WhenCambaceres（who，withaslightreservation，hadvotedthedeathofLouisXVI.）warmlyopposedintheCounciltheDucd’Enghien’sarrest，theFirstConsulobservedtohim，\"Methinks，Sir，youhavegrownverycharyofBourbonblood！\"
MeanwhiletheDued’EnghienwasatEttenheim，indulginginhoperatherthanplottingconspiracies.ItiswellknownthatanindividualmadeanoffertothePrincedeCondetoassassinatetheFirstConsul，butthePrinceindignantlyrejectedtheproposition，andnoblyrefusedtorecovertherightsoftheBourbonsatthepriceofsuchacrime.Theindividualabove—mentionedwasafterwardsdiscoveredtobeanagentoftheParispolice，whohadbeencommissionedtodrawthePrincesintoaplotwhichwouldhaveruinedthem，forpublicfeelingrevoltsatassassinationunderanycircumstances.
IthasbeenallegedthatLouisXVIII.’srefusaltotreatwithBonaparteledtothefatalcatastropheoftheDued’Enghien’sdeath.ThefirstcorrespondencebetweenLouisXVIII.andtheFirstConsul，whichhasbeengivenintheseMemoirs，clearlyprovesthecontrary.ItiscertainlyprobablethatLouisXVIII.’srefusaltorenouncehisrightsshouldhaveirritatedBonaparte.Butitwasratherlatetotakehisrevengetwoyearsafter，andthattooonaPrincetotallyignorantofthoseovertures.Itisneedlesstocommentonsuchabsurdities.ItisequallyunnecessarytospeakofthemysteriousbeingwhooftenappearedatmeetingsintheFaubourgSt.Germain，andwhowasafterwardsdiscoveredtobePichegru.
AfurtherlightisthrownonthismelancholycatastrophebyaconversationNapoleonhad，afewdaysafterhiselevationtotheimperialthrone，withM.Masaias，theFrenchMinisterattheCourtoftheGrandDukeofBaden.ThisconversationtookplaceatAix—la—Chapelle.AftersomeremarksontheintriguesoftheemigrantsBonaparteobserved，\"YououghtatleasttohavepreventedtheplotswhichtheDued’EnghienwashatchingatEttenheim.\"——\"Sire，Iamtoooldtolearntotellafalsehood.Believeme，onthissubjectyourMajesty’searhasbeenabused.\"——\"Doyounotthink，then，thathadtheconspiracyofGeorgesandPichegruprovedsuccessful，thePrincewouldhavepassedtheRhine，andhavecomeposttoParis？\"
M.Massias，fromwhomIhadtheseparticulars，added，\"AtthislastquestionoftheEmperorIhungdownmyheadandwassilent，forIsawhedidnotwishtohearthetruth.\"