1805
DifficultiesofmysituationatHamburg—Toilandresponsibility— Supervisionoftheemigrants—ForeignMinisters—Journals—PacketfromStrasburg—BonapartefondofnarratingGiulio, anextemporerecitationofastorycomposedbytheEmperor.
ThebriefdetailIhavegiveninthetwoorthreeprecedingchaptersoftheeventswhichoccurredpreviouslytoandduringthecampaignofAusterlitz, withthelettersofDurocandBernadotte, , butnotlesslaborious, thanthosewhichIformerlyperformedwhenneartheEmperor; and, besides, , infact, tomaintainaconstantwatchovertheemigrantsinAltona, whichwasnoeasymatter—tocorresponddailywiththeMinisterforForeignAffairsandtheMinisterofPolice—toconferwiththeforeignMinistersaccreditedatHamburg—tomaintainactiverelationswiththecommandersoftheFrencharmy—tointerrogatemysecretagents, andkeepastrictsurveillanceovertheirproceedings; itwas, besides, necessarytobeunceasinglyonthewatchforscurrilousarticlesