(A SCENE IN THE FAUBOURG ST. ANTOINE, PARIS.) Dramatis Person…-An officer of the Gendarmerie and a Citizen. Off. De par le Roi . You are Pierre Coulisse! Cit. I am. Off. I thought so. Scan date, Address, and signature of this! (Gives him a paper.) Cit. (reads) "Arrest-by Royal mandate . . ." Why, what's my crime? J'ignore- Off. Poh! Poh! Of course, young man, you ignore it- Your name is in the Black Book, though, With two red marks before it! Whence came you by those four cane-swords? Cit. Cane-swords? Which? Off. Yonder sham-rods! Cit. They are mere tobacco-pipes. Off. No words!- (Writes- "Two poniards and two ramrods"!) Cit. Heavens! You don't mean- Off. A Frenchman means The thing he does. Your press-keys! (Opens a drawer.) What make you with those tools? Cit. Machines. Off. Ay, such machines as Fieschi's! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ELEGY UPON THE DEATH OF DOCTOR DONNE, DEAN OF PAUL'S by THOMAS CAREW THE SOUND OF THE TREES by ROBERT FROST THE HABIT OF PERFECTION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS AMERICAN THEMES FOR A GILBERT by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TIPPERARY: 5. BY OUR OWN EUGENE FIELD by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |