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+RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V6
+
+By CONSTANT
+
+PREMIER VALET DE CHAMBRE
+
+TRANSLATED BY WALTER CLARK
+
+1895
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VII.
+
+We arrived in Paris on the 1st of January at nine o'clock in the evening;
+and as the theater of the palace of the Tuileries was now completed, on
+the Sunday following his Majesty's return the Griselda of M. Paer was
+presented in this magnificent hall.  Their Majesties' boxes were situated
+in front of the curtain, opposite each other, and presented a charming
+picture, with their hangings of crimson silk draped above, and forming a
+background to broad, movable mirrors, which reflected at will the
+audience or the play.  The Emperor, still impressed with the
+recollections of the theaters of Italy, criticised unsparingly that of
+the Tuileries, saying that it was inconvenient, badly planned, and much
+too large for a palace theater; but notwithstanding all these criticisms,
+when the day of inauguration came, and the Emperor was convinced of the
+very great ingenuity M. Fontaine had shown in distributing the boxes so
+as to make the splendid toilets appear to the utmost advantage, he
+appeared well satisfied, and charged the Duke of Frioul to present to M.
+Fontaine the congratulations he so well deserved.
+
+A week after we saw the reverse of the medal.  On that day Cinna was
+presented, and a comedy, the name of which I have forgotten.  It was such
+extremely cold weather that we were obliged to leave the theater
+immediately after the tragedy, in consequence of which the Emperor
+exhausted himself in invectives against the hall, which according to him
+was good for nothing but to be burnt.  M. Fontaine [Born at Pontoise,
+1762; erected the arch of the Carrousel; died 1853] was summoned, and
+promised to do everything in his power to remedy the inconveniences
+pointed out to him; and in fact, by means of new furnaces placed under
+the theater, with pipes through the ceiling, and steps placed under the
+benches of the second tier of boxes, in a week the hall was made warm and
+comfortable.
+
+For several weeks the Emperor occupied himself almost exclusively with
+buildings and improvements.  The arch of triumph of the Place du
+Carrousel, from which the scaffolding had been removed in order to allow
+the Imperial Guard to pass beneath it on their return from Prussia, first
+attracted his Majesty's attention.  This monument was then almost
+completed, with the exception of a few bas-reliefs which were still to be
+put in position.  The Emperor took a critical view of it from one of the
+palace windows, and said, after knitting his brows two or three times,
+that this mass resembled much more a pavilion than a gate, and that he
+would have much preferred one constructed in the style of the porte
+Saint-Denis.
+
+After visiting in detail the various works begun or carried on since his
+departure, his Majesty one morning sent for M. Fontaine, and having
+discoursed at length on what he thought worthy of praise or blame in all
+that he had seen, informed him of his intentions with regard to the plans
+which the architect had furnished for joining the Tuileries to the
+Louvre.  It was agreed by the Emperor and M. Fontaine that these
+buildings should be united by two wings, the first of which should be
+finished in five years, a million to be granted each year for this
+purpose; and that a second wing should also be constructed on the
+opposite side, extending from the Louvre to the Tuileries, forming thus a
+perfect square, in the midst of which would be erected an opera house,
+isolated on all sides, and communicating with the palace by a
+subterranean gallery.
+
+The gallery forming the court in front of the Louvre was to be opened to
+the public in winter, and decorated with statues, and also with all the
+shrubbery now in boxes in the garden of the Tuileries; and in this court
+he intended to erect an arch of triumph very similar to that of the
+Carrousel.  Finally, all these beautiful buildings were to be used as
+lodgings for the grand officers of the crown, as stables, etc.  The
+necessary expense was estimated as approximating forty-two millions.
+
+The Emperor was occupied in succession with a palace of arts; with a new
+building for the Imperial library, to be placed on the spot now occupied
+by the Bourse; with a palace for the stock-exchange on the quay Desaix;
+with the restoration of the Sorbonne and the hotel Soubise; with a
+triumphal column at Neuilly; with a fountain on the Place Louis XV.; with
+tearing down the Hotel-Dieu to enlarge and beautify the Cathedral
+quarter; and with the construction of four hospitals at Mont-Parnasse, at
+Chaillot, at Montmartre, and in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, etc.  All
+these plans were very grand; and there is no doubt that he who had
+conceived them would have executed them; and it has often been said that
+had he lived, Paris would have had no rival in any department in the
+world.
+
+At the same time his Majesty decided definitely on the form of the arch
+of triumph de l'Etoile, which had been long debated, and for which all
+the architects of the crown had submitted plans.  It was M. Fontaine
+whose opinion prevailed; since among all the plans presented his was the
+simplest, and at the same time the most imposing.
+
+The Emperor was also much interested in the restoration of the palace of
+Versailles.  M. Fontaine had submitted to his Majesty a plan for the
+first repairs, by the terms of which, for the sum of six millions, the
+Emperor and Empress would have had a comfortable dwelling.  His Majesty,
+who liked everything grand, handsome, superb, but at the same time
+economical, wrote at the bottom of this estimate the following note,
+which M. de Bausset reports thus in his Memoirs:--
+
+     "The plans in regard to Versailles must be carefully considered.
+     Those which M. Fontaine submits are very reasonable, the estimate
+     being six millions; but this includes dwellings, with the
+     restoration of the chapel and that of the theater, only sufficiently
+     comfortable for present use, not such as they should be one day.
+
+     "By this plan, the Emperor and Empress would have their apartments;
+     but we must remember that this sum should also furnish lodgings for
+     princes, grand and inferior officers.
+
+     "It is also necessary to know where will be placed the factory of
+     arms, which will be needed at Versailles, since it puts silver in
+     circulation.
+
+     "It will be necessary out of these six millions to find six lodgings
+     for princes, twelve for grand officers, and fifty for inferior
+     officers.
+
+     "Then only can we decide to make Versailles our residence, and pass
+     the summers there.  Before adopting these plans, it will be
+     necessary that the architect who engages to execute them should
+     certify that they can be executed for the proposed sum."
+
+
+A few days after their arrival their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress,
+went to visit the celebrated David
+
+     [Jacques Louis David, born in Paris, 1748, celebrated historical
+     painter, member of convention, 1792, and voted for the death of the
+     king.  Died in Brussels, 1825.]
+
+at his studio in the Sorbonne, in order to see the magnificent picture of
+the coronation, which had just been finished.  Their Majesties' suite was
+composed of Marshal Bessieres, an aide-de-camp of the Emperor, M. Lebrun,
+several ladies of the palace, and chamberlains.  The Emperor and Empress
+contemplated with admiration for a long while this beautiful painting,
+which comprised every species of merit; and the painter was in his glory
+while hearing his Majesty name, one by one, all the different personages
+of the picture, for the resemblance was really miraculous.  "How grand
+that is!" said the Emperor; "how fine!  how the figures are brought out
+in relief!  how truthful!  This is not a painting; the figures live in
+this picture!"  First directing his attention to the grand tribune in the
+midst, the Emperor, recognized Madame his mother, General Beaumont, M. de
+Cosse, M. de La Ville, Madame de Fontanges, and Madame Soult.  "I see in
+the distance," said he, "good M. Vien."  M. David replied, "Yes, Sire; I
+wished to show my admiration for my illustrious master by placing him in
+this picture, which, on account of its subject, will be the most famous
+of my works."  The Empress then took part in the conversation, and
+pointed out to the Emperor how happily M. David had seized upon and
+represented the interesting moment when the Emperor is on the point of
+being crowned.  "Yes," said his Majesty, regarding it with a pleasure
+that he did not seek to disguise, "the moment is well chosen, and the
+scene perfectly represented; the two figures are very fine," and speaking
+thus, the Emperor looked at the Empress.
+
+His Majesty continued the examination of the picture in all its details,
+and praised especially the group of the Italian clergy near the altar,
+which episode was invented by the painter.  He seemed to wish only that
+the Pope had been represented in more direct action, appearing to give
+his blessing, and that the crown of the Empress had been borne by the
+cardinal legate.  In regard to this group, Marshal Bessieres made the
+Emperor laugh heartily, by relating to him the very amusing discussion
+which had taken place between David and Cardinal Caprara.
+
+It is well known that the artist had a great aversion to dressed figures,
+especially to those clothed in the modern style.  In all his paintings,
+there may be remarked such a pronounced love for the antique that it even
+shows itself in his manner of draping living persons.  Now, Cardinal
+Caprara, one of the assistants of the Pope at the ceremony of the
+coronation, wore a wig; and David, in giving him a place in his picture,
+thought it more suitable to take off his wig, and represent him with a
+bald head, the likeness being otherwise perfect.  The Cardinal was much
+grieved, and begged the artist to restore his wig, but received from
+David a formal refusal.  "Never," said he, "will I degrade my pencil so
+far as to paint a wig."  His Eminence went away very angry, and
+complained to M. de Talleyrand, who was at this time Minister of Foreign
+Affairs, giving, among other reasons, this, which seemed to him
+unanswerable, that, as no Pope had ever worn a wig, they would not fail
+to attribute to him, Cardinal Caprara, an intention of aspiring to the
+pontifical chair in case of a vacancy, which intention would be clearly
+shown by the suppression of his wig in the picture of the coronation.
+The entreaties of his Eminence were all in vain; for David would not
+consent to restore his precious wig, saying, that "he ought to be very
+glad he had taken off no more than that."
+
+After hearing this story, the particulars of which were confirmed by the
+principal actor in the scene, his Majesty made some observations to M.
+David, with all possible delicacy.  They were attentively noted by this
+admirable artist, who, with a bow, promised the Emperor to profit by his
+advice.  Their Majesties' visit was long, and lasted until the fading
+light warned the Emperor that it was time to return.  M. David escorted
+him to the door of his studio; and there, stopping short, the Emperor
+took off his hat, and, by a most graceful bow, testified to the honor he
+felt for such distinguished talent.  The Empress added to the agitation
+by which M. David seemed almost overcome by a few of the charming words
+of appreciation she so well knew how to say, and said so opportunely.
+
+Opposite the picture of the coronation was placed that of the Sabines.
+The Emperor, who perceived how anxious M. David was to dispose of this,
+gave orders to M. Lebrun, as he left, to see if this picture could not be
+placed to advantage in the grand gallery at the Tuileries.  But he soon
+changed his mind when he reflected that most of the figures were
+represented in naturalibus, which would appear incongruous in an
+apartment used for grand diplomatic receptions, and in which the Council
+of Ministers usually sat.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VIII.
+
+The last of January, Mademoiselle de Tascher, niece of her Majesty the
+Empress, was married to the Duke of Aremberg.  The Emperor on this
+occasion raised Mademoiselle de Tascher to the dignity of a princess, and
+deigned, in company with the Empress, to honor with his presence the
+marriage, which took place at the residence of her Majesty the Queen of
+Holland, in the Rue de Ceriltti, and was celebrated with a splendor
+worthy of the august guests.  The Empress remained some time after
+dinner, and opened the ball with the Duke of Aremberg.  A few days after
+this the Prince of Hohenzollern married the niece of the Grand Duke of
+Berg and Cleves, Mademoiselle Antoinette Murat.
