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Updated: June 21, 2025
He must have been a very foolish person to set his will against that of the Emperor. I had seated myself, sick and dazed, upon the settee, for scenes of bloodshed were new to me then, and this one had been enough to shock the most hardened. Savary gave us all a little cognac from his flask, and then tearing down one of the curtains he laid it over the terrible figure of my Uncle Bernac.
And to think that for your sake I have brought about the death of a man who was worth a hundred of you! Oh, I am rightly punished for an unwomanly act. Toussac has had his revenge. 'Enough! said the Emperor sternly. 'Constant, lead Mademoiselle Bernac into the next room. As to you, sir, I do not think that I can condemn any lady of my Court to take such a man as a husband.
This, my dear nephew, is my only daughter, Sibylle Bernac. 'Then you 'I am your mother's brother, Charles Bernac. 'You are my Uncle Bernac! I stammered at him like an idiot. 'But why did you not tell me so? I cried. 'I was not sorry to have a chance of quietly observing what his English education had done for my nephew.
'I fancy that our friend Bernac was a dangerous man also. "My dear Catulle I beg of you to send me by the very first mail another phial of the same tasteless essence which you sent three years ago. I mean the almond decoction which leaves no traces. I have particular reasons for wanting it in the course of next week, so I implore you not to delay.
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