- Robespierre: Citizen Robespierre, ain't it? Sir Percival Blakeney!
- Robespierre: I know very well who you are.
- Percy Blakeney: So the Republic is selling off the family furniture to pay for more cannon balls, eh? Well done, sir! Wars are such expensive affairs. Who the devil can afford it now a days?
- Robespierre: France has to afford it, if she is to survive. Good day.
- Percy Blakeney: [bows] Ah!