+
+His Majesty honored her as he had done Mademoiselle Tascher, and, in
+company with the Empress, also attended the ball which the Grand Duke of
+Berg gave on the occasion of this marriage, and at which Princess
+Caroline presided.
+
+This was a brilliant winter at Paris, owing to the great number of fetes
+and balls which were given.  The Emperor, as I have already said, had an
+aversion to balls, and especially masked balls, which he considered the
+most senseless things in the world, and this was a subject on which he
+was often at war with the Empress; but, notwithstanding this, on one
+occasion he yielded to the entreaties of M. de Marescalchi, the Italian
+ambassador, noted for his magnificent balls, which the most distinguished
+personages of the kingdom attended.  These brilliant reunions took place
+in a hall which the ambassador had built for the purpose, and decorated
+with extraordinary luxury and splendor; and his Majesty, as I have said,
+consented to honor with his presence a masked ball given by this
+ambassador, which was to eclipse all others.
+
+In the morning the Emperor called me, and said, "I have decided to dance
+this evening at the house of the ambassador of Italy; you will carry,
+during the day, ten complete costumes to the apartments he has prepared
+for me."  I obeyed, and in the evening accompanied his Majesty to the
+residence of M. Marescalchi, and dressed him as best I could in a black
+domino, taking great pains to render him unrecognizable; and everything
+went well, in spite of numerous observations on the Emperor's part as to
+the absurdity of a disguise, the bad appearance a domino makes, etc.
+But, when it was proposed to change his shoes, he rebelled absolutely, in
+spite of all I could say on this point; and consequently he was
+recognized the moment he entered the ballroom.  He went straight to a
+masker, his hands behind his back, as usual, and attempted to enter into
+an intrigue, and at the first question he asked was called Sire, in
+reply.  Whereupon, much disappointed, he turned on his heel, and came
+back to me.  "You are right, Constant; I am recognized.  Bring me lace-
+boots and another costume."  I put the boots on his feet, and disguised
+him anew, advising him to let his arms hang, if he did not wish to be
+recognized at once; and his Majesty promised to obey in every particular
+what he called my instructions.  He had hardly entered the room in his
+new costume, however, before he was accosted by a lady, who, seeing him
+with his hands again crossed behind his back, said, "Sire, you are
+recognized!  "The Emperor immediately let his arms fall; but it was too
+late, for already every one moved aside respectfully to make room for
+him.  He then returned to his room, and took a third costume, promising
+me implicitly to pay attention to his gestures and his walk, and offering
+to bet that he would not be recognized.  This time, in fact, he entered
+the hall as if it were a barrack, pushing and elbowing all around him;
+but, in spite of this, some one whispered in his ear, "Your Majesty is
+recognized."  A new disappointment, new change of costume, and new advice
+on my part, with the same result; until at last his Majesty left the
+ambassador's ball, persuaded that he could not be disguised, and that the
+Emperor would be recognized whatever mask he might assume.
+
+That evening at supper, the Prince de Neuchatel, the Duke de Trevise, the
+Duke de Frioul, and some other officers being present, the Emperor
+related the history of his disguises, and made many jests on his
+awkwardness.  In speaking of the young lady who had recognized him the
+evening before, and who had, it appeared, puzzled him greatly, "Can you
+believe it, Messieurs," said he, "I never succeeded in recognizing the
+little wretch at all?"  During the carnival the Empress expressed a wish
+to go once to the masked ball at the opera; and when she begged the
+Emperor to accompany her he refused, in spite of all the tender and
+enticing things the Empress could say, and all the grace with which, as
+is well known, she could surround a petition.  She found that all was
+useless, as the Emperor said plainly that he would not go.  "Well, I will
+go without you."--"As you please," and the Emperor went out.
+
+That evening at the appointed hour the Empress went to the ball; and the
+Emperor, who wished to surprise her, had one of her femmes de chambre
+summoned, and obtained from her an exact description of the Empress's
+costume.  He then told me to dress him in a domino, entered a carriage
+without decorations, and accompanied by the grand marshal of the palace,
+a superior officer, and myself, took the road to the opera.  On reaching
+the private entrance of the Emperor's household, we encountered some
+difficulty, as the doorkeeper would not let us pass till I had told my
+name and rank.  "These gentlemen are with you?"--"As you see."--"I beg
+your pardon, Monsieur Constant; but it is because in such times as these
+there are always persons who try to enter without paying."--"That is
+good!  That is good!" and the Emperor laughed heartily at the
+doorkeeper's observations.  At last we entered, and having got as far as
+the hall, promenaded in couples, I giving my arm to the Emperor, who said
+thou to me, and bade me reply in the same way.  We gave each other
+fictitious names, the Emperor calling himself Auguste; the Duke de
+Frioul, Francois; the superior officer, whose name escapes me, Charles;
+while I was Joseph.  As soon as his Majesty saw a domino similar to the
+one the femme de chambre had described, he pressed my arm and said, "Is
+that she?"--"No, Si--- no, Auguste," replied I, constantly correcting
+myself; for it was impossible to accustom myself to calling the Emperor
+otherwise than Sire or your Majesty.  He had, as I have said, expressly
+ordered me to tutoy him; but he was every moment compelled to repeat this
+order to me, for respect tied my tongue every time I tried to say tu.  At
+last, after having gone in every direction, explored every corner and
+nook of the saloon, the green-room, the boxes, etc., in fact, examined
+everything, and looked each costume over in detail, his Majesty, who was
+no more successful in recognizing her Majesty than were we, began to feel
+great anxiety, which I, however, succeeded in allaying by telling him
+that doubtless the Empress had gone to change her costume.  As I was
+speaking, a domino arrived who seemed enamoured of the Emperor, accosted
+him, mystified him, tormented him in every way, and with so much vivacity
+that Auguste was beside himself; and it is impossible to give even a
+faint idea of the comical sight the Emperor presented in his
+embarrassment.  The domino, delighted at this, redoubled her wit and
+raillery until, thinking it time to cease, she disappeared in the crowd.
+
+The Emperor was completely exasperated; he had seen enough, and we left
+the ball.
+
+The next morning when he saw the Empress, he remarked, "Well, you did not
+go to the opera ball, after all!"--"Oh, yes, indeed I did."--"Nonsense!"
+--"I assure you that I went.  And you, my dear, what did you do all the
+evening?"--"I worked."--"Why, that is very singular; for I saw at the
+ball last night a domino who had exactly your foot and boots.  I took him
+for you, and consequently addressed him."  The Emperor laughed heartily
+on learning that he had been thus duped; the Empress, just as she left
+for the ball, had changed her costume, not thinking the first
+sufficiently elegant.
+
+The carnival was extremely brilliant this year, and there were in Paris
+all kinds of masquerades.  The most amusing were those in which the
+theory advocated by the famous Doctor Gall [Franz Joseph Gall, founder
+of the system of phrenology.  Born in Baden, 1758; died in Paris, 1825]
+was illustrated.  I saw a troop passing the Place du Carrousel, composed
+of clowns, harlequins, fishwives, etc., all rubbing their skulls, and
+making expressive grimaces; while a clown bore several skulls of
+different sizes, painted red, blue, or green, with these inscriptions:
+Skull of a robber, skull of an assassin, skull of a bankrupt, etc.; and a
+masked figure, representing Doctor Gall, was seated on an ass, his head
+turned to the animal's tail, and receiving from the hands of a woman who
+followed him, and was also seated on an ass, heads covered with wigs made
+of long grass.
+
+Her Majesty Queen Caroline gave a masked ball, at which the Emperor and
+Empress were present, which was one of the most brilliant I have ever
+attended.
+
+The opera of la Vestale was then new, and very much the fashion; it
+represented a quadrille of priests and vestals who entered to the sound
+of delicious music on the flute and harp, and in addition to this there
+were magicians, a Swiss marriage, Tyrolian betrothals, etc.  All the
+costumes were wonderfully handsome and true to nature; and there had been
+arranged in the apartments at the palace a supply of costumes which
+enabled the dancers to change four or five times during the night, and
+which had the effect of renewing the ball as many times.
+
+As I was dressing the Emperor for this ball, he said to me, "Constant,
+you must go with me in disguise.  Take whatever costume you like,
+disguise yourself so that you cannot possibly be recognized, and I will
+give you instructions."  I hastened to do as his Majesty ordered, donned a
+Swiss costume which suited me very well, and thus equipped awaited his
+Majesty's orders.
+
+He had a plan for mystifying several great personages, and two or three
+ladies whom the Emperor designated to me with such minute details that it
+was impossible to mistake them, and told me some singular things in
+regard to them,  which were not generally known, and were well calculated
+to embarrass them terribly.  As I was starting, the Emperor called me
+back, saying, "Above all, Constant, take care to make no mistake, and do
+not confound Madame de M---- with her sister; they have almost exactly
+the same costume, but Madame de M--- is larger than she, so take care."
+On my arrival at the ball, I sought and easily found the persons whom his
+Majesty had designated, and the replies which they made afforded him much
+amusement when I narrated them as he was retiring.
+
+There was at this time a third marriage at the court, that of the Prince
+de Neuchatel and the Princess of Bavaria, which was celebrated in the
+chapel of the Tuileries by Cardinal Fesch.
+
+A traveler just returned from the Isle of France presented to the Empress
+a female monkey of the orang-outang species; and her Majesty gave orders
+that the animal should be placed in the menagerie at Malmaison.  This
+baboon was extremely gentle and docile, and its master had given it an
+excellent education.  It was wonderful to see her, when any one
+approached the chair on which she was seated, take a decent position,
+draw over her legs and thighs the fronts of a long redingote, and, when
+she rose to make a bow, hold the redingote carefully in front of her,
+acting, in fact, exactly as would a young girl who had been well reared.
+She ate at the table with a knife and fork more properly than many
+children who are thought to be carefully trained, and liked, while
+eating, to cover her face with her napkin, and then uncover it with a cry
+of joy.  Turnips were her favorite food; and, when a lady of the palace
+showed her one, she began to run, caper, and cut somersaults, forgetting
+entirely the lessons of modesty and decency her professor had taught her.
+The Empress was much amused at seeing the baboon lose her dignity so
+completely under the influence of this lady.
+
+This poor beast had inflammation of the stomach, and, according to the
+directions of the traveler who brought her, was placed in bed and a
+night-dress put on her.  She took great care to keep the covering up to
+her chin, though unwilling to have anything on her head; and held her
+arms out of the bed, her hands hidden in the sleeves of the night-dress.
+When any one whom she knew entered the room, she nodded to them and took
+their hand, pressing it affectionately.  She eagerly swallowed the
+medicines prescribed, as they were sweet; and one day, while a draught of
+manna was being prepared, which she thought too long delayed, she showed
+every sign of impatience, and threw herself from side to side like a
+fretful child; at last, throwing off the covering, she seized her
+physician by the coat with so much obstinacy that he was compelled to
+yield.  The instant she obtained possession of the eagerly coveted cup
+she manifested the greatest delight, and began to drink, taking little
+sips, and smacking her lips with all the gratification of an epicure who
+tastes a glass of wine which he thinks very old and very delicious.  At
+last the cup was emptied, she returned it, and lay down again.  It is
+impossible to give an idea of the gratitude this poor animal showed
+whenever anything was done for her.  The Empress was deeply attached to
+her.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IX.
+
+After remaining about a week at the chateau of Saint-Cloud, his Majesty
+set out, on the 2d of April, at 11 o'clock in the morning, to visit the
+departments of the South; and as this journey was to begin at Bordeaux,
+the Emperor requested the Empress to meet him there.  This publicly
+announced intention was simply a pretext, in order, to mislead the
+curious, for we knew that we were going to the frontier of Spain.
+
+The Emperor remained barely ten days there, and then left for Bayonne
+alone, leaving the Empress at Bordeaux, and reaching Bayonne on the night
+of the 14-15th of April, where her Majesty the Empress rejoined him two
+or three days afterwards.
+
+The Prince of Neuchatel and the grand marshal lodged at the chateau of
+Marrac, the rest of their Majesties' suite lodged at Bayonne and its
+suburbs, the guard camped in front of the chateau on a place called the
+Parterre, and in three days all were comfortably located.
+
+On the morning of the 15th of April, the Emperor had hardly recovered
+from the fatigue of his journey, when he received the authorities of
+Bayonne, who came to congratulate him, and questioned them, as was his
+custom, most pointedly.  His Majesty then set out to visit the fort and
+fortifications, which occupied him till the evening, when he returned to
+the Government palace, which he occupied temporarily while waiting till
+the chateau of Marrac should be ready to receive him.
+
+On his return to the palace the Emperor expected to find the Infant Don
+Carlos, whom his brother Ferdinand, the Prince of the Asturias, had sent
+to Bayonne to present his compliments to the Emperor; but he was informed
+that the Infant was ill, and would not be able to come.  The Emperor
+immediately gave orders to send one of his physicians to attend upon him,
+with a valet de chambre and several other persons; for the prince had
+come to Bayonne without attendants, and incognito, attended only by a
+military service composed of a few soldiers of the garrison.  The Emperor
+also ordered that this service should be replaced by one more suitable,
+consisting of the Guard of Honor of Bayonne, and sent two or three times
+each day to inquire the condition of the Infant, who it was freely
+admitted in the palace was very ill.
+
+On leaving the Government palace to take up his abode at Marrac, the
+Emperor gave all necessary orders that it should be in readiness to
+receive the King and Queen of Spain, who were expected at Bayonne the
+last of the month; and expressly recommended that everything should be
+done to render to the sovereigns of Spain all the honors due their
+position.  Just as the Emperor entered the chateau the sound of music was
+heard, and the grand marshal entered to inform his Majesty that a large
+company of the inhabitants in the costume of the country were assembled
+before the gate of the chateau.  The Emperor immediately went to the
+window; and, at sight of him, seventeen persons (seven men and ten women)
+began with inimitable grace a dance called 'la pamperruque', in which the
+women kept time on tambourines, and the men with castanets, to an
+orchestra composed of flutes and guitars.  I went out of the castle to
+view this scene more closely.  The women wore short skirts of blue silk,
+and pink stockings likewise embroidered in silver; their hair was tied
+with ribbons, and they wore very broad black bracelets, that set off to
+advantage the dazzling whiteness of their bare arms.  The men wore tight-
+fitting white breeches, with silk stockings and large epaulettes, a loose
+vest of very fine woolen cloth ornamented with gold, and their hair
+caught up in a net like the Spaniards.
+
+His Majesty took great pleasure in witnessing this dance, which is
+peculiar to the country and very ancient, which the custom of the country
+has consecrated as a means of rendering homage to great personages.  The
+Emperor remained at the window until the 'pamperruque' was finished, and
+then sent to compliment the dancers on their skill, and to express his
+thanks to the inhabitants assembled in crowds at the gate.
+
+His Majesty a few days afterward received from his Royal Highness, the
+Prince of the Asturias, a letter, in which he announced that he intended
+setting out from Irun, where he then was, at an early day, in order to
+have the pleasure of making the acquaintance of his brother (it was thus
+Prince Ferdinand called the Emperor); a pleasure which he had long
+desired, and which he would at last enjoy if his good brother would allow
+him.  This letter was brought to the Emperor by one of the aides-de-camp
+of the prince, who had accompanied him from Madrid, and preceded him to
+Bayonne by only ten days.  His Majesty could hardly believe what he read
+and heard; and I, with several other persons, heard him exclaim, "What,
+he is coming here?  but you must be mistaken; he must be deceiving us;
+that cannot be possible!"  And I can certify that, in these words, the
+Emperor manifested no pleasure at the announcement.
+
+It was necessary, however, to make preparations to receive the prince,
+since he was certainly coming; consequently the Prince of Neuchatel, the
+Duke of Frioul, and a chamberlain of honor, were selected by his Majesty.
+And the guard of honor received orders to accompany these gentlemen, and
+meet the Prince of Spain just outside the town of Bayonne; the rank which
+the Emperor recognized in Ferdinand not rendering it proper that the
+escort should go as far as the frontier of the two empires.  The Prince
+made his entrance into Bayonne at noon, on the 20th of April.  Lodgings
+which would have been considered very inferior in Paris, but which were
+elegant in Bayonne, had been prepared for him and his brother, the Infant
+Don Carlos, who was already installed there.  Prince Ferdinand made a
+grimace on entering, but did not dare to complain aloud; and certainly it
+would have been most improper for him to have done so, since it was not
+the Emperor's fault that Bayonne possessed only one palace, which was at
+this time reserved for the king, and, besides, this house, the handsomest
+in the town, was large and perfectly new.  Don Pedro de Cevallos, who
+accompanied the prince, thought it horrible, and unfit for a royal
+personage.  It was the residence of the commissariat.  An hour after
+Ferdinand's arrival, the Emperor visited him.  He was awaiting the
+Emperor at the door, and held out his arms on his approach; they
+embraced, and ascended to his apartments, where they remained about half
+an hour, and when they separated the prince wore a somewhat anxious air.
+His Majesty on his return charged the grand marshal to convey to the
+prince and his brother, Don Carlos, the Duke of San-Carlos, the Duke of
+Infantado, Don Pedro de Cevallos, and two or three other persons of the
+suite, an invitation to dine with him; and the Emperor's carriages were
+sent for these illustrious guests at the appointed hour, and they were
+conveyed to the chateau.  His Majesty descended to the foot of the
+staircase to receive the prince; but this was the limit of his deference,
+for not once during dinner did he give Prince Ferdinand, who was a king
+at Madrid, the title of your majesty, nor even that of highness; nor did
+he accompany him on his departure any farther than the first door of the
+saloon; and he afterwards informed him, by a message, that he would have
+no other rank than that of Prince of the Asturias until the arrival of
+his father, King Charles.  Orders were given at the same time to place on
+duty at the house of the princes, the Bayonnaise guard of honor, with the
+Imperial Guard in addition to a detachment of picked police.
+
+On the 27th of April the Empress arrived from Bordeaux at seven o'clock
+in the evening, having made no stay at Bayonne, where her arrival excited
+little enthusiasm, as they were perhaps displeased that she did not stop
+there.  His Majesty received her with much tenderness, and showed much
+solicitude as to the fatigue she must have experienced, since the roads
+were so rough, and badly washed by the rains.  In the evening the town
+and chateau were illuminated.
+
+Three days after, on the 30th, the King and Queen of Spain arrived at
+Bayonne; and it is impossible to describe the homage which the Emperor
+paid them.  The Duke Charles de Plaisance went as far as Irun, and the
+Prince de Neuchatel even to the banks of the Bidassoa, in order to pay
+marked respect to their Catholic Majesties on the part of their powerful
+friend; and the king and queen appeared to appreciate highly these marks
+of consideration.  A detachment of picked troops, superbly uniformed,
+awaited them on the frontier, and served as their escort; the garrison of
+Bayonne was put under arms, all the buildings of the port were decorated,
+all the bells rang, and the batteries of both the citadel and the port
+saluted with great salvos.  The Prince of the Asturias and his brother,
+hearing of the arrival of the king and queen, had left Bayonne in order
+to meet their parents, when they encountered, a short distance from the
+town, two or three grenadiers who had just left Vittoria, and related to
+them the following occurrence:
+
+When their Spanish Majesties entered Vittoria, they found that a
+detachment of the Spanish body guards, who had accompanied the Prince of
+the Asturias and were stationed in this town, had taken possession of the
+palace which the king and queen were to occupy as they passed through,
+and on the arrival of their Majesties had put themselves under arms.  As
+soon as the king perceived this, he said to them in a severe tone, "You
+will understand why I ask you to quit my palace.  You have failed in your
+duty at Aranjuez.  I have no need of your services, and I do not wish
+them.  Go!" These words, pronounced with an energy far from habitual to
+Charles IV., met with no reply.  The detachment of the guards retired;
+and the king begged General Verdier to give him a French guard, much
+grieved, he said, that he had not retained his brave riflemen, whose
+colonel he still kept near him as captain of the guards.
+
+This news could not give the Prince of the Asturias a high opinion of the
+welcome his father had in store for him; and indeed he was very coolly
+received, as I shall now relate.
+
+The King and Queen of Spain, on alighting at the governmental palace,
+found awaiting them the grand marshal, the Duke de Frioul, who escorted
+them to their apartments, and presented to them General Count Reille, the
+Emperor's aide-de-camp, performing the duties of governor of the palace;
+M. d'Audenarde, equerry, with M. Dumanoir and M. de Baral, chamberlains
+charged with the service of honor near their Majesties.
+
+The grandees of Spain whom their Majesties found at Bayonne were the same
+who had followed the Prince of the Asturias, and the sight of them, as
+may well be imagined, was not pleasant to the king; and when the ceremony
+of the kissing of the hand took place, every one perceived the painful
+agitation of the unfortunate sovereigns.  This ceremony, which consists
+of falling on your knees and kissing the hand of the king and queen, was
+performed in the deepest silence, as their Majesties spoke to no one but
+the Count of Fuentes, who by chance was at Bayonne.
+
+The king hurried over this ceremony, which fatigued him greatly, and
+retired with the queen into his apartments, where the Prince of the
+Asturias wished to follow them; but his father stopped him at the door,
+and raising his arm as if to repulse him, said in a trembling tone,
+"Prince, do you wish still to insult my gray hairs?"  These words had,
+it is said, the effect of a thunderbolt on the prince.  He was overcome
+by his feelings for a moment, and withdrew without uttering a word.
