——[AtthetimeofthisattemptIwasnotwithNapoleon;buthedirectedmetoseethemadmenwhohadformedthedesignofassassinatinghim.ItwillbeseeninthecoarseoftheseMemoirswhatwerehasplans，andwhatwastheresultofthem——Bourrienne]——

　　ThefollowingisacorrectstatementofthefactsrelativetoCeracchi’sconspiracy.Theplotitselfwasamereshadow;butitwasdeemedadvisabletogiveitsubstance，toexaggerate，atleastinappearance，thedangertowhichtheFirstConsulhadbeenexposed：——

　　TherewasatthattimeinParisanidlefellowcalledHarrel;hehadbeena’chefdebattalion’，buthehadbeendismissedtheservice，andwasconsequentlydissatisfied.HebecameconnectedwithCerracchi，Arena，Topino—Lebrun，andDemerville.FromdifferentmotivesalltheseindividualswereviolentlyhostiletotheFirstConsul，whoonhispart，wasnofriendtoCerracchiandArena，butscarcelyknewthetwoothers.

　　Thesefourindividualsformed，inconjunctionwithHarrel，thedesignofassassinatingtheFirstConsul，andthetimefixedfortheperpetrationofthedeedwasoneeveningwhenBonaparteintendedtovisittheopera.

　　Onthe20thofSeptember1804HarrelcametomeattheTuileries.Herevealedtometheplotinwhichhewasengaged，andpromisedthathisaccomplicesshouldbeapprehendedintheveryactifIwouldsupplyhimwithmoneytobringtheplottomaturity.Iknewnothowtoactuponthisdisclosure，whichI，however，couldnotrejectwithoutincurringtoogreataresponsibility.IimmediatelycommunicatedthebusinesstotheFirstConsul，whoorderedmetosupplyHarrelwithmoney;butnottomentiontheaffairtoFouche，towhomhewishedtoprovethatheknewbetterhowtomanagethepolicethanhedid.

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