"the crime for which i am imprisoned, monsieur heretofore the marquis, and for which i shall be summoned before the tribunal, and shall lose my life (without your so generous help), is, they tell me, treason against the majesty of the people, in that i have acted against them for an emigrant. it is in vain i represent that i have acted for them, and not against, according to your commands. it is in vain i represent that, before the sequestration of emigrant property, i had remitted the imposts they had ceased to pay; that i had collected no rent; that i had had recourse to no process. the only response is, that i have acted for an emigrant, and where is that emigrant?