The Works of George W. M. Reynolds — page 196: what you’re looking at

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THE SECOND JOURNEY 179 men toward Grenoble. Still the governor maintained his authority in the prison, and when the emperor — for as such did he return to France — entered Grenoble and was immediately joined by the garrison of the place, Jocelyn besought that his case might be represented to the imperial hero. The governor, however, assured Jocelyn that his instructions were to the effect that the affair of his imprison- ment was to be kept altogether secret, and that so long as the present Minister of the Interior remained in power at Paris, he (the governor) could know no other authority. Thus Jocelyn’s hopes of being enabled to obtain his freedom through the intervention of Napoleon were for the moment defeated. Toward the end of March the emperor reached Paris, Louis XVIII and his Ministers all flying precipitately. A new Cabinet was of course installed, and so soon as the intelligence thereof reached Grenoble, the governor oi the prison, who was naturally a kind-hearted man, hastened to Loftus, exclaiming, ‘“‘ Now at last may I venture to report your case to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor Napoleon.” Jocelyn was at first overjoyed at this apparent change in the circumstances of his position, but his spirits were some- “what damped again when the governor observed that there was a rumour of a general outbreak of hostilities in conse- quence of Napoleon’s return, and that if this were true Jocelyn might still be retained in captivity as a prisoner of war. However, without being dismayed by this probability, and wasting no precious time in gloomy forebodings, Jocelyn drew up such a memorial as he thought would appeal to the generosity of Bonaparte, and this was at once transmitted to Paris, along with a corroborative report drawn up by the governor oi the prison. It was not to be expected that very prompt attention would be paid thereto, for the emperor was necessarily immersed in business, and nearly a month accordingly passed ere a response was received. At length it came, and was entirely favourable to Jocelyn’s views. In an official document from the Minister of the Interior, it was methodically set forth that “ the French authorities had no right to constitute themselves policemen or gaolers to suit the aims of a foreign prince; and that as for Jocelyn Loitus being detained on the ground of travelling with a false name, such a satisfactory explanation had been given CORNICLOOL cS (C(O)