ficer is the person who is
named in the declaration made on the 15th of March
to the prince of Essling, then governor of the 8th
military division, by Monsieur P*****, who landed
with Napoleon from the Isle of Elba, and was
arrested at Toulon by order of the prefect of the
department of the Var.]

Some few days before this Officer set out to join the army in the year
1815, he gave over to me the manuscript narrative of his voyage to the
Isle of Elba. "To you," added he, "I deliver my history, which is also
that of the revolution of the 20th of March. As the Emperor, when
regaining his throne, did not think fit to speak of me, I was
therefore bound to be silent; but I am as eager to live in the memory
of after-ages as he can possibly be[30]. It is my wish that posterity
may learn, that I too shared in the glorious enterprise of subverting
the Bourbon government, and of bringing back the Emperor. My mind
misgives me. I have a presentiment that I shall die in this campaign.
Keep my manuscript, and promise to publish it when the time shall
arrive." I gave my word accordingly; and the forebodings of my friend
were realised, for he was killed at Waterloo.

[Footnote 30: At Malmaison the Emperor asked me
what had become of M. Z***. I answered that he had
been killed on Mount St. Jean: "Well," answered the
Emperor, "he is happy. But pray did he tell you
that he had been at Elba?"--"Yes, Sire; he even
entrusted me with the narrative of his voyage, and
of the conversations which he had with your
Majesty."--"You must give me this narrative: I will
take it with me: it will help me in the composition
of my memoirs."--"Sire, it is no longer in my
possession."--"What have you done with it? you must
get it back, and let me have it to-morrow."--"I
have deposited it with a friend, who happens to be
absent from Paris."--"So the narrative will be
handed about at the mercy of the world."--"No,
Sire. It is inclosed in an envelope, and deposited
in a box of which I keep the key; but if I should