His real name was maillot, and according to Madame d'Urfe he had not, as was supposed, died at Marseilles, but was still alive; "and," added she, with a slight smile, "I often get letters from him.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The guard at the maillot Gate would have stopped the party, but Roger, member of the Committee of Public Safety, armed with his papers and his tricolour scarf, overruled Robespierre's former orders, and the party mached out of the gate.
"The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel"
Baroness Orczy
And, in this wise, he had been tracked to the Porte-maillot, where, realising, no doubt, that he was pursued, he had suddenly bolted into the Bois de Boulogne.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola