Note 2 — Chapter VI
E. M. (Emily Mary) Waller translation
Dolomieu was taken to the prison of Naples, where he implored his gaoler to alleviate his hardships, but the gaoler refused the illustrious savant's request. "If you are not careful," Dolomieu said to him, "I shall die in a few days under such treatment."
"What does that matter to me?" replied the gaoler. "I am only responsible for your bones."
Dolomieu died two years after his release from prison.