Laclos, secret agent of this wretched prince, (is a) clever and subtle intriguer." April 24: "His agents are more to be feared than himself.

Through his bad conduct, he is more of a nuisance than a benefit to his party."] [Footnote 1238: Especially after the king's flight to Varennes, and at the time of the affair in the Champ de Mars.

The petition of the Jacobins was drawn up by Laclos and Brissot.] [Footnote 1239: Investigations at the Chatelet, testimony of Count d'Absac de Ternay.] [Footnote 1240: Malouet I.247, 248.

This evidence is conclusive.

"Apart from what I saw myself," says Malouet, "M.