text:  And he has been an _espion_ of the Government in Portugal; what better training could he have for heading an army of traitors? Rely upon it gentlemen that you have mistaken his character; if you think that he is not the very man whom the mob of Paris ought to have chosen for their general I merely recommend that when you go into action you should leave your watches in camp and if you charge any of their battalions look well to your purses