her fortitude in prison, 266, 267; made a prominent actor in the public tragedy by her imprisonment, 267, 268; her letters from prison to the Convention and to the ministers, 269, 270; her conversation with a committee visiting her prison, 270, 271; defending herself against accusations and calumnies, 271–273; her “Last Thoughts,” 273, 284; doubt as to the object of her passion alluded to in her last letters, 274; her letters to Buzot from prison, 274–280; would ultimately have left Roland for Buzot, 280; her life and occupations in prison, 280–283; her _Historical Notes_ written at the Abbaye prison, 283, 284; her Memoirs and other writings, 284–289; rapidity and ease with which she wrote, 285; Rousseau’s _Confessions_ the model of her Memoirs, 287, 288; her anguish and despair, 289, 290; her words concerning Mirabeau, 290; she resolves to kill herself, 291; conveyed to the Conciergerie, 292; refuses assistance from her friends, 292; had hoped, during her imprisonment, for a popular uprising, 292, 293; her life in the Conciergerie, 295, 296; her second examination, 296–298; her defence, 298; her trial, 299, 300; sentenced to death, 301; her words to Chauveau-Lagarde, refusing his assistance as counsel, 299; her trip to the guillotine, and death, 301, 302. See Phlipon, Marie-Jeanne. Roland de la Platière, M., 45; his position and career, 47–51; his character and disposition, 51, 52; first acquaintance with Manon Phlipon, 53; professes love for Manon Phlipon, 60; Platonic arrangement with Manon, 61; correspondence between Manon and, 61–69; annoyances and obstacles in his love affair with Manon, 67–70; marries Manon, 71; the first year after his marriage, 73, 74; his contribution to the _Encyclopédie méthodique_, 76, 77; ambitious to obtain a title, 78, 79; the general prejudice against, 81, 82; his wife obtains for him the position of inspector of commerce at Lyons, 84; his letters to his wife while she was in Paris, 85, 86; trip to England, 86; his life at Villefranche-sur-Saône, 87 _et seq._; his mother and brother, 88–90; disliked in the Academy of Villefranche, 91; the Abbé Guillon’s words concerning, 91; his manuscripts in the archives of the Academy of Lyons, 92, 93; home life at Le Clos, 94 _et seq._; sympathized with preliminary outbreaks of the Revolution, 112 _et seq._; appreciated the financial errors of the French government, 113–116; labors against the abuses of the realm, 120; poverty after marriage, 120; his wife’s influence over, 126, 127; becomes embroiled in Lyons, 134–138; detested in Lyons, 138; goes to Paris as deputy to the National Assembly, 138; his words concerning Jacobins, 143; hard at work in Paris, 143, 144; his zealous spirit, 144; gathering of patriots at home of, 145–147;