▁no ▁further ▁action ▁until ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 0 ▁he ▁was ▁approached ▁for ▁help ▁by ▁L ally ' s ▁natural ▁son ▁G ér ard ▁de ▁L ally - T oll end al . ▁There ▁is ▁an ▁account ▁that ▁the ▁shame ▁of ▁military ▁failure ▁was ▁originally ▁so ▁great ▁that ▁this ▁son ▁was ▁brought ▁up ▁in ▁total ▁ignor ance ▁of ▁who ▁his ▁father ▁had ▁been , ▁and ▁only ▁in ad vert ently ▁discovered ▁the ▁truth ▁of ▁his ▁background ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁fifteen . ▁However ▁this ▁account ▁cannot ▁be ▁true , ▁as ▁the ▁son ▁was ▁fifteen ▁when ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁executed , ▁so ▁his ▁orig ins ▁must ▁have ▁been ▁conce aled ▁for ▁other ▁reasons . ▁Vol taire ▁offered ▁what ▁assistance ▁he ▁could , ▁but ▁the ▁campaign ▁to ▁release ▁the ▁court ▁documents ▁was ▁pain fully ▁slow . ▁▁▁ ▁Louis ▁XV ▁tried ▁to ▁throw ▁the ▁responsibility ▁for ▁what ▁was ▁und ou bt edly ▁a ▁jud icial ▁murder ▁on ▁his ▁minister s ▁and ▁the ▁public , ▁but ▁his ▁policy ▁needed ▁a ▁sc ap ego at , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁probably ▁well ▁content ▁not ▁to ▁exercise ▁his ▁authority ▁to ▁save ▁an ▁almost ▁friend less ▁foreign er . ▁The ▁family ▁records ▁of ▁his ▁execution er ▁stated ▁that , ▁while ▁the ▁charge ▁of ▁tre ason ▁was ▁clearly ▁bas eless , ▁those ▁of ▁ab use ▁of ▁power , ▁violence ▁against ▁the ▁administr ators ▁of ▁the ▁col ony ▁and ▁his ▁soldiers , ▁and ▁cruel ty ▁to ▁the ▁n atives , ▁had ▁am ple ▁witness es . ▁L ally ▁had ▁so ▁im pe