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"But are we not in Grenoble yet?" Once more he lapsed into silence, closed his eyes and to all intents and purposes fell asleep, for never another word did de Marmont get out of him, until Grenoble was reached and the rue Montorge. Here de Marmont had his lodgings, three doors from the "Hôtel des Trois-Dauphins," where fortunately Clyffurde managed to secure a comfortable room for himself.
"Troops will be on the move all over the country soon. Foreigners will be interned. You will have some difficulty in getting away." "I know that. That's why I want to make arrangements as early as possible." "Where will you stay in the meanwhile?" "Possibly at the 'Trois-Dauphins' if I can get a room." "I shall see you again then. The Emperor will stay there while he is in Grenoble.
To-night I am a prince once more." It was the next morning in that same sparsely-furnished and uncarpeted room of the Hôtel des Trois-Dauphins that Napoleon spoke to Victor de Marmont, to Emery and Dumoulin about the money which had been stolen last year from the Empress and which he understood had been deposited in the cellars of the Hôtel de Ville.
Cheered to the echoes, surrounded by a delirious populace which hardly allowed him to move, it was hours before he succeeded in reaching the Hôtel des Trois-Dauphins, where he was resolved to spend the night, since it was kept by an ex-soldier, one of his own Old Guard of the Italian campaign. The enthusiasm was kept up all night. The town was illuminated.
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