The Visitors: Bastille Day Page #9

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- Long live the Committee of Public Safety!

- Hallo.

- It will work, it will work!

- Welfare and brotherhood, citizens.

- Welfare and brotherhood, citizen.

Let me introduce Ignace,

Antoine Claude's Uncle.

He spent 15 years in hard labour.

- Citizen Hardy.

- Definitely.

- Welfare and brotherhood, citizen Hardy.

- I am Jacquouille.

- What does he say? Jacques Couille?

- Yes. He forgot the "t" at the end,

that Claude Antoine intelligently added.

- Welfare and brotherhood.

- If I did not now that it is your uncle, I'd guess it.

Why? We're not at all similar.

- He is your spitting image, mainly eyes.

- And the forehead. Your low forehead.

- There is family resemblance, it is indisputable.

- Questionable! It is questionable!

- Why do they scream?

- They scream like that in prison.

Come and toast!

I will not help you.

Let us toast Robespierre and the Revolution.

Long live the revolution!

Long live Robespierre!

You're shy, citizen Hardy.

You do not like to toast the revolution?

- Long live Robespierre.

- Right on time.

To Bespierre,citizen!

Hooray not-to-church!

Enough! That's good, right?

Marat suggesteded to introduce those two

martyrs to the convent.

- That's complicated.

- No, the representatives of the people will be thrilled.

But there's a problem.

Can Collot, who is tomorrow's Chairman,

call for citizen "couille" (ass)?

- Let's not set off a mockery.

- I am Jacquouille la Fripouille!

- We can hear. Stop shouting.

- We bet on truth.

Not that. The deputies will remember Couille

- And they will laugh!

- We cannot call you Couille.

- How do you want call yourself?

- I am Jacquouille!

Stubborn ass.

We'll find it ourselves.

Bourse?

Citizen Bourse?

- A couille? What do you think?

- Silence. I know what name he should have.

- He must be called Jacquard.

- Ignace Jacquard. That is not bad.

Jacquard, that's my little, little bastard.

- I dislike it. Jacquard - caca

- More elegant than Jacquouillet.

- You should change it.

- Jacquouillet - bayonet. - Exactly.

- What about meat?

- Done! It is on the way.

Hold this.

Thanks!

Maxmilien, finally!

Welfare and brotherhood.

Welfare and brotherhood, Maxmiliene.

We are glad to see you.

- Welfare and brotherhood! - Welfare and brotherhood!

- As per your advice, we started eating.

- Sure. No formalities.

We are family, let's stay humble.

And who are these two?

Ignace, Jacquouillet's uncle,

and citizen Hardy,

unjustly sent to hard labour.

- The soup is fabulous!

- I will proudly introduce them to you.

- Welfare and brotherhood, Bespierre!

- Robespierre!

- Welfare and brotherhood. - To you, Robespierre,

- A great leader! - Pardon?

I'm not anyone's great leader.

- That one who looks like you is your uncle?

- Yes, but very remote.

- It's your father's brother!

- Exactly, it's not my father.

So he is pretty remote.

Do you have information about the rebelion

in prison in Issoudun?

- Isn't Issoudun your area?

- Yes, it is.

But when it happened,

I confiscated the castle Montmirail

- of the family Malfete's family.

- We will take EVERYTHING,

- That will anger those aristocrats.

- That's what happened.

- What a shame!

- Was it necessary to confiscate the castle,

- when the rebelion started?

- It was because of soldier's accomodation

- going to the border!

- A beautiful tradition, the soldiers in the castle.

This I confirm.

Get's get back to more pressing stuff.

How many refugees?

- Only a handful, a small handful.

- They told me forty five.

Yes, forty five, that is the right number,

that's right.

I did not want to bore you with precise numbers.

- I did not count women and old men.

- Why?

- Why so lenient?

- I do not know. Actually, I do.

I thought they were less harmful.

It does not matter whether they are women and old men,

they are symbols.

- Sure. - Nobody is taking the role

- of the Republic lightly.

- Golden words.

They said that 16 of them were caught, executed,

but the two leaders escaped.

- How are you doing with the investigation?

- Well, that ... honestly, you caught me by surprise.

Do you have a description of the two leaders?

What? I? No, it is not precise.

It's very vague.

The two guards did not come to their senses yet.

I got messages from inspector Verdier

and it is accurate.

He states that the two leaders are foreigners.

One Spaniard and one Englishman.

One giant one and one little smelly one.

- Foreigners, even better.

- Why?

It is better they are foreigners.

It is sad when the French betray us.

Two hundred of my men are in whole region,

those men will not escape.

So what are you doing here?

- What?

- Are you sampling food and wine instead of investigation?

- At night, I go back.

- I am warning you, you have 48hrs for arresting them,

and executing them. Not a minute more.

- You look feverish.

- I do not feel well.

I guess I caught a cold on the way.

- Where's the cologne?

- In the bathroom.

Bathroom.

Pardon.

You are forcing me to gamble!

We got the two leaders at the table.

Calm down.

Come and eat, put on your brave face.

This Supper must end without any problems.

Honestly, I'm scared.

So no dirty tricks, okay?

- Hurry!

- Yes.

Excellent, you are a hero, that you

confiscated the chateau.

- Everything is ours now.

- It belongs to the Republic, don't you get it?

We have to keep it. For the family.

We will be proud of you.

Shut up, otherwise we will not have anything.

Including our heads.

Damn.

- There you are.

- It is better ? - Yes.

- Maxmilien, white or red?

- Milk.

- A glass of milk?

- Yes.

-Do we have milk?

- No.

- There's no milk?

- Half a glass.

Nobody in here drinks it.

There is no milk! This is insane!

Not even a glass of milk for Robespierre.

This is a scam!

How can a house without milk?

- Go out on the street, there might be a cow!

- Yeah! I'm going on the road in middle of the night,

to find me a cow! What nonsense!

The scandal, there's no milk!

I will find some milk.

Trust me!

- No.

- No milk!

- Uncle, why do you have the prison rags?

- To have more comfort.

It suits him better.

It is more folksy.

Next time, you will have more time.

Danton overdid it today.

The cuckhold and his bastard!

- No time for a speech.

- Yeah.

- Where are you going???

You look confused. - For milk!

- Well ...

- Prune! I need milk!

- I don't have any, I made a dessert.

- No milk in this shack?

- Go and get it!

- Where can I find milk?

Well? The cow was here this morning.

And now she is asleep!

- Cow Now sleeps! Sleeps!

- Yeah.

And why is the cow sleeping?

I do not believe it!

- Deputy, do you want something?

- To wish your brother a bon appetit.

- Bon appetit.

- Thanks. Good evening.

- Did you have dinner Malfete?

- No. Not yet.

Something else, deputy?

No? So hurry.

Have a nice evening.

I'm late, I read my latest poem

in the club of the Jacobins.

- I donated it to you. Do you want to hear it?

- Is it long? - Ten stanzas.

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