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Buonaparte was ordered to take half his army, and lead it against the Pope and the King of Naples, and leave the other half to terminate the contest with Beaulieu, under the orders of Kellerman. But he acted on this occasion with the decision which these Directors in vain desired to emulate. He answered by resigning his command.
Formerly his normal condition was one of half defiant, half cringing nervousness in the presence of ladies. To-night he carried himself with an easy self-possession, and it was due to more than the uniform. "I am afraid you are right. It is horrid of me and I am awfully sorry," said Ethel, impulsively offering him her hand. "Why did you join, Mr. Kellerman?" said Jane in her quiet voice.
The Frenchman sprang to his feet, his face blanched to a deathly white, and his limbs trembled. "Why do you who are you? Ah, my God you know me!" "Yes, I know you; sit down. You are Kellerman, but I will not betray you." "You will not betray me?" The anguished ring in his voice went to the overseer's heart, and rising he placed his hand on the convict's arm. "Sit down.
He says to them, "Kellerman is an excellent General, and could lead an army as well as I," but then he goes on to plead the superiority of his army, always modestly leaving himself outside the praise he takes care to bestow on others, and adds with fervour, "The command must remain in the hands of one man." "I believe," says he, "that one bad General is better than two good ones."
Lloyd laughed uproariously at the joke. "And you say the little Yid was in the Ninetieth? Well, what is the Ninetieth coming to?" "Lloyd, you mustn't say a word against Mr. Kellerman," said Jane. "I think he is a real man." "Oh, come, Jane. That little Hebrew Shyster? Why, he does not wash more than once a year!" "I don't care if he never washes at all.
The Russians did not return to the charge; we had taken all their cannon and baggage, and Prince Repnin was among the prisoners." Thus it was that Rapp related to me this famous battle of which he was the hero, as Kellerman had been the hero of Marengo. What now remains of Austerlitz?
These few words show that Bonaparte sufficiently appreciated the services of Kellerman. However, when that officer approached the table at which were seated the First Consul and a number of his generals, Bonaparte merely said, "You made a pretty good charge."
I am far from suspecting his friends of the design of lessening the glory of either General Bonaparte or General Desaix; they know as well as myself that theirs are names so respected that they can never be affected by such detractions, and that it would be as vain to dispute the praise due to the Chief who planned the battle was to attempt to depreciate the brilliant share which General Kellerman had in its successful result.
On the occasion of one of their interviews the First Consul saw a letter from Kellerman to Lasalle, which contained the following passage: "Would you believe, my friend, that Bonaparte has not made me a general of division though I have just placed the crown on his head?" The letter was sealed again and sent to its address; but Bonaparte never forgot its contents.
Spurring his horse through the scrub, Monk dashed over the rough ground and up the hill. In front of the cave were a sub-inspector of black police, a white sergeant, and eight black troopers. They were looking at Kellerman, who lay on the ground with a bullet through his heart dead.
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