he delivered his reply.2 Since there had been no war between France and the other powers, there could be no question of conquest, he argued, and since Louis XVIII was their ally, they could not extort money from him. By their declaration of 13 March they had recognised him as an ally and branded Napoleon as an outlaw. If they were to decide that he was not their ally after all, it followed that they recognised Napoleon as the ruler of France during the Hundred Days. Since his allies had incurred considerable expense in helping Louis recover his throne, it was only right that they should be
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