Hortense versuchte, jungen Menschen aus der Falle zu helfen.

This has been the story of how popular movements are fomented to attract and trap courageous youth.
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Chance had ordained that, having a small farm in the Marches, I wanted to increase it. To this end, without suspecting these sad events, I had sold annuities and sent money to my nephew's collector. He was staying in the palace where I lived.
He had been able to pay for everything the young people needed, and now I could help so many unfortunate people.
I gave everything I had, reserving only what I needed for my trip. I must say here that, in my misfortune, I received offers of service and proofs of dedication that I cannot forget.
Mme ** ... sometimes came to my house in Rome; I knew her little, but my misfortune touched her to such an extent that there was no sort of service that she would not have wanted to render me, all her fortune was at my disposal. M. de Bressieux also wrote to me that if I needed him, although he had just married, he would place himself at my orders.
It was only a long time later that I could respond to such eagerness and dedication, but I have always retained a tender gratitude.
To give an idea of all the misfortunes which surrounded me, I will quote only those of unfortunate Modénais, who, with a bravery worthy of a better fate, had supported a siege in a house against a troop of the Duke of Modena, and, delivered by the people, had finally triumphed.
Humane in victory, they had spared their enemies and protected the life of the Duke; now without resources, without amnesty for them, the scaffold awaited them.
Too many and too poor to embark, young people set out on foot to go to Livorno via the mountains. With the money that I gave them, they arranged it so that one piastre per man could be sufficient for them until their destination.

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C'est l'histoire de la façon dont les mouvements populaires sont stimulés pour attirer et capturer des jeunes courageux.