I drew a rapid sketch of the resources and hopes of Liberty in the south.

A serene expression of joy spread over Roland's brow: he squeezed my hand, and we traced on a map of France the limits of this empire of Liberty, which extended from the Doubs, the Ain, and the Rhone to La Dordogne, and from the inaccessible mountains of Auvergne to Durance and the sea.

I wrote, by dictation of Roland, to request from Marseilles a battalion and two pieces of cannon.
These preliminaries agreed upon, I left Roland with feelings of deep respect for himself and his wife.

I have seen them subsequently, during their second ministry, as simple minded as in their humble retreat.

Of all the men of modern times, Roland seems to me most to resemble Cato; but it must be owned that it is to his wife that his courage and talents are due." Thus did the original idea of a federative republic arise in the first interview between Barbaroux and Madame Roland.