[540] Mignet, tom. ii., p. 356; Lacretelle, tom. xii., p. 174.
"Riches, in effect,
No grace of Heav'n or token of th' Elect;
Giv'n to the fool, the mad, the vain, the evil,
To Ward, to Waters, Chartres, and the Devil."
Pope.
[542] Jomini, tom. iv., p. 22; Mignet, tom. ii., p. 287.
[543] Dumouriez, vol. i., p. 398.
[544] Such was the fate of Moreau, who, on the eve of one of his most distinguished victories, had to receive the news that his father had been beheaded.—S.
[545] The risk was considered as a matter of course. Madame La Roche-Jacquelein informs us that General Quentineau, a Republican officer who had behaved with great humanity in La Vendée, having fallen into the hands of the insurgents, was pressed by L'Escure, who commanded them, not to return to Paris. "I know the difference of our political opinions," said the Royalist, "but why should you deliver up your life to those men with whom want of success will be a sufficient reason for abridging it?"—"You say truly," replied Quentineau; "but as a man of honour, I must present myself in defence of my conduct wherever it may be impeached." He went, and perished by the guillotine accordingly.—S.—Mémoires, p. 130.
[546] Carnot's Mémoires, p. 230.
[547] Carnot, p. 255; Thibaudeau, tom. i., p. 37.