+
+Very different was the reception their Majesties gave to the Prince de la
+Paix
+
+     [Manuel Godoi, born at Badajos, 1767.  A common soldier, he
+     became the queen's lover, and the virtual ruler of Spain; died in
+     Paris, 1851.]
+
+when he joined them at Bayonne, and he might have been taken for the
+nearest and dearest relative of their Majesties.  All three wept freely
+on meeting again; at least, this is what I was told by a person in the
+service--the same, in fact, who gave me all the preceding details.
+
+At five o'clock his Majesty the Emperor came to visit the King and Queen
+of Spain; and during this interview, which was very long, the two
+sovereigns informed his Majesty of the insults they had received, and the
+dangers they had encountered during the past month.  They complained
+greatly of the ingratitude of so many men whom they had overwhelmed with
+kindness, and above all of the guard which had so basely betrayed them.
+"Your Majesty," said the king, "does not know what it is to be forced to
+commiserate yourself on account of your son.  May Heaven forbid that such
+a misfortune should ever come to you!  Mine is the cause of all that we
+have suffered."
+
+The Prince de la Paix had come to Bayonne accompanied by Colonel Martes,
+aide-de-camp of Prince Murat, and a valet de chambre, the only servant
+who had remained faithful to him.  I had occasion to talk with this
+devoted servant, who spoke very good French, having been reared near
+Toulouse; and he told me that he had not succeeded in obtaining
+permission to remain with his master during his captivity, and that this
+unfortunate prince had suffered indescribable torments; that not a day
+passed without some one entering his dungeon to tell him to prepare for
+death, as he was to be executed that very evening or the next morning.
+He also told me that the prisoners were left sometimes for thirty hours
+without food; that he had only a bed of straw, no linen, no books, and no
+communication with the outside world; and that when he came out of his
+dungeon to be sent to Colonel Marts, he presented a horrible appearance,
+with his long beard, and emaciated frame, the result of mental distress
+and insufficient food.  He had worn the same shirt for a month, as he had
+never been able to prevail on his captors to give him others; and his
+eyes had been so long unaccustomed to the light that he was obliged to
+close them, and felt oppressed in the open air.
+
+On the road from Bayonne, there was handed to the prince a letter from
+the king and queen which was stained with tears.  The prince said to his
+valet de chambre after reading it, "These are the first consoling words I
+have received in a month, for every one has abandoned me except my
+excellent masters.  The body guards, who have betrayed and sold their
+king, will also betray and sell his son; and as for myself, I hope for
+nothing, except to be permitted to find an asylum in France for my
+children and myself."  M. Marts having shown him newspapers in which it
+was stated that the prince possessed a fortune of five hundred million,
+he exclaimed vehemently that it was an atrocious calumny, and he defied
+his most cruel enemies to prove that.
+
+As we have seen, their Majesties had not a numerous suite; but they were,
+notwithstanding, followed by baggage-wagons filled with furniture, goods,
+and valuable articles, and though their carriages were old-fashioned,
+they found them very comfortable--especially the king, who was much
+embarrassed the day after his arrival at Bayonne, when, having been
+invited to dine with the Emperor, it was necessary to enter a modern
+carriage with two steps.  He did not dare to put his foot on the frail
+things, which he feared would break under his weight; and the oscillating
+movement of the body of the carriage made him terribly afraid that it
+would upset.
+
+At the table I had an opportunity of observing at my leisure the king and
+queen.  The king was of medium height, and though not strictly handsome
+had a pleasant face.  His nose was very long, his voice high-pitched and
+disagreeable; and he walked with a mincing air in which there was no
+majesty, but this, however, I attributed to the gout.  He ate heartily of
+everything offered him, except vegetables, which he never ate, saying
+that grass was good only for cattle; and drank only water, having it
+served in two carafes, one containing ice, and poured from both at the
+same time.  The Emperor gave orders that special attention should be paid
+to the dinner, knowing that the king was somewhat of an epicure.  He
+praised in high terms the French cooking, which he seemed to find much to
+his taste; for as each dish was served him, he would say, "Louise, take
+some of that, it is good;" which greatly amused the Emperor, whose
+abstemiousness is well known.
+
+The queen was fat and short, dressed very badly, and had no style or
+grace; her complexion was very florid, and her expression harsh and
+severe.  She held her head high, spoke very loud, in tones still more
+brusque and piercing than those of her husband; but it is generally
+conceded that she had more character and better manners than he.
+
+Before dinner that day there was some conversation on the subject of
+dress; and the Empress offered the services of M. Duplan, her
+hairdresser, in order to give her ladies some lessons in the French
+toilet.  Her proposition was accepted; and the queen came out soon after
+from the hands of M. Duplan, better dressed, no doubt, and her hair
+better arranged, but not beautified, however, for the talent of the
+hairdresser could not go as far as that.
+
+The Prince of the Asturias, now King Ferdinand VII., made an unpleasant
+impression on all, with his heavy step and careworn air, and rarely ever
+speaking.
+
+Their Spanish Majesties as before brought with them the Prince de la
+Paix, who had not been invited by the Emperor, and whom for this reason
+the usher on duty detained outside of the dining-hall.  But as they were
+about to be seated, the king perceived that the prince was absent.  "And
+Manuel," said he quickly to the Emperor, "and Manuel, Sire!"  Whereupon
+the Emperor, smiling, gave the signal, and Don Manuel Godoi was
+introduced.  I was told that he had been a very handsome man; but he
+showed no signs of this, which was perhaps owing to the bad treatment he
+had undergone.
+
+After the abdication of the princes, the king and queen, the Queen of
+Etruria, and the Infant Don Franciso, left Bayonne for Fontainebleau,
+which place the Emperor had selected as their residence while waiting
+until the chateau of Compiegne should be put in a condition to make them
+comfortable.  The Prince of the Asturias left the same day, with his
+brother Don Carlos and his uncle Don Antonio, for the estates of Valencay
+belonging to the Prince of Benevento.  They published, while passing
+through Bordeaux, a proclamation to the Spanish people, in which they
+confirmed the transmission of all their rights to the Emperor Napoleon.
+
+Thus King Charles, freed from a throne which he had always regarded as a
+heavy burden, could hereafter give himself up unreservedly in retirement
+to his favorite pursuits.  In all the world he cared only for the Prince
+de la Paix, confessors, watches, and music; and the throne was nothing to
+him.  After what had passed, the Prince de la Paix could not return to
+Spain; and the king would never have consented to be separated from him,
+even if the remembrance of the insults which he had personally received
+had not been powerful enough to disgust him with his kingdom.  He much
+preferred the life of a private individual, and could not be happier than
+when allowed without interruption to indulge his simple and tranquil
+tastes.  On his arrival at the chateau of Fontainebleau, he found there
+M. Remusat, the first chamberlain; M. de Caqueray, officer of the hunt;
+M. de Lugay, prefect of the palace; and a household already installed.
+Mesdames de la Rochefoucault, Duchatel, and de Lugay had been selected by
+the Emperor for the service of honor near the queen.
+
+The King of Spain remained at Fontainebleau only until the chateau of
+Compiegne could be repaired, and as he soon found the climate of this
+part of France too cold for his health, went, at the end of a few months,
+to Marseilles with the Queen of Etruria, the Infant Don Francisco, and
+the Prince de la Paix.  In 1811 he left France for Italy, finding his
+health still bad at Marseilles, and chose Rome as his residence.
+
+I spoke above of the fondness of the King of Spain for watches.  I have
+been told that while at Fontainebleau, he had half a dozen of his watches
+worn by his valet de chambre, and wore as many himself, giving as a
+reason that pocket watches lose time by not being carried.  I have also
+heard that he kept his confessor always near him, in the antechamber, or
+in the room in front of that in which he worked, and that when he wished
+to speak to him he whistled, exactly as one would whistle for a dog.  The
+confessor never failed to respond promptly to this royal call, and
+followed his penitent into the embrasure of a window, in which improvised
+confessional the king divulged what he had on his conscience, received
+absolution, and sent back the priest until he felt himself obliged to
+whistle for him again.
+
+When the health of the king, enfeebled by age and gout, no longer allowed
+him to devote himself to the pleasures of the chase, he began playing on
+the violin more than ever before, in order, he said, to perfect himself
+in it.  This was beginning rather late.  As is well known, he had for his
+first violin teacher the celebrated Alexander Boucher, with whom he
+greatly enjoyed playing; but he had a mania for beginning first without
+paying any attention to the measure; and if M. Boucher made any
+observation in regard to this, his Majesty would reply with the greatest
+coolness, "Monsieur, it seems to me that it is not my place to wait for
+you."
+
+Between the departure of the royal family and the arrival of Joseph, King
+of Naples, the time was passed in reviews and military fetes, which the
+Emperor frequently honored with his presence.  The 7th of June, King
+Joseph arrived at Bayonne, where it had been known long in advance that
+his brother had summoned him to exchange his crown of Naples for that of
+Spain.
+
+The evening of Joseph's arrival, the Emperor invited the members of the
+Spanish Junta, who for fifteen days had been arriving at Bayonne from all
+corners of the kingdom, to assemble at the chateau of Marrac, and
+congratulate the new king.  The deputies accepted this somewhat sudden
+invitation without having time to concert together previously any course
+of action; and on their arrival at Marrac, the Emperor presented to them
+their sovereign, whom they acknowledged, with the exception of some
+opposition on the part of the Duke of Infantado, in the name of the
+grandees of Spain.  The deputations from the Council of Castile, from the
+Inquisition, and from the army, etc., submitted most readily.  A few days
+after, the king formed his ministry, in which all were astonished to find
+M. de Cevallos, who had accompanied the Prince of the Asturias to
+Bayonne, and had made such a parade of undying attachment to the person
+of the one whom he called his unfortunate master; while the Duke of
+Infantado, who had opposed to the utmost any recognition of the foreign
+monarch, was appointed Captain of the Guard.  The king then left for
+Madrid, after appointing the Grand Duke of Berg lieutenant-general of the
+kingdom.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER X.
+
+At this time it was learned at Bayonne that M. de Belloy, Archbishop of
+Paris, had just died of a cold, contracted at the age of more than
+ninety-eight years.  The day after this sad news arrived, the Emperor,
+who was sincerely grieved, was dilating upon the great and good qualities
+of this venerable prelate, and said that having one day thoughtlessly
+remarked to M. de Belloy, then already more than ninety-six years old,
+that he would live a century, the good old archbishop had exclaimed,
+smiling, "Why, does your Majesty think that I have no more than four
+years to live?"
+
+I remember that one of the persons who was present at the Emperor's levee
+related the following anecdote concerning M. de Belloy, which seemed to
+excite the Emperor's respect and admiration.
