hout 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 have remitted the imposts they have 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?

“Ah! most gracious Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, where is

that emigrant? I cry in my sleep where is he? I demand of Heaven,

will he not come to deliver me? No answer. Ah Monsieur

heretofore the Marquis, I send my desolate cry across the sea,

hoping it may perhaps reach your ears through the great bank of

Tilson known at Paris!

“For the love of Heaven, of justice, of generosity, of the honour

of your noble name, I supplicate you, Monsieur heretofore the

Marquis, to succour and release me. My fault is, that I have been

true to you. Oh Monsieur heretofore the Marquis, I pray you be

you true to me!

“From this prison here of horror, whence I every hour tend

nearer and nearer to destruction, I send you, Monsieur heretofore

the Marquis, the assurance of my dolorous and unhappy service.

“Your afflicted, “GA