After the war, there was an unofficial amnesty for those released convicts who had been "maquisards". Their previous sentences were not remitted, but as long as they refrained from new crimes they would be left alone. Some returned to underworld occupations, but Robie retired. He had saved some of the proceeds of his thefts, and did not need to steal. He bought his villa, tended his garden, and played "boules" with the townsfolk, including his friends "Commissaire" Oriol and Count Paul. He comforted Paul during the tragic death of his wife Lisa from tuberculosis.