human
Now, said Pichegru,
gpt
I am waiting.
human
What is your name?
gpt
Fauche-Borel.
human
Where do you come from?
gpt
Neuchâtel. Only my name might have been Fenouillot, and I might have come from Besançon, since I belong to a Franche-Comté family which did not leave until after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
human
In that case I should have recognized you for a fellow-countryman by the accent.
gpt
Excuse me, general, but how did you know that I was not a commercial traveller for champagne.
human
By the way you opened the bottles. Citizen, another time choose another character.
gpt
What one, for instance?
human
A bookseller.
gpt
You know me, then?
human
I have heard of you.
gpt
In what way?
human
As an uncompromising enemy of the Republic, and the author of royalist pamphlets. Excuse me if I continue to question you.
gpt
Continue, general; I am at your service.
human
How did you become an agent for the Prince de Condé.
gpt
My name first attracted the attention of the Regent[3] in a royalist pamphlet of M. d'Antragues, entitled 'Memoirs of the Regency of Louis Stanislas Xavier, son of France, uncle of the King, and Regent of France.' He noticed it a second time when I induced the inhabitants of Neuchâtel to sign the Act of Union.
human
And I know that from that time your house became the resort of the emigrants and the hotbed of the anti-revolutionists.
gpt
The Prince de Condé knew it also and sent a certain Montgaillard to know if I would join him.
human
Do you know that Montgaillard is an intriguer?
gpt
I fear so,
human
He serves the king under two names--Roques and Pinard.
gpt
You are well informed, general; but M. de Montgaillard and I have nothing in common except that we both serve the same prince.
human
Let us return to him then. You were just saying that he sent M. de Montgaillard to know if you would join him.
gpt
Yes; he told me that the prince had his headquarters at Dawendorff, and would receive me with pleasure. I started at once. I went first to Weissembourg, to throw your spies off the scent by making them think that I was going to Bavaria. I then went down toward Haguenau, and from there I reached Dawendorff.
human
How many days have you been here?
gpt
Two.
human
And how did the prince broach the subject to you?
gpt
In the simplest manner possible, the Chevalier de Contyre presented me to him. 'M. de Fauche-Borel,' he said. The prince rose and came toward me.--You wish me to repeat his exact words, do you not, general?
human
Yes.