The two ideas were twins.

Thus the proceedings of the steward, spied upon for two years, were no secret to Reybert.

The same conveyance that took Moreau's letter to the count conveyed Madame de Reybert, whom her husband despatched to Paris.

There she asked with such earnestness to see the count that although she was sent away at nine o'clock, he having then gone to bed, she was ushered into his study the next morning at seven.
"Monsieur," she said to the cabinet-minister, "we are incapable, my husband and I, of writing anonymous letters, therefore I have come to see you in person.

I am Madame de Reybert, nee de Corroy.