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Towards the end of September Bottot, Barras' secretary, arrived at Passeriano. He was despatched by the Directory. Bonaparte immediately suspected he was a new spy, come on a secret mission, to watch him. He was therefore received and treated with coolness; but Bonaparte never had, as Sir Walter Scott asserts, the idea of ordering him to be shot.
The Duke of Parma to be restored. Influence of the 18th Fructidor on the negotiations Bonaparte's suspicion of Bottot His complaints respecting the non-erasure of Bourrienne Bourrienne's conversation with the Marquis of Gallo Bottot writes from Paris to Bonaparte on the part of the Directory Agents of the Directory employed to watch Bonaparte Influence of the weather on the conclusion of peace Remarkable observation of Bonaparte Conclusion of the treaty The Directory dissatisfied with the terms of the peace Bonaparte's predilection for representative government Opinion on Bonaparte.
It was said, too, that the legislative body would certainly not look with a favourable eye on such a measure. This opinion, which, however, did not last long, vexed Bonaparte. It was one of the disappointments which made him give a rough welcome to Bottot, Barras' agent, at the commencement of October 1797.
That writer is also in error when he says that Bottot was sent to Passeriano to reproach Bonaparte for failing to fulfil his promise of sending money to the Directory. Bonaparte soon gave Bottot an opportunity of judging of the kind of spirit which prevailed at headquarters. He suddenly tendered his resignation, which he had already several times called upon the Directory to accept.
In the course of an animated conversation he said to Bottot, shrugging his shoulders, "Mon Dieu! Malta is for sale!" Sometime after he himself was told that "great importance was attached to the acquisition of Malta, and that he must not suffer it to escape."
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