IntheMemorialofSt.Helenaitisstated，inreferencetothe18thFructidor，\"thatthetriumphofthemajorityofthecouncilswashisdesireandhope，weareinclinedtobelievefromthefollowingfact，viz.，thatatthecrisisofthecontestbetweenthetwofactionsasecretresolutionwasdrawnupbythreeofthemembersoftheDirectory，askinghimforthreemillionstosupporttheattackonthecouncils，andthatNapoleon，undervariouspretences，didnotsendthemoney，thoughhemighteasilyhavedoneso.\"
Thisisnotverycomprehensible.Therewasnosecretresolutionofthememberswhoappliedforthethreemillions.ItwasBonapartewhoofferedthemoney，which，however，hedidnotsend;itwashewhodespatchedAugereau;andhewhowishedforthetriumphoftheDirectorialmajority.
HismemoryservedhimbadlyatSt.Helena，aswillbeseenfromsomecorrespondencewhichIshallpresentlysubmittothereader.ItisverycertainthathedidofferthemoneytotheDirectory;thatistosay，tothreeofitsmembers.
——[Barras，LaRevelliere—Lepaux，andRewbell，thethreeDirectorswhocarriedoutthe’coupd’etat’ofthe18thFructidoragainsttheircolleaguesCarnotandBartholemy.（SeeThiers’FrenchRevolution\"，vol.v.pp.114，139，and163.）]——
Bonapartehadsodecidedlyformedhisresolutionthatonthe17thofJuly，wishingtomakeAugereauhisconfidant，hesenttoVicenzaforhimbyanextraordinarycourier.