 He drew suspicion on himself, however, by refusing to honor the toast of Marat, and had to flee for his life.At the fall of the Terror he resumed his commission but again fell under suspicion, being accused of treasonable correspondence with the English envoy, James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury who had been sent to France to negotiate terms of peace.He was acquitted of this charge, but, weary of repeated attacks, resigned his position on the pretext of his numerous wounds.