Josephine was there when Lavalette busted out of prison the day before his execution was planned. Lavalette fooled the guards by wearing his wife’s clothes. Lavalette is one of the purest and most honest figures in the entire Napoleon saga and the puppet Bourbons we’re going to execute him. That pretty much says it all.
If listening to me (occasionally) weep and sob over pain and injustice interests you, listen to my reading of Lavalette’s memoirs. It’s available at the link below:
https://www.thetanster.com/blog/2019/2/11/napoleon-memoirs-links