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Sign , or you shall perish by my hand ! '' `` Have patience , '' said the king ; `` let me pray to my divine Master for resignation . '' `` He wishes to reflect again , '' said Gorenflot . `` Give him till midnight , '' said the cardinal . `` Thanks , charitable Christian ! '' cried the king : `` His brain is weak , '' said the duke ; `` we serve France by dethroning him . '' `` I shall have great pleasure in clipping him ! ''