FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   608   609   610   611   612   613   614   615   616   617   618   619   620   621   622   623   624   625   626   627   628   629   630   631   632  
633   634   635   636   637   638   639   640   641   642   643   644   645   646   647   648   649   650   651   652   653   654   655   656   657   >>   >|  
I perceive his sufferings are the greater from thus endeavouring to conceal them. By the by, I forgot to mention that he knew of the visit you paid me on the day after the catastrophe. I dreaded that your enemies, the greater number of whom are also mine, might have misrepresented that interview; but, fortunately, he paid little attention to it. He merely said, 'So you have seen Bourrienne? Does he sulk at me? Nevertheless I must do something for him.' He has again spoken in the same strain, and repeated nearly the same expressions three days ago; and since he has commanded your presence to-day, I have not a doubt but he has something in view for your advantage."--"May I presume to inquire what it is?"--"I do not yet know; but I would recommend to you, in the meantime, to be more strictly on your guard than ever; he is so suspicious, and so well informed of all that is done or said respecting himself. I have suffered so much since I last saw you; never can I forget the unkind manner in which he rejected my entreaties! For several days I laboured under a depression of spirits which greatly irritated him, because he clearly saw whence it proceeded. I am not dazzled by the title of Empress; I dread some evil will result from this step to him, to my children, and to myself. The miscreants ought to be satisfied; see to what they have driven us! This death embitters every moment of my life. I need not say to you, Bourrienne, that I speak this in confidence."--"You cannot doubt my prudence."--"No, certainly not, Bourrienne. I do not doubt it. My confidence in you is unbounded. Rest assured that I shall never forget what you have done for me, under various circumstances, and the devotedness you evinced to me on your return from Egypt.--Adieu, my friend. Let me see you soon again." It was on the 14th of June 1804 that I had this audience of the Emperor, and afterwards attended the Empress. On my return home I spent three hours in making notes of all that was said to me by these two personages; and the substance of these notes I have now given to the reader. CHAPTER XXVIII. 1804. Curious disclosures of Fouche--Remarkable words of Bonaparte respecting the protest of Louis XVIII--Secret document inserted in the Moniteur--Announcement from Bonaparte to Regnier--Fouche appointed Minister of Police--Error of Regnier respecting the conspiracy of Georges--Undeserved praise bestowed on Fouche-- Indicat
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   608   609   610   611   612   613   614   615   616   617   618   619   620   621   622   623   624   625   626   627   628   629   630   631   632  
633   634   635   636   637   638   639   640   641   642   643   644   645   646   647   648   649   650   651   652   653   654   655   656   657   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

Fouche

 

Bourrienne

 
respecting
 

forget

 

return

 
Bonaparte
 

Regnier

 

greater

 

Empress

 

confidence


satisfied

 

miscreants

 
evinced
 

prudence

 
devotedness
 
circumstances
 
driven
 

embitters

 

moment

 

assured


unbounded

 

Secret

 
document
 

inserted

 

protest

 

Curious

 
disclosures
 

Remarkable

 

Moniteur

 

Announcement


Undeserved

 

praise

 

bestowed

 

Indicat

 

Georges

 

conspiracy

 

appointed

 
Minister
 

Police

 

XXVIII


CHAPTER

 

audience

 
Emperor
 
friend
 

attended

 

substance

 

reader

 
personages
 

children

 

making