According to his own later memoirs, the original plan was to escape over the garden walls or from the dormitory with the help of a long rope-ladder.1795 – Saintes : Nuit du 4 brumaire an IV (25 octobre) : Barère s’évade de l’Abbaye aux Dames. (Memoires of Barère) This plan soon proved impossible as it was discovered that the garden was out of Barère's reach and that the dormitory was closed.
According to his own later memoirs, the original plan was to escape over the garden walls or from the dormitory: with the help of a long rope-ladder.1795 – Saintes  Nuit du 4 brumaire an IV (25 octobre)  Barère s’évade de l’Abbaye au:x Dames. (Memoires of Barère) This plan soon proved impossible as it was discovered that the garden was out of Barère's reach and that the dormitory was closed.