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Bonaparte's laws Suppression of the festival of the 21st of January Officials visits The Temple Louis XVI. and Sir Sidney Smith Peculation during the Directory Loan raised Modest budget The Consul and the Member of the Institute The figure of the Republic Duroc's missions The King of Prussia The Emperor Alesander General Latour-Foisac Arbitrary decree Company of players for Egypt Singular ideas respecting literary property The preparatory Consulate The journals Sabres and muskets of honour The First Consul and his Comrade The bust of Brutus Statues in the gallery of the Tuileries Sections of the Council of State Costumes of public functionaries Masquerades The opera- balls Recall of the exiles.
Though perhaps not positively engaged, there was such an understanding between the young lovers that a brisk correspondence was kept up during one of Duroc's embassies to the north. Bourrienne, at that time the private secretary of Napoleon, says that this correspondence was carried on by consent through his hands.
I had heard from good authority that "to those whose propensities were known, Duroc's information that the Empress was visible was accompanied with a kind of admonitory or courtly hint, that the strictest decency in dress and manners, and a conversation chaste, and rather of an unusually modest turn, would be highly agreeable to their Sovereigns, in consideration of the solemn occasion of a Sovereign Pontiff's arrival in France, an occurrence that had not happened for centuries, and probably would not happen for centuries to come."
Bonaparte enters the Military College of Paris He urges me to embrace the military profession His report on the state of the Military School of Paris He obtains a commission I set off for Vienna Return to Paris, where I again meet Bonaparte His singular plans for raising money Louis XVI, with the red cap on his head The 10th of August My departure for Stuttgart Bonaparte goes to Corsica My name inscribed on the list of emigrants Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon Le Souper de Beaucaire Napoleon's mission to Genoa His arrest His autographical justification Duroc's first connection with Bonaparte.
As soon as Duroc had made me acquainted with the business which the First Consul had directed him to communicate, I wrote on the spot the subjoined letter to Bonaparte: At General Duroc's desire I have this moment waited upon him, and he informs me that you have received notice that a deficit of 100,000 francs has been discovered in the Treasury of the Navy, which you require me to refund this day at noon.
Now, since last Christmas ninety-six German and seventy-one Italian authors have inscribed their works to His Majesty, and been rewarded for it; while during the same period only sixty-six Frenchmen have presented their offerings to their Sovereign." For my part I think Duroc's conclusion tolerably just.
When I told her, in a whisper, that I had got a letter for her, she would immediately leave off playing and run to her chamber, where I followed and gave her Duroc's epistle. When she opened it her eyes would fill with tears, and it was some time before she could return to the salon. All was useless for her. Josephine required a support in the family against the family.
A little more, a very little more, and her work would be done. She would tie the bag around Honey-Sweet's waist and then surely the troublesome jewels would be safe. Suddenly there came a piercing scream from the bed beside hers. Mademoiselle Duroc's door across the hall flew open, admitting a broad stream of light. "What is the matter?" demanded Mademoiselle. "Who screamed?"
Ukase of the Emperor of Russia Duroc's mission to Weimar Napoleon's views defeated Triumphs of the French armies Letters from Murat False report respecting Murat Resemblance between Moreau and M. Billand Generous conduct of Napoleon His interview with Madame Hatzfeld at Berlin Letter from Bonaparte to Josephine Blucher my prisoner His character His confidence in the future fate of Germany Prince Paul of Wurtemberg taken prisoner His wish to enter the French service Distinguished emigrants at Altona Deputation of the Senate to the Emperor at Berlin The German Princes at Altona Fauche-Boiel and the Comte de Gimel.
It is all they can do to keep their sabres in they sheaths when they meet. And then he knows our weak points. Savary's thirst for money, Cambaceres's vanity, Duroc's bluntness, Berthier's foolishness, Maret's insipidity, Talleyrand's mania for speculation, they are all so many tools in his hand.
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