François-Nazaire FABRE D'ÉGLANTINE (1750-1794). L.A., [Luxembourg Prison January 1794], to a friend [probably the miniaturist painter Sembat]; 1page infol. Moving letter from prison about his arrest. [Arrested in December 1793 after being denounced by Chabot for corruption and embezzlement at the Compagnie des Indes, Fabre d'Églantine was indicted on January 12 and guillotined on April 5, 1794]. "If you only knew the lack of delicacy with which they dealt with me. They had me arrested by Heron [Louis-Julien-Simon Héron, agent of the Comité de Sûreté générale] and the captors to insult me, to tell me that it would teach me to speak out against Coupé, to tell me that Panis, Boucher de Saint-Sauveur &c were conspirators. What am I. [...] And it's us, listening to them, who are intriguing. And the other one [Robespierre] who believes it, who speaks of a conspiracy, who has been persuaded that we had great views, great plans, us! So cheerful! So cheerful without them, so full of freedom and insouciance! Finally, we must hope that this will come to an end. I flatter myself, seeing the horrors we allow ourselves, that good spirits are not fooled by it and will do us justice. Adieu, adieu, write to me. Please console me. I have all my courage but also all my sensibility and consequently strong indignation and great pain"... In the event of his being mentioned at the Convention, he asks that Chabot's statement "and especially my interrogation on this affair" be read. It is point-blank true and invaluably consistent with the facts. [...] Let's read the exhibits. It's the only way to see the truth. Let's not do as we did under the old regime, where what the marshals said took the place of conviction. Former Patrice Hennessy collection (1958, no. 204).