May 1793. With France declaring war on Britain, Holland and Spain, losing battles on its Northeastern border and with rebellion in the West, travelling out of Paris through Haute Normandie wouldn’t have been easy. He has his papers signed by all the right people but he must have been viewed with suspicion at all the stops along the road to La Havre.

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