Later he said of his fellow-lodgers that "they were well-bred gentlemen who passed their time conversing in French." Gallatin, at the end of his resources, gladly acceded to Savary's request to accompany him to Richmond.
Whatever hesitation Gallatin may have entertained as to his definitive expatriation was entirely set at rest by the news of strife between the rival factions in Geneva and the interposition of armed force by the neighboring governments.

This interference turned the scale against the liberal party.

Mademoiselle Pictet was the only link which bound him to his family.

For his ingratitude to her he constantly reproached himself.
He still styled himself a citizen of Geneva, but this was only as a matter of convenience and security to his correspondence.

His determination to make America his home was now fixed.