But allow me to continue.

Towards the end of May, or, rather, during the first days of June, the count must have arrived in Paris, for the correspondence ceases.

He saw Madame Gerdy, and the final arrangements of the conspiracy were decided on.
Here is a note which removes all uncertainty on that point.

On the day it was written, the count was on service at the Tuileries, and unable to leave his post.

He has written it even in the king's study, on the king's paper; see the royal arms! The bargain has been concluded, and the woman who has consented to become the instrument of my father's projects is in Paris.