 The crisis, of extreme importance in the career of Napoleon (""il était arrivé,"" says Lanfrey, ""à l'instant le plus critique de sa carrière"") as well as in the history of England, was arrived at on 13 March 1803, the date of the famous scene between Napoleon and the British ambassador at the Tuileries.At the close of a violent tirade before a full court, interrupted by asides to foreign diplomatists expressive of the bad faith of the British, Napoleon exclaimed loudly to Whitworth, ""Malheur à ceux qui ne respectent pas les traités.Ils en seront responsables à toute l'Europe.""