To Mr. Moreau:

November 10, 1818. 

Dear Sir,

I have done myself the honor of writing you two letters, one dated the 16th, the other dated the 19th of last September, and both have remained unanswered. This silence on your part astonishes me all the more, since my reasons for writing them must have deserved your attention. I do not know why several letters which I have also addressed to Dr. Pinel and to Mr Chaix, our mutual friend, to be presented to the members of your society in Avignon, have similarly received no response; I am convinced that these gentlemen will have written to you to convey their decisions, and that you will not delay any longer in carrying them out, since this delay is very detrimental to my peace of mind, as you know perfectly well

You are also aware of the  perfidy of the Vandeval woman and several others. And you do not seem to remember also all the fine promises that you had made me in this regard: I am tormented day and night by these scoundrels, and the suffering that I endure is unbearable. Decency does not allow me to detail them to you here, they are of a nature that can only be explained in private. 

I cannot fathom the reasons that would prevent you from making a decision in my favor. 

Since replying to me seems to be too difficult,  why not address yourself to Prince Belphegor, ambassador of hell, in charge of French affairs? This would all be smoothed over with your simple request. [1]

You must also come to an agreement with Leonard, grand master of the Sabbath, knight of the Fly, so that his rogue agents no longer come to harass me, they magnetize me to make me sleep and then commit the most terrible atrocities.

I have the honor to be,
M.B.

P.S. I must not let you be unaware that I have already written several letters to Mr. Charles Prieur,  a doctor in Moulins, all relating to the conduct of his sons towards me.

I am writing to Mr. Pinel so that you can come to a final agreement on my case. After twenty-three years of trials and suffering, it would be time to see an end to my torments.

[1] This seems to be around the time M.B. acquired and read the Dictionairre Infernal, as he suddenly goes wild with demonic name-dropping. An earlier letter to Etienne also mentions the Dictionairre Infernal hierarchy in September.