It would not have surprised me, but no. At the time, it was still the height of la revolution. I had come back to do some undercover work in trying to locate the missing dauphin and instead of sentencing me to la guillotine for 'betraying France' and the like, he saw my return as a propaganda opportunity. Running from the English Aristocracy to return to my native home and her people.
Dieu, no. He was still an intellectual philosopher who was also a hypocrite as would be expected.