Note 450 — Chapter XVI
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"The news of his return caused a general delirium. Baudin, the deputy from Ardennes, who was really a worthy man, struck with the idea that Providence had at length sent the man for whom he and his party had so long searched in vain, died the very same night from excess of joy."—Gourgaud, tom. i., p. 59; Fouché, tom. i., p. 107.