+
+The wife of the hangman of Genoa gave birth to a daughter, who could not
+be baptized because no one would act as godfather.  In vain the father
+begged and entreated the few persons whom he knew, in vain he even
+offered money; that was an impossibility.  The poor child had
+consequently remained unbaptized four or five months, though fortunately
+her health gave no cause for uneasiness.  At last some one mentioned this
+singular condition of affairs to the archbishop, who listened to the
+story with much interest, inquired why he had not been informed earlier,
+and having given orders that the child should be instantly brought to
+him, baptized her in his palace, and was himself her godfather.
+
+At the beginning of July the Grand Duke of Berg returned from Spain,
+fatigued, ill, and out of humor.  He remained there only two or three
+days, and held each day an interview with his Majesty, who seemed little
+better satisfied with the grand duke than the grand duke was with him,
+and left afterwards for the springs of Bareges.
+
+Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress, left the chateau of Marrac the
+20th of July, at six o'clock in the evening.  This journey of the Emperor
+was one of those which cost the largest number of snuff-boxes set in
+diamonds, for his Majesty was not economical with them.
+
+Their Majesties arrived at Pau on the 22d, at ten o'clock in the morning,
+and alighted at the chateau of Gelos, situated about a quarter of a
+league from the birthplace of the good Henry IV., on the bank of the
+river.  The day was spent in receptions and horseback excursions, on one
+of which the Emperor visited the chateau in which the first king of the
+house of Bourbon was reared, and showed how much this visit interested
+him, by prolonging it until the dinner-hour.
+
+On the border of the department of the Hautes-Pyrenees, and exactly in
+the most desolate and miserable part, was erected an arch of triumph,
+which seemed a miracle fallen from heaven in the midst of those plains
+uncultivated and burned up by the sun.  A guard of honor awaited their
+Majesties, ranged around this rural monument, at their head an old
+marshal of the camp, M. de Noe, more than eighty years of age.  This
+worthy old soldier immediately took his place by the side of the
+carriage, and as cavalry escort remained on horseback for a day and two
+nights without showing the least fatigue.
+
+As we continued our journey, we saw, on the plateau of a small mountain,
+a stone pyramid forty or fifty feet high, its four sides covered with
+inscriptions to the praise of their Majesties.  About thirty children
+dressed as mamelukes seemed to guard this monument, which recalled to the
+Emperor glorious memories.  The moment their Majesties appeared,
+balladeers, or dancers, of the country emerged from a neighboring wood,
+dressed in the most picturesque costumes, bearing banners of different
+colors, and reproducing with remarkable agility and vigor the traditional
+dance of the mountaineers of the south.
+
+Near the town of Tarbes was a sham mountain planted with firs, which
+opened to let the cortege pass through, surmounted by an imperial eagle
+suspended in the air, and holding a banner on which was inscribed--
+"He will open our Pyrenees."
+
+On his arrival at Tarbes, the Emperor immediately mounted his horse to
+pay a visit to the Grand Duke of Berg, who was ill in one of the suburbs.
+We left next day without visiting Bareges and Bagneres, where the most
+brilliant preparations had been made to receive their Majesties.
+
+As the Emperor passed through Agen, there was presented to him a brave
+fellow named Printemps, over a hundred years old, who had served under
+Louis XIV., XV., and XVI., and who, although bending beneath the weight
+of many years and burdens, finding himself in the presence of the
+Emperor, gently pushed aside two of his grandsons by whom he had been
+supported, and exclaimed almost angrily that he could go very well alone.
+His Majesty, who was much touched, met him half-way, and most kindly bent
+over the old centenarian, who on his knees, his white head uncovered, and
+his eyes full of tears, said in trembling tones, "Ah, Sire, I was afraid
+I should die without seeing you."  The Emperor assisted him to rise, and
+conducted him to a chair, in which he placed him with his own hands, and
+seated himself beside him on another, which he made signs to hand him.
+"I am glad to see you, my dear Printemps, very glad.  You have heard from
+me lately?" (His Majesty had given this brave man a pension, which his
+wife was to inherit after his death.) Printemps put his hand on his
+heart, "Yes, I have heard from you."  The Emperor took pleasure in making
+him speak of his campaigns, and bade him farewell after a long
+conversation, handing him at the same time a gift of fifty napoleons.
+
+There was also presented to his Majesty a soldier born at Agen, who had
+lost his sight in consequence of the campaign in Egypt.  The Emperor gave
+him three hundred francs, and promised him a pension, which was
+afterwards sent him.
+
+The day after their arrival at Saint-Cloud, the Emperor and Empress went
+to Paris in order to be present at the fetes of the 15th of August, which
+it is useless to say were magnificent.  As soon as he entered the
+Tuileries, the Emperor hastened through the chateau to examine the
+repairs and improvements which had been made during his absence, and, as
+was his habit, criticised more than he praised all that he saw.  Looking
+out of the hall of the marshals, he demanded of M. de Fleurieu, governor
+of the palace, why the top of the arch of triumph on the Carrousel was
+covered with a cloth; and his Majesty was told that it was because all
+the arrangements had not yet been made for placing his statue in the
+chariot to which were attached the Corinthian horses, and also because
+the two Victories who were to guide the four horses were not yet
+completed.  "What!"  vehemently exclaimed the Emperor; "but I will not
+allow that!  I said nothing about it!  I did not order it!"  Then turning
+to M. Fontaine, he continued, "Monsieur Fontaine, was my statue in the
+design which was presented to you?"--"No, Sire, it was that of the god
+Mars."--"Well, why have you put me in the place of the god of war?"--
+"Sire, it was not I, but M. the director-general of the museum."
+
+"The director-general was wrong," interrupted the Emperor impatiently.
+"I wish this statue removed; do you hear, Monsieur Fontaine?  I wish it
+taken away; it is most unsuitable.  What! shall I erect statues to
+myself!  Let the chariot and the Victories be finished; but let the
+chariot let the chariot remain empty."  The order was executed; and the
+statue of the Emperor was taken down and placed in the orangery, and is
+perhaps still there.  It was made of gilded lead, was a fine piece of
+work, and a most excellent likeness.
+
+The Sunday following the Emperor's arrival, his Majesty received at the
+Tuileries the Persian ambassador, Asker-Khan; M. Jaubert accompanied him,
+and acted as interpreter.  This savant, learned in Oriental matters, had
+by the Emperor's orders received his excellency on the frontiers of
+France, in company with M. Outrey, vice-consul of France at Bagdad.
+Later his excellency had a second audience, which took place in state at
+the palace of Saint-Cloud.
+
+The ambassador was a very handsome man, tall, with regular features, and
+a noble and attractive countenance; his manners were polished and
+elegant, especially towards ladies, with even something of French
+gallantry.  His suite, composed of select personages all magnificently
+dressed, comprised, on his departure from Erzeroum, more than three
+hundred persons; but the innumerable difficulties encountered on the
+journey compelled his excellency to dismiss a large part of his retinue,
+and, though thus reduced, this suite was notwithstanding one of the most
+numerous ever brought by an ambassador into France.  The ambassador and
+suite were lodged in the rue de Frejus, in the residence formerly
+occupied by Mademoiselle de Conti.
+
+The presents which he brought to the Emperor in the name of his sovereign
+were of great value, comprising more than eighty cashmere shawls of all
+kinds; a great quantity of fine pearls of various sizes, a few of them
+very large; an Eastern bridle, the curb adorned with pearls, turquoise,
+emeralds, etc.; and finally the sword of Tamerlane, and that of Thamas-
+Kouli-Khan, the former covered with pearls and precious stones, the
+second very simply mounted, both having Indian blades of fabulous value
+with arabesques of embossed gold.
+
+I took pleasure at the time in inquiring some particulars about this
+ambassador.  His character was very attractive; and he showed much
+consideration and regard for every one who visited him, giving the ladies
+attar of roses, the men tobacco, perfumes, and pipes.  He took much
+pleasure in comparing French jewels with those he had brought from his
+own country, and even carried his gallantry so far as to propose to the
+ladies certain exchanges, always greatly to their advantage; and a
+refusal of these proposals wounded him deeply.  When a pretty woman
+entered his residence he smiled at first, and heard her speak in a kind
+of silent ecstasy; he then devoted his attention to seating her, placed
+under her feet cushions and carpets of cashmere (for he had only this
+material about him).  Even his clothing and bed-coverings were of an
+exceedingly fine quality of cashmere.  Asker-Khan did not scruple to wash
+his face, his beard, and hands in the presence of everybody, seating
+himself for this operation in front of a slave, who presented to him on
+his knees a porcelain ewer.
+
+The ambassador had a decided taste for the sciences and arts, and was
+himself a very learned man.  Messieurs Dubois and Loyseau conducted near
+his residence an institution which he often visited, especially
+preferring to be present at the classes in experimental physics; and the
+questions which he propounded by means of his interpreter evinced on his
+part a very extensive knowledge of the phenomena of electricity.  Those
+who traded in curiosities and objects of art liked him exceedingly, since
+he bought their wares without much bargaining.  However, on one occasion
+he wished to purchase a telescope, and sent for a famous optician, who
+seized the opportunity to charge him an enormous price.  But Asker-Khan
+having examined the instrument, with which he was much pleased, said to
+the optician, "You have given me your long price, now give me your short
+one."
+
+He admired above all the printed calicoes of the manufactures of Jouy,
+the texture, designs, and colors of which he thought even superior to
+cashmere; and bought several robes to send to Persia as models.
+
+On the day of the Emperor's fete, his Excellency gave in the garden of
+his residence an entertainment in the Eastern style, at which the Persian
+musicians attached to the embassy executed warlike pieces, astonishing
+both for vigor and originality.  There were also artificial fireworks,
+conspicuous among which were the arms of the Sufi, on which were
+represented most ingeniously the cipher of Napoleon.
+
+His Excellency visited the Imperial library, M. Jaubert serving as
+interpreter; and the ambassador was overcome with admiration on seeing
+the order in which this immense collection of books was kept.  He
+remained half an hour in the hall of the manuscripts, which he thought
+very handsome, and recognized several as being copied by writers of much
+renown in Persia.  A copy of the Koran struck him most of all; and he
+said, while admiring it, that there was not a man in Persia who would not
+sell his children to acquire such a treasure.
+
+On leaving, the library, Asker-Khan presented his compliments to the
+librarians, and promised to enrich the collection by several precious
+manuscripts which he had brought from his own country.
+
+A few days after his presentation, the ambassador went to visit the
+Museum, and was much impressed by a portrait of his master, the King of
+Persia; and could not sufficiently express his joy and gratitude when
+several copies of this picture were presented to him.  The historical
+pictures, especially the battle-scenes, then engrossed his attention
+completely; and he remained at least a quarter of an hour in front of the
+one representing the surrender of the city of Vienna.
+
+Having arrived at the end of the gallery of Apollo, Asker-Khan seated
+himself to rest, asked for a pipe, and indulged in a smoke; and when he
+had finished, rose, and seeing around him many ladies whom curiosity had
+attracted, paid them, through M. Jaubert, exceedingly flattering
+compliments.  Then leaving the Museum, his Excellency went to promenade
+in the garden of the Tuileries, where he was soon followed by an immense
+crowd.  On that day his Excellency bestowed on Prince de Benevento, in
+the name of his sovereign, the Grand Order of the Sun, a magnificent
+decoration consisting of a diamond sun attached to a cordon of red cloth
+covered with pearls.
