When Pierre thought he was working alone it was she who brought the conversation round to the desired topic, recruiting partisans for the decisive moment.

She felt hurt at Eugene's distrust of her.

She wanted to be able to say to him, after the triumph: "I knew all, and so far from spoiling anything, I have secured the victory." Never did an accomplice make less noise or work harder.

The marquis, whom she had taken into her confidence, was astounded at it.
The fate of her dear Aristide, however, continued to make her uneasy.
Now that she shared the faith of her eldest son, the rabid articles of the "Independant" alarmed her all the more.

She longed to convert the unfortunate republican to Napoleonist ideas; but she did not know how to accomplish this in a discreet manner.