 After four months imprisonment on the island of Ste Marguerite, Eprémesnil found himself a popular hero, and was returned to the states-general as deputy of the nobility of the outlying districts of Paris.But with the rapid advance towards revolution his views changed; in his "Réflexions impartiales ..." (January 1789) he defended the monarchy, and he led the party among the nobility that refused to meet with the third estate until summoned to do so by royal command.In the Constituent Assembly he opposed every step towards the destruction of the monarchy.