He came to me and acknowledged his situation.

He suited me, and I hired him.

He then told me he feared he should be arrested whilst going to the port to embark.

Bonaparte, to whom I mentioned the circumstance, and who had just given a striking proof of his aversion to these acts of barbarity, said to me in a tone of kindness, "Give him my portfolio to carry, and let him remain with you." The words "Bonaparte, General-in-Chief of the Army of the East," were inscribed in large gold letters on the green morocco.

Whether it was the portfolio or his connection with us that prevented Simon from being arrested I know not; but he passed on without interruption.