Eventually Eugene\u2019s body could no longer handle the pressure, and he was sent away for an enforced rest. The vow of obedience that he had made to Henri Tempier would no doubt have been used to force him to take this break and is reflected in the letter that he writes to the community.<\/p>\n
\nTo my dear brothers the missionaries, in Aix. Bonneveine. From the place of my exile. July 1816<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Eugene spent the latter weeks of July and part of August at the home of his cousin Emile Dedons, Marquis de Pierrefeu, on the banks of the Huveaune River at Bonneveine, on the outskirts of Marseille.<\/p>\n
\nOn the banks of the Huveaune I am saddened as I think of our dear mission. Did you really think of that my good brothers, when you chased me from it so cruelly?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
He had left in a hurry,\u00a0which indicates that\u00a0his health situation must have been serious:<\/p>\n
\n\u2026 I beg our brother Maunier to excuse me for not having taken leave of him when I left, it was not all my fault, my flight being so precipitate that I had time to do nothing I would have wished to do.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter addressed to “our dear brothers, the missionaries at Aix”,
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