Philippe de Chérisey, L’Enigme de Rennes (1978):

"When I visited Rennes-les-Bains in 1961 and learned that, after the Abbé’s death, the town hall of Rennes-le-Château had burned down (along with its archives), I took advantage of the opportunity to invent a story that the Mayor had made a copy of the parchments discovered by the Abbé. At the suggestion of FRANCIS BLANCHE I then set about composing an enciphered copy based on certain passages from the Gospels, and then myself deciphering what I had myself just enciphered. Finally, by a circuitous route, I was able to deliver the fruits of my labours to GERARD de SEDE. What happened next far exceeded my wildest dreams! Today visitors to RENNES-LE-CHATEAU are encouraged to admire, at the home of Monsieur BUTHION, the restaurateur who keeps the Hôtel de la Tour, two superb enlargements of photocopies of MY ENCIPHERED TEXTS!"