No one will know of the others until the day of decision, and even the necessary arrangements which the conspirators have to make must be done under a mask.

I am the mediator, who conveys the messages to and fro, and I know very well that I risk my life in doing it.

But I am ready to sacrifice it for my native land, and death is a matter of indifference, if my suffering serves my country.

Now listen! Within a week Napoleon must be removed; for every day beyond endangers us the more.

He has a suspicion of our plans; he has a whole legion of spies in the army, in Vienna, acting in concert with friends and foes, to watch the designs of the conspirators.