+
+Asker-Khan made a greater impression at Paris than the Turkish
+ambassador.  He was generous and more gallant, paid his court with more
+address, and conformed more readily to French customs and manners.  The
+Turk was irascible, austere, and irritable, while the Persian was fond of
+and well understood a joke.  One day, however, he became red with anger,
+and it must be admitted not without good reason.
+
+At a concert given in the apartments of the Empress Josephine, Asker-
+Khan, whom the music evidently did not entertain very highly, at first
+applauded by ecstatic gestures and rolling his eyes in admiration, until
+at last nature overcame politeness, and the ambassador fell sound asleep.
+His Excellency's position was not the best for sleeping, however, as he
+was standing with his back against the wall, with his feet braced against
+a sofa on which a lady was seated.  It occurred to some of the officers
+of the palace that it would be a good joke to take away suddenly this
+point of support, which they accomplished with all ease by simply
+beginning a conversation with the lady on the sofa, who rising suddenly,
+the seat slipped over the floor; his Excellency's feet followed this
+movement, and the ambassador, suddenly deprived of the weight which had
+balanced him, extended his length on the floor.  On this rude awakening,
+he tried to stop himself in his fall by clutching at his neighbors, the
+furniture, and the curtains, uttering at the same time frightful screams.
+The officers who had played this cruel joke upon him begged him, with the
+most ridiculously serious air, to place himself on a stationary chair in
+order to avoid the recurrence of such an accident; while the lady who had
+been made the accomplice in this practical joke, with much difficulty
+stifled her laughter, and his Excellency was consumed with an anger which
+he could express only in looks and gestures.
+
+Another adventure of Asker-Khan's was long a subject of conversation, and
+furnished much amusement.  Having felt unwell for several days, he
+thought that French medicine might cure him more quickly than Persian; so
+he sent for M. Bourdois, a most skillful physician whose name he well
+knew, having taken care to acquaint himself with all our celebrities of
+every kind.  The ambassador's orders were promptly executed; but by a
+singular mistake it was not Dr. Bourdois who was requested to visit
+Asker-Khan, but the president of the Court of Accounts, M. Marbois, who
+was much astonished at the honor the Persian ambassador did him, not
+being able to comprehend what connection there could be between them.
+Nevertheless, he repaired promptly to Asker-Khan, who could scarcely
+believe that the severe costume of the president of the Court of Accounts
+was that of a physician.  No sooner had M. Marbois entered than the
+ambassador held out his hand and stuck out his tongue, regarding him very
+attentively.  M. Marbois was a little surprised at this welcome; but
+thinking it was doubtless the Oriental manner of saluting magistrates, he
+bowed profoundly, and timidly pressed the hand presented to him, and he
+was in this respectful position when four of the servants of the
+ambassador brought a vessel with unequivocal signs.  M. Marbois
+recognized the use of it with a surprise and indignation that could not
+be expressed, and drew back angrily, inquiring what all this meant.
+Hearing himself called doctor, "What!"  cried he, "M. le Docteur I"--
+"Why; yes; le Docteur Bourdois!"  M. Marbois was enlightened.  The
+similarity between the sound of his name and that of the doctor had
+exposed him to this disagreeable visit.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XI.
+
+The day preceding the Emperor's fete, or the day following, the colossal
+bronze statue which was to be placed on the monument in the Place Vendome
+was removed from the studio of M. Launay.  The brewers of the Faubourg
+Saint-Antoine offered their handsomest horses to draw the chariot on
+which the statue was carried, and twelve were selected, one from each
+brewer; and as their masters requested the privilege of riding them,
+nothing could be more singular than this cortege, which arrived on the
+Place Vendome at five o'clock in the evening, followed by an immense
+crowd, amid cries of "Vive l'Empereur."  A few days before his Majesty's
+departure for Erfurt, the Emperor with the Empress and their households
+played prisoner's base for the last time.  It was in the evening; and
+footmen bore lighted torches, and followed the players when they went
+beyond the reach of the light.  The Emperor fell once while trying to
+catch the Empress, and was taken prisoner; but he soon broke bounds and
+began to run again, and when he was free, carried off Josephine in spite
+of the protests of the players; and thus ended the last game of
+prisoner's base that I ever saw the Emperor play.
+
+It had been decided that the Emperor Alexander and the Emperor Napoleon
+should meet at Erfurt on the 27th of September; and most of the
+sovereigns forming the Confederation of the Rhine had been invited to be
+present at this interview, which it was intended should be both
+magnificent and imposing.  Consequently the Duke of Frioul, grand marshal
+of the palace, sent M. de Canouville, marshal of lodgings of the palace,
+M. de Beausset, prefect of the palace, and two quartermasters to prepare
+at Erfurt lodgings for all these illustrious visitors, and to organize
+the grand marshal's service.
+
+The government palace was chosen for the Emperor Napoleon's lodgings, as
+on account of its size it perfectly suited the Emperor's intention of
+holding his court there; for the Emperor Alexander, the residence of M.
+Triebel was prepared, the handsomest in the town; and for S. A. L, the
+Grand Duke Constantine, that of Senator Remann.  Other residences were
+reserved for the Princes of the Confederation and the persons of their
+suite; and a detachment of all branches of the service of the Imperial
+household was established in each of these different lodgings.
+
+There had been sent from the storehouse of the crown a large quantity of
+magnificent furniture, carpets and tapestry, both Gobelin and la
+Savonnerie; bronzes, lusters, candelabras, girondoles, Sevres china; in
+fine, everything which could contribute to the luxurious furnishing of
+the two Imperial palaces, and those which were to be occupied by the
+other sovereigns; and a crowd of workmen came from Paris.  General
+Oudinot was appointed Governor of Erfurt, and had under his orders the
+First regiment of hussars, the Sixth of cuirassiers, and the Seventeenth
+of light infantry, which the major-general had appointed to compose the
+garrison.  Twenty select police, with a battalion chosen from the finest
+grenadiers of the guard, were put on duty at the Imperial palaces.
+
+The Emperor, who sought by every means to render this interview at Erfurt
+as agreeable as possible to the sovereigns for whom he had conceived an
+affection at Tilsit, wished to have the masterpieces of the French stage
+played in their honor.  This was the amusement most worthy of them that
+he could procure, so he gave orders that the theater should be
+embellished and repaired.  M. Dazincourt was appointed director of the
+theater, and set out from Paris with Messieurs Talma, Lafon, Saint-Prix,
+Damas, Despres, Varennes, Lacave; Mesdames Duchesnoir, Raucourt, Talma,
+Bourgoin, Rose Dupuis, Grosand, and Patrat; and everything was in order
+before the arrival of the sovereigns.
+
+Napoleon disliked Madame Talma exceedingly, although she displayed most
+remarkable talent, and this aversion was well known, although I could
+never discover the cause; and no one was willing to be first to place her
+name on the list of those selected to go to Erfurt, but M. Talma made so
+many entreaties that at last consent was given.  And then occurred what
+everybody except M. Talma and his wife had foreseen, that the Emperor,
+having seen her play once, was much provoked that she had been allowed to
+come, and had her name struck from the list.
+
+Mademoiselle Bourgoin, who was at that time young and extremely pretty,
+had at first more success; but it was necessary, in order to accomplish
+this, that she should conduct herself differently from Madame Talma.  As
+soon as she appeared at the theater of Erfurt she excited the admiration,
+and became the object of the attentions, of all the illustrious
+spectators; and this marked preference gave rise to jealousies, which
+delighted her greatly, and which she increased to the utmost of her
+ability by every means in her power.  When she was not playing, she took
+her seat in the theater magnificently dressed, whereupon all looks were
+bent on her, and distracted from the stage, to the very great displeasure
+of the actors, until the Emperor at last perceived these frequent
+distractions, and put an end to them by forbidding Mademoiselle Bourgoin
+to appear in the theater except on the stage.
+
+This measure, which was very wisely taken by his Majesty, put him in the
+bad graces of Mademoiselle Bourgoin; and another incident added still
+more to the displeasure of the actress.  The two sovereigns attended the
+theater together almost every evening, and the Emperor Alexander thought
+Mademoiselle Bourgoin charming.  She was aware of this, and tried by
+every means to increase the monarch's devotion.  One day at last the
+amorous Czar confided to the Emperor his feelings for Mademoiselle
+Bourgoin.  "I  do not advise you to make any advances," said the Emperor
+Napoleon.  "You think that she would refuse me?"--"Oh, no; but to-morrow
+is the day for the post, and in five days all Paris would know all about
+your Majesty from head to foot."  These words singularly cooled the ardor
+of the autocrat, who thanked the Emperor for his advice, and said to him,
+"But from the manner in which your Majesty speaks, I should be tempted to
+believe that you bear this charming actress some ill-will."--"No, in
+truth," replied the Emperor, "I do not know anything about her."  This
+conversation took place in his bedroom during the toilet.  Alexander left
+his Majesty perfectly convinced, and Mademoiselle Bourgoin ceased her
+ogling and her assurance.
+
+His Majesty made his entrance into Erfurt on the morning of the 27th of
+September, 1808.  The King of Saxony, who had arrived first, followed by
+the Count de Marcolini, the Count de Haag, and the Count de Boze, awaited
+the Emperor at the foot of the stairs in the governor's palace; after
+them came the members of the Regency and the municipality of Erfurt, who
+congratulated him in the usual form.  After a short rest, the Emperor
+mounted his horse, and left Erfurt by the gate of Weimar, making, in
+passing, a visit to the King of Saxony, and found outside the city the
+whole garrison arranged in line of battle,--the grenadiers of the guard
+commanded by M. d'Arquies; the First regiment of hussars by M. de Juniac;
+the Seventeenth infantry by M. de Cabannes-Puymisson; and the Sixth
+cuirassiers, the finest body of men imaginable, by Colonel
+d'Haugeranville.  The Emperor reviewed these troops, ordered a change in
+some dispositions, and then continued on his way to meet the Emperor
+Alexander.
+
+The latter had set out from Saint Petersburg on the 17th of September;
+and the King and Queen of Prussia awaited him at Koenigsberg, where he
+arrived on the 18th.  The Duke of Montebello had the honor of receiving
+him at Bromberg amid a salute of twenty-one cannon.  Alighting from his
+carriage, the Emperor Alexander mounted his horse, accompanied by the
+Marshals of the Empire, Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, and Lannes, Duke of
+Montebello, and set off at a gallop to meet the Nansouty division, which
+awaited him arranged in line of battle.  He was welcomed by a new salute,
+and by oft repeated cries of "Long live the Emperor Alexander."  The
+monarch, while reviewing the different corps which formed this fine
+division, said to the officers, "I think it a great honor, messieurs, to
+be amongst such brave men and splendid soldiers."
