"I hope that you are wrong, Nell. For Augustin's sake. His journey here was dangerous and long, and he speaks of little but his family. He misses them." Léon said, although he knew it was a twist of the truth and unfair to Nell, he would make sure that Nell's feelings were no longer hurt as they had been; he would not find out, and perhaps even more importantly, Léon would not be punished- or tried- by The Commitee. Nell, he decided, would be more upset if his favourite Ambassador was to lose his head then if he was told a slight untruth.
"You have a lot of friends, Nell, and your Mr Fisher is becoming quite the man in high society. I was... I was hoping, if, for Citoyen Laurent, you would find out if his brother, Antoine, would reunite their family, despite their political differences."