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22. échaufaud. During the Reign of Terror, January, 1793, to July, 1794, and even before, many French nobles had been executed on the flimsiest suspicion of disloyalty to the Republic. [92]

Le Trésor Notes, 26-70

26. Londres, London, whither many French nobles took refuge in the years following 1789. That the Duke had been " niason's helper " suggests both bis poverty and bis strength.