Saint Genevieve's remains were gone, but her stone sarcophagus should still be there. Napoleoni intended to send Paris's patron saint to Saint-Étienne Church with great ceremony. It stood opposite the Pantheon, just as Georgiana had seen Saint Genevieve standing at the Pantheon's entrance in her dream. The premise was that they first had to find Saint Genevieve's sarcophagus. Georgiana truly did not know whether Fouché would "thank" her for giving him more work.
This should not have been difficult for the Paris police. After all, in the eyes of ordinary citizens, even the devil was more lovable than a patrolman. The countryside was another matter. Farmers gathered on market days to sell livestock and grain. Once they had money in hand, they drank a glass of wine at the fair, picked up news, met a few friends, and danced to bagpipe music. If newly recruited mounted police came along without the sense to keep out of it, trying to maintain order or hunt down fugitives, the farmers would set upon them with fists and feet and give them a savage beating. The brawls that followed were almost impossible to contain. City folk probably would not even dare imagine hitting mounted police.
How could such intimidation possibly make bakeries operate at a loss and borrow money to avoid bankruptcy?
A woman's reputation was immensely important. Chaste Saint Genevieve was revered as a holy maiden, while Josephine, because of one foolish mistake, could no longer fly into a rage like an ordinary wife no matter how many women Napoleon had.
If Georgiana truly had ulterior motives, she could simply say she suspected Josephine of carrying out the poisoning. Napoleon would probably shield her for old times' sake, and in the end, nothing would come of it.
What good would forcing them to