With all these comings and goings it was inevitable that word of the pending putsch should reach the ears of the government in Paris. In army circles in Algeria, what was afoot had been discussed fairly widely; on the night of the putsch a notable conversation took place on the open telephone between Madame de Saint-Hillier, wife of the commander of Massu's old 10th Division, and Madame de Saint-Marc: "Dîtes-moi, Madame, is your husband up to some dirty trick tonight?"

XREF: Connects to discussions of how coups leak through informal networks rather than formal intelligence — parallels other historical accounts of conspiracies being blown open by gossip.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1359