"Very good," said Pichegru; "but I should like to read them first; for Rousseau professed principles of liberty in which I do not concur, and with which I should not like to have my name connected."-- "But," said Fauche, "I have something else to speak to you about."-- "What is it, and on whose behalf ?"-- "On behalf of the Prince de Conde."-- "Be silent, then, and follow me." He conducted Fauche alone into a retired cabinet, and said to him, "Explain yourself; what does Monseigneur le Prince de Conde wish to communicate to me ?" Fauche was embarrassed, and stammered out something unintelligible.

"Compose yourself." said Pichegru; "my sentiments are the same, as the Prince de Conde's.

What does he desire of me ?" Fauche, encouraged by these words, replied, "The Prince wishes to join you.

He counts on you, and wishes to connect himself with you." "These are vague and unmeaning words," observed Pichegru.

"All this amounts to nothing.