ador complaining of the sentiments of the English nation.

The Emperor frequently interrupted me, expressing his great regret at
what had occurred. He could assure me, His Majesty said, that he
had spoken without any bad intention--that he had just read what had
occurred in Parliament the night before, and that he had been greatly
hurt at the strictures passed upon his conduct; I must recollect
further that he had not spoken of the Government, but of those who
attacked him. Again, His Majesty begged me to think no more of the
matter, repeating the assurance that he had spoken without intention.

In the course of this second conversation the Emperor again asked,
but in a very different tone, why England had taken up the question of
Savoy which so little regarded her. Had it been Prussia or one of the
Continental Powers, His Majesty could have understood it, but not a
word of remonstrance had proceeded from any one of them. I replied
that I did not think the Emperor could rely on that silence as
indicating approbation, but at all events, I said, the position of Her
Majesty's Government was very different from that of the other powers.
How was it possible, I asked, for Her Majesty's Government to remain
silent in presence of the interpellations respecting Savoy which were,
night after night, put to them? And if His Majesty enquired why these
interpellations were put, I would answer him that, if my judgment was
correct, it was not so much on account of the actual plan of annexing
Savoy, as on account of the circumstances connected with the whole
transaction. They were, in fact, interpellations of mistrust. And how,
I asked, could it be otherwise? What could the English people think
on its transpiring that in spite of His Majesty's declarations,
both before and during the war, that in going to war he meditated
no special advantages for France, overtures had positively been made
months before, to Sardinia, for the eventual cession of Savoy; why had
not His Majesty told us fairly, in commencing this war, that if, by
the results of the war, the territory of Sardinia should be greatly
augmented, he might be obliged, in deference to public opinion in
France, to ask for some territorial advantage? Such a declaration,
although it might have rendered the British Government still more
anxious to prevent the war, would have hindered all the manifestation
of public opinion which is now taking place.

The Emperor seemed to feel the we