 Louis XIV therefore sent Louvois and Vallot to question the prisoner and undertake complete renewal of the troops on site.From the prisoner's arrival in Pignerol Marcel Pagnol refers to a fortress garrison "on the alert", due to the fears held by Louvois and Louis XIV of Swiss reprisals, Roux having been arrested in violation of border agreements.Precautions were apparently being taken against an attack by accomplices who might try to release the prisoner, until his transfer to the Bastille