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'No direct answer was received from the First Consul; but perhaps the revocation of the order of the Grand Juge came from him.

We were assured that my father's letter had been read by him, and that he declared he knew nothing of the affair; and so far from objecting to any man for being related to the Abbe Edgeworth, he declared that he considered him as a most respectable, faithful subject, and that he wished that he had many such.' Before this unpleasant occurrence Edgeworth had thought of taking a house in Paris for two years and sending for his other children; but he now, in spite of the entreaties of his French friends, altered his plans and resolved to return home.

Maria writes:--'He was prudent and decided--had he been otherwise, we might all have been among the number of our countrymen who were, contrary to the law of nations, and to justice and reason, made prisoners in France at the breaking out of the war.

We were fortunate in getting safe to free and happy England a short time before war was declared, and before the detention of the English took place.
'My eldest brother had the misfortune to be among those who were detained.