing about Paris... never dull

Maximilian Robespierre:
I never shake hands. It's unsanitary.

Charles D'Aubigny:
[to san Juste] You know at first glance one could almost mistake you for a human being.

Maximilian Robespierre:
Dead enemies make good friends.