+
+By orders of Marshal Soult, who simply executed those given by Napoleon,
+relays of the post had been arranged on all the roads which the Monarch
+of the North would pass over, and they were forbidden to receive any
+compensation.  At each relay were escorts of dragoons or light cavalry,
+who rendered military honors to the Czar as he passed.
+
+After having dined with the generals of the Nansouty division, the
+Emperor of Russia re-entered his carriage, a barouche with two seats, and
+seated the Duke of Montebello beside him, who afterwards told me with how
+many marks of esteem and kind feeling the Emperor overwhelmed him during
+the journey, even arranging the marshal's cloak around his shoulders
+while he was asleep.
+
+His Imperial Russian Majesty arrived at Weimar the evening of the 26th,
+and next day continued his journey to Erfurt, escorted by Marshal Soult,
+his staff, and the superior officers of the Nansouty division, who had
+not left him since he had started from Bromberg, and met Napoleon a
+league and a half from Erfurt, to which place the latter had come on
+horseback for this purpose.
+
+The moment the Czar perceived the Emperor, he left his carriage, and
+advanced towards his Majesty, who had also alighted from his horse.  They
+embraced each other with the affection of two college friends who meet
+again after a long absence; then both mounted their horses, as did also
+the Grand Duke Constantine, and passing at a gallop in front of the
+regiments, all of which presented arms at their approach, entered the
+town, while the troops, with an immense crowd collected from twenty
+leagues around, made the air resound with their acclamations.  The
+Emperor of Russia wore on entering Erfurt the grand decoration of the
+Legion of Honor, and the Emperor of the French that of Saint Andrew of
+Russia; and the two sovereigns during their stay continued to show each
+other these marks of mutual deference, and it was also remarked that in
+his palace the Emperor always gave the right to Alexander.  On the
+evening of his arrival, by his Majesty's invitation, Alexander gave the
+countersign to the grand marshal, and it was afterwards given alternately
+by the two sovereigns.
+
+They went first to the palace of Russia, where they remained an hour; and
+later, when Alexander came to return the visit of the Emperor, he
+received him at the foot of the staircase, and accompanied him when he
+left as far as the entrance of the grand hall.  At six o'clock the two
+sovereigns dined at his Majesty's residence, and it was the same each
+day.  At nine o'clock the Emperor escorted the Emperor of Russia to his
+palace; and they then held a private conversation, which continued more
+than an hour, and in the evening the whole city was illuminated.  The day
+after his arrival the Emperor received at his levee the officers of the
+Czar's household, and granted them the grand entry during the rest of
+their Stay.
+
+The two sovereigns gave to each other proofs of the most sincere
+friendship and most confidential intimacy.  The Emperor Alexander almost
+every morning entered his Majesty's bedroom, and conversed freely with
+him.  One day he was examining the Emperor's dressing-case in silver
+gilt, which cost six thousand francs, and was most conveniently arranged
+and beautifully carved by the goldsmith Biennais, and admired it
+exceedingly.  As soon as he had gone, the Emperor ordered me to have a
+dressing-case sent to the Czar's palace exactly similar to that which had
+just been received from Paris.
+
+Another time the Emperor Alexander remarked on the elegance and
+durability of his Majesty's iron bedstead; and the very next day by his
+Majesty's orders, conveyed by me, an exactly similar bed was set up in
+the room of the Emperor of Russia, who was delighted with these polite
+attentions, and two days after, as an evidence of his satisfaction,
+ordered M. de Remusat to hand me two handsome diamond rings.
+
+The Czar one day made his toilet in the Emperor's room, and I assisted.
+I took from the Emperor's linen a white cravat and cambric handkerchief,
+which I handed him, and for which he thanked me most graciously; he was
+an exceedingly gentle, good, amiable prince, and extremely polite.
+
+There was an exchange of presents between these illustrious sovereigns.
+Alexander made the Emperor a present of three superb pelisses of martin-
+sable, one of which the Emperor gave to his sister Pauline, another to
+the Princess de Ponte-Corvo; and the third he had lined with green velvet
+and ornamented with gold lace, and it was this cloak which he constantly
+wore in Russia.  The history of the one which I carried from him to the
+Princess Pauline is singular enough to be related here, although it may
+have been already told.
+
+The Princess Pauline showed much pleasure in receiving the Emperor's
+present, and enjoyed displaying her cloak for the admiration of the
+household.  One day, when she was in the midst of a circle of ladies, to
+whom she was dilating on the quality and excellence of this fur, M. de
+Canouville arrived, and the princess asked his opinion of the present she
+had received from the Emperor.  The handsome colonel not appearing as
+much struck with admiration as she expected, she was somewhat piqued, and
+exclaimed, "What, monsieur, you do not think it exquisite?"--
+"No, madame."--"In order to punish you I wish you to keep this cloak; I
+give it to you, and require you to wear it; I wish it, you understand."
+It is probable that there had been some disagreement between her Imperial
+highness and her protege, and the princess had seized the first means of
+establishing peace; but however that may be, M. de Canouville needed
+little entreaty, and the rich fur was carried to his house.  A few days
+after, while the Emperor was holding a review on the Place du Carrousel,
+M, de Canouville appeared on an unruly horse, which he had great
+difficulty in controlling.  This caused some confusion, and attracted his
+Majesty's attention, who, glancing at M. de Canouville, saw the cloak
+which he had given his sister metamorphosed into a hussar's cape.  The
+Emperor had great difficulty in controlling his anger.  "M. de
+Canouville," he cried, in a voice of thunder, "your horse is young, and
+his blood is too warm; you will go and cool it in Russia."  Three days
+after M. de Canouville had left Paris.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XII.
+
+The Emperor Alexander never tired of showing his regard for actors by
+presents and compliments; and as for actresses, I have told before how
+far he would have gone with one of them if Napoleon had not deterred.
+him.  Each day the Grand Duke Constantine got up parties of pleasure with
+Murat and other distinguished persons, at which no expense was spared,
+and some of these ladies did the honors.  And what furs and diamonds they
+carried away from Erfurt!  The two Emperors were not ignorant of all
+this, and were much amused thereby; and it was the favorite subject of
+conversation in the morning.  Constantine had conceived an especial
+affection for King Jerome; the king even carried his affection so far as
+to 'tutoy' him, and wished him to do the same.  "Is it because I am a
+king," he said one day, "that you are afraid to say thou to me?  Come,
+now, is there any need of formality between friends?"  They performed all
+sorts of college pranks together, even running through the streets at
+night, knocking and ringing at every door, much delighted when they had
+waked up some honest bourgeois.  As the Emperor was leaving, King Jerome
+said to the grand duke: "Come, tell me what you wish me to send you from
+Paris."--"Nothing whatever," replied the grand duke; "your brother has
+presented me with a magnificent sword; I am satisfied, and desire nothing
+more."--"But I wish to send you something, so tell me what would give you
+pleasure."--"Well, send me six demoiselles from the Palais Royal."
+
+The play at Erfurt usually began at seven o'clock; but the two Emperors,
+who always came together, never arrived till half-past seven.  At their
+entrance, all the pit of kings rose to do them honor, and the first piece
+immediately commenced.
+
+At the representation of Cinna, the Emperor feared that the Czar, who was
+placed by his side in a box facing the stage, and on the first tier,
+might not hear very well, as he was somewhat deaf; and consequently gave
+orders to M. de Remusat, first chamberlain, that a platform should be
+raised on the floor of the orchestra, and armchairs placed there for
+Alexander and himself; and on the right and left four handsomely
+decorated chairs for the King of Saxony and the other sovereigns of the
+Confederation, while the princes took possession of the box abandoned by
+their Majesties.  By this arrangement the two Emperors found themselves
+in such a conspicuous position that it was impossible for them to make a
+movement without being seen by every one.  On the 3d of October AEdipus
+was presented.  "All the sovereigns," as the Emperor called them, were
+present at this representation; and just as the actor pronounced these
+words in the first scene:
+
+     "The friendship of a great man is a gift from the gods:"
+
+the Czar arose, and held out his hand with much grace to the Emperor; and
+immediately acclamations, which the presence of the sovereigns could not
+restrain, burst forth from every part of the hall.
+
+On the evening of this same day I prepared the Emperor for bed as usual.
+All the doors which opened into his sleeping-room were carefully closed,
+as well as the shutters and windows; and there was consequently no means
+of entering his Majesty's room except through the chamber in which I
+slept with Roustan, and a sentinel was also stationed at the foot of the
+staircase.  Every night I slept very calmly, knowing that it was
+impossible any one could reach Napoleon without waking me; but that
+night, about two o'clock, while I was sleeping soundly, a strange noise
+woke me with a start.  I rubbed my eyes, and listened with the greatest
+attention, and, hearing nothing whatever, thought this noise the illusion
+of a dream, and was just dropping to sleep again, when my ear was struck
+by low, smothered screams, such as a man might utter who was being
+strangled.  I heard them repeated twice, and in an instant was sitting up
+straight in bed, my hair on end, and my limbs covered with a cold sweat.
+Suddenly it occurred to me that the Emperor was being assassinated, and
+I sprang out of bed and woke Roustan; and as the cries now recommenced
+with added intensity, I opened the door as cautiously as my agitation
+allowed, and entered the sleeping-room, and with a hasty glance assured
+myself that no one could have entered.  On advancing towards the bed, I
+perceived his Majesty extended across it, in a position denoting great
+agony, the drapery and bed-covering thrown off, and his whole body in a
+frightful condition of nervous contraction.  From his open mouth escaped
+inarticulate sounds, his breathing appeared greatly oppressed, and one of
+his hands, tightly clinched, lay on the pit of his stomach.  I was
+terrified at the sight, and called him.  He did not reply; again, once,
+twice even, still no reply.  At last I concluded to shake him gently; and
+at this the Emperor awoke with a loud cry, saying, "What is it?  What is
+it?"  then sat up and opened his eyes wide; upon which I told him that,
+seeing him tormented with a horrible nightmare, I had taken the liberty
+of waking him.  "And you did well, my dear Constant," interrupted his
+Majesty.  "Ah, my friend, I have had a frightful dream; a bear was
+tearing open my breast, and devouring my heart!"  Thereupon the Emperor
+rose, and, while I put his bed in order, walked about the room.  He was
+obliged to change his shirt, which was wet with perspiration, and at
+length again retired.
+
+The next day, when he woke, he told me that it was long before he could
+fall to sleep again, so vivid and terrible was the impression made on
+him.  He long retained the memory of this dream, and often spoke of it,
+each time trying to draw from it different conclusions, according to
+circumstances.
+
+As to myself, I avow I was struck with the coincidence of the compliment
+of Alexander at the theater and this frightful nightmare, especially as
+the Emperor was not subject to disturbances of this kind.  I do not know
+whether his Majesty related his dream to the Emperor of Russia.
