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The two ideas were twins . Thus the proceedings of the steward , spied upon for two years , were no secret to Reybert . The same conveyance that took Moreau 's letter to the count conveyed Madame de Reybert , whom her husband despatched to Paris . There she asked with such earnestness to see the count that although she was sent away at nine o'clock , he having then gone to bed , she was ushered into his study the next morning at seven . `` Monsieur , '' she said to the cabinet-minister , `` we are incapable , my husband and I , of writing anonymous letters , therefore I have come to see you in person . I am Madame de Reybert , nee de Corroy . My husband is a retired officer , with a pension of six hundred francs , and we live at Presles , where your steward has offered us insult after insult , although we are persons of good station .