“I gave up all the correspondence eight months before peace was declared.”
“Do you recognize this sealed cardboard box?”
“Yes, citoyen.”
And that was all! Cormier’s replies, however, so innocent on the surface, seem to have evoked suspicion, for on August 30 (12 Fructidor) he was brought up again for a second examination.
“With whom did you correspond especially in the West?” he was asked.
“With Scépeaux, d’Antichamp, Boigny, and Brulefort.”
“And now what correspondence have you kept in this country?”
“None whatever.”
“What are your relations with the Citoyen Butler?”
“I have had no communication these last two years, though he is my brother-in-law.”