+
+On the 6th of October their Majesties attended a hunting-party which the
+Grand Duke of Weimar prepared for them in the forest of Ettersbourg.  The
+Emperor set out from Erfurt at noon, with the Emperor of Russia in the
+same coach.  They arrived in the forest at one o'clock, and found
+prepared for them a hunting-pavilion, which had been erected expressly
+for this occasion, and was very handsomely decorated.  This pavilion was
+divided into three parts, separated by open columns; that in the middle,
+raised higher than the others, formed a pretty room, arranged and
+furnished for the two Emperors.  Around the pavilion were placed numerous
+orchestras, which played inspiriting airs, with which were mingled the
+acclamations of an immense crowd, who had been attracted by a desire to
+see the Emperor.
+
+The two sovereigns were received on their descent from their carriage by
+the Grand Duke of Weimar and his son, the hereditary prince, Charles
+Frederic; while the King of Bavaria, King of Saxony, King of Wurtemberg,
+Prince William of Prussia, the Princes of Mecklenburg, the Prince
+Primate, and the Duke of Oldenburg awaited them at the entrance to the
+saloon.
+
+The Emperor had in his suite the Prince of Neuchatel; the Prince of
+Benevento; the grand marshal of the palace, Duke de Frioul; General
+Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza; the Duke of Rovigo; General Lauriston, his
+Majesty's aide-de-camp; General Nansouty, first equerry; the chamberlain,
+Eugene de Montesquiou; the Count de Beausset, prefect of the palace; and
+M. Cavaletti.
+
+The Emperor of Russia was accompanied by the Grand Duke Constantine; the
+Count Tolstoi, grand marshal; and Count Oggeroski, aide-de-camp to his
+Majesty.
+
+The hunt lasted nearly two hours, during which time about sixty stags and
+roebucks were killed.  The space in which these poor animals had to run
+was inclosed by netting, in order that the monarchs might shoot them at
+pleasure, without disturbing themselves while seated in the windows of
+the pavilion.  I have never seen anything more absurd than hunts of this
+sort, which, nevertheless, give those who engage in them a reputation as
+fine shots.  What skill is there in killing an animal which the
+gamekeepers, so to speak, take by the ears and place in front of your
+gun.
+
+The Emperor of Russia was near-sighted, and this infirmity had deterred
+him from an amusement which he would have enjoyed very much; but that
+day, however, he wished to make the attempt, and, having expressed this.
+wish, the Duke of Montebello handed him a gun, and M. de Beauterne had
+the honor of giving the Emperor his first lesson.  A stag was driven so
+as to pass within about eight steps of Alexander, who brought him down at
+the first shot.
+
+After the hunt their Majesties repaired to the palace of Weimar; and the
+reigning duchess received them, as they alighted from their carriages,
+accompanied by her whole court.  The Emperor saluted the duchess
+affectionately, remembering that he had seen her two years before under
+very different circumstances, which I mentioned in its place.
+
+The Duke of Weimar had requested from the grand marshal French cooks to
+prepare the Emperor's dinner, but the Emperor preferred being served in
+the German style.
+
+Their Majesties invited to dine with them the Duke and Duchess of Weimar,
+the Queen of Westphalia, the King of Wurtemberg, the King of Saxony, the
+Grand Duke Constantine, Prince William of Prussia, the Prince Primate,
+the Prince of Neuchatel, Prince Talleyrand, the Duke of Oldenburg, the
+hereditary Prince of Weimar, and the Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
+
+After this dinner there was a play, followed by a ball, the play being at
+the town theater, where the ordinary comedians of his Majesty presented
+the death of Caesar; and the ball, at the ducal palace.  The Emperor
+Alexander opened the ball with the Queen of Westphalia, to the great
+astonishment of every one; for it was well known that this monarch had
+never danced since his accession to the throne, conduct which the older
+men of the court thought very praiseworthy, holding the opinion that a
+sovereign occupies too high a place to share in the tastes and take
+pleasure in amusements common to the rest of mankind.  Except this,
+however, there was nothing in the ball of Weimar to scandalize them, as
+they did not dance, but promenaded in couples, whilst the orchestra
+played marches.
+
+The morning of the next day their Majesties entered carriages to visit
+Mount Napoleon, near Jena, where a splendid breakfast was prepared for
+them under a tent which the Duke of Weimar had erected on the identical
+spot where the Emperor's bivouac stood on the day of the battle of Jena.
+After breakfast the two Emperors ascended a temporary pavilion which had
+been erected on Mount Napoleon; this pavilion, which was very large, had
+been decorated with plans of the battle.  A deputation from the town and
+university of Jena arrived, and were received by their Majesties; and the
+Emperor inquired of the deputies the most minute particulars relating to
+their town, its resources, and the manners and character of its
+inhabitants; questioned them on the approximate damages which the
+military hospital, which had been so long left with them, had caused the
+inhabitants of Jena; inquired the names of those who had suffered most
+from fire and war, and gave orders that a gratuity should be distributed
+among them, and the small proprietors entirely indemnified.  His Majesty
+informed himself with much interest of the condition of the Catholic
+worship, and promised to endow the vicarage in perpetuity, granting three
+hundred thousand francs for immediate necessities, and promising to give
+still more.
+
+After having visited, on horseback, the positions which the two armies
+had held the evening before, and on the day of, the battle of Jena, as
+well as the plain of Aspolda, on which the duke had prepared a hunt with
+guns, the two Emperors returned to Erfurt, which they reached at five
+o'clock in the evening, almost at the very moment the grand hereditary
+duke of Baden and the Princess Stephanie arrived.
+
+During the entire visit of the sovereigns to the battlefield, the Emperor
+most graciously made explanations to the young Czar, to which he listened
+with the greatest interest.  His Majesty seemed to take pleasure in
+explaining at length, first, the plan which he had formed and carried out
+at Jena, and afterwards the various plans of his other campaigns, the
+maneuvers which he had executed, his usual tactics, and, in fine, his
+whole ideas on the art of war.  The Emperor thus, for several hours,
+carried on the whole conversation alone; and his royal audience paid him
+as much attention as scholars, eager to learn, pay to the instructions of
+their teacher.
+
+When his Majesty returned to his apartment, I heard Marshal Berthier say
+to him, "Sire, are you not afraid that the sovereigns may some day use to
+advantage against you all that you have just taught them?  Your Majesty
+just now seemed to forget what you formerly told us, that it is necessary
+to act with our allies as if they were afterwards to be our enemies."--
+"Berthier," replied the Emperor, smiling, "that is a good observation on
+your part, and I thank you for it; I really believe I have made you think
+I was an idiot.  You think, then," continued his Majesty, pinching
+sharply one of the Prince de Neuchatel's ears, "that I committed the
+indiscretion of giving them whips with which to return and flog us?  Calm
+yourself, I did not tell them all."
+
+The Emperor's table at Erfurt was in the form of a half-moon; and at the
+upper end, and consequently at the rounded part, of this table their
+Majesties were seated, and on the right and left the sovereigns of the
+Confederation according to their rank.  The side facing their Majesties
+was always empty; and there stood M. de Beausset, the prefect of the
+palace, who relates in his Memoirs that one day he overheard the
+following conversation:
+
+     "On that day the subject of conversation was the Golden Bull, which,
+     until the establishment of the Confederation of the Rhine, had
+     served as a constitution, and had regulated the law for the election
+     of emperors, the number and rank of the electors, etc.  The Prince
+     Primate entered into some details regarding this Golden Bull, which
+     he said was made in 1409; whereupon the Emperor Napoleon pointed out
+     to him that the date which was assigned to the Golden Bull was not
+     correct, and that it was proclaimed in 1336, during the reign of the
+     Emperor Charles IV.  'That is true, Sire,' replied the Prince
+     Primate I was mistaken; but how does it happen that your Majesty is
+     so well acquainted with these matters?'--'When I was a mere sub-
+     lieutenant in the artillery, said Napoleon,--at this beginning,
+     there was on the part of the guests a marked movement of interest,
+     and he continued, smiling,--when I had the honor to be simply sub-
+     lieutenant in the artillery I remained three years in the garrison
+     at Valence, and, as I cared little for society, led a very retired
+     life.  By fortunate chance I had lodgings with a kind and
+     intelligent bookseller.  I read and re-read his library during the
+     three years I remained in the garrison and have forgotten nothing,
+     even matters which have had no connection with my position.  Nature,
+     besides, has given me a good memory for figures, and it often
+     happens with my ministers that I can give them details and the sum
+     total of accounts they presented long since.'"
+
+A few days before his departure from Erfurt, the Emperor bestowed the
+cross of the Legion of Honor on M. de Bigi, commandant of arms at this
+place; M. Vegel, burgomaster of Jena; Messrs.  Weiland and Goethe; M.
+Starlk, senior physician at Jena.  He gave to General Count Tolstoi,
+ambassador from Russia, who had been recalled from this post by his
+sovereign to take a command in the army, the grand decoration of the
+Legion of Honor; to M. the dean Meimung, who had said mass twice at the
+palace, a ring of brilliants, with the cipher N surmounted by a crown;
+and a hundred napoleons to the two priests who had assisted him; finally,
+to the grand marshal of the palace, Count Tolstoi, the beautiful Gobelin
+tapestry, Savonnerie carpets, and Sevres porcelain, which had been
+brought from Paris to furnish the palace of Erfurt.  The minister's grand
+officers, and officers of Alexander's suite, received from his Majesty
+magnificent presents; and the Emperor Alexander did likewise in regard to
+the persons attached to his Majesty.  He gave the Duke of Vicenza the
+grand cordon of Saint Andrew, and a badge of the same order set in
+diamonds to the Princes of Benevento and Neuchatel.
+
+Charmed by the talent of the French comedians, especially that of Talma,
+the Emperor Alexander sent very handsome presents to her as well as all
+her companions; he sent compliments to the actresses, and to the
+director, M. Dazincourt, whom he did not forget in his distribution of
+gifts.
+
+This interview at Erfurt, which was so brilliant with illuminations,
+splendor, and luxury, ended on the 14th of October; and all the great
+personages whom it had attracted left between the 8th and the 14th of
+October.
+
+The day of his departure the Emperor gave an audience, after his toilet,
+to Baron Vincent, envoy extraordinary of Austria, and sent by him a
+letter to his sovereign.  At eleven o'clock the Emperor of Russia came to
+his Majesty, who received him, and reconducted him to his residence with
+great ceremony; and soon after his Majesty repaired to the Russian
+palace, followed by his whole suite.  After mutual compliments they
+entered the carriage together, and did not part till they reached the
+spot on the road from Weimar where they had met on their arrival.  There
+they embraced each other affectionately and separated; and the 18th of
+October, at half-past nine in the evening, the Emperor was at Saint-
+Cloud, having made the whole trip incognito.
+
+
+
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+Act with our allies as if they were afterwards to be our enemies
+As was his habit, criticised more than he praised
+The friendship of a great man is a gift from the gods
+You have given me your long price, now give me your short one
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