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He appears to have felt throughout life more vindictiveness toward Aubry, the man whom he believed to have been the author of this particular misfortune, than toward any other person with whom he ever came in contact. In this rigid scrutiny of the army list, exaggerated pretensions of service and untruthful testimonials were no longer accepted.
The man refused at first; but the girl's entreaties conquered his scruples, and he finally accepted it. "What is your name?" she asked. "I am called Aubry. You will find me ever ready to serve you, citoyenne." Such were the incidents that marked our heroine's arrival at the Conciergerie. This first day in prison passed slowly.
This intelligence was exceedingly unwelcome to Dolores, but the hope of seeing Philip the next day greatly mitigated her regret. She had just left her bed the next morning, when she heard footsteps in the corridor. She hastily completed her toilet, and had hardly done so when the key turned in the lock. The door opened and Aubry entered.
Aubry, himself a brigadier-general of artillery, did not belong to the 'Comite de Salut Public' at the time Bonaparte was removed from the south; and he had left the Comite early is August, that is, before the order striking Bonaparte off was given.
Aubry, himself a brigadier-general of artillery, did not belong to the 'Comite de Salut Public' at the time Bonaparte was removed from the south; and he had left the Comite early is August, that is, before the order striking Bonaparte off was given.
"Well, madame," says the great physician, "how happens it that so pretty a woman allows herself to be sick?" "Ah! sir, like the nose of old father Aubry, I aspire to the tomb " Caroline, out of consideration for Adolphe, makes a feeble effort to smile. "Tut, tut! But your eyes are clear: they don't seem to need our infernal drugs."
The overhauling of the army list with the subsequent reassignment of officers turned out ill for Buonaparte. Aubry, the head of the committee, appears to have been utterly indifferent to him, displaying no ill will, and certainly no active good will, toward the sometime Jacobin, whose name, moreover, was last on the list of artillery officers in the order of seniority.
"How fortunate," Napoleon would often exclaim, "is that fool Joseph!" Talma, the celebrated tragedian, was one of his chief associates at this time, and even then talked with confidence of the future fortunes of "little Buonaparte." This player's kindness and Aubry's opposition were both remembered. The Emperor always patronised Talma; and Aubry died in exile.
"No matter, my good Aubry, I am content;" responded Dolores, pleasantly. She ate the food, however, for she had fasted since the evening before; then, drawing the table to the wall pierced by the small, high window, she mounted it to obtain a few breaths of fresh air.
Among their agents was a personage of some importance a certain Aubry who, having returned after the events of Thermidor, never disavowed his real sentiments as a royalist; and being later made chairman of the army committee, was in that position when Buonaparte's career was temporarily checked by degradation from the artillery to the infantry.
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