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of breaking out, I begged they would grant ms 

 a pafTport, that I might hafte to my pofl. 



This requeft they complied with, and even 

 Teemed plcafed with my boldnefs. I was, not- 

 withftanding, under fome apprehenfion of being 

 arretted as foon as I fliould begin my journey, 

 and therefore refolved to depart unawares. In 

 the mean time I paid vifits to all my friends, 

 telling them that I fhould leave France in ten 

 or twelve days. 



The precautions I took were not without 

 reafon; for the fame day, while dining at the 

 houfe of a lady where it was known I paft all 

 my leifure moments, a perfon belonging to the 

 Convention, whofe fole ftudy has invariably 

 been to do good, and to whofe kind offices many 

 fubje<fls of all nations owe their exiftence, came 

 in difguife, and acquainted me that I was de- 

 nounced to the Committee of Public Safety as 

 a fpy, and as going to join the enemy, by Max- 

 well *, Le Brun, and my landlord ; and that the 



order 



* This gentleman, I afterwards learned, was the Dr. Max- 

 wcli who had tied from Portland Road, on account of fome 

 improper meetings held al his houfe. 1 firft met him at Pache's 

 office. He attended there for months, offering fome rifle bar- 

 rels, which he brought from England, and foliclting the com- 

 mand of a company of rifle-men. He had been protedcd by 

 Scrvan, the former Miniiler of War; but Servan having refu- 

 med the poft of General, Maxwell's intereft wasat an end; and 



the 



