Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad


He was really appalling. Again his wandering stare went round the
table, with an expression incredibly incongruous with the words.
It was as though he had borrowed those eyes from some idiot for the
purpose of that visit. He still held Dona Rita's hand, and, now
and then, patted it.


"It's discouraging," he cooed. "And I believe not one of you here
is a Frenchman. I don't know what you are all about. It's beyond
me. But if we were a Republic--you know I am an old Jacobin, sans-
culotte and terrorist--if this were a real Republic with the
Convention sitting and a Committee of Public Safety attending to
national business, you would all get your heads cut off. Ha, ha .
. . I am joking, ha, ha! . . . and serve you right, too. Don't
mind my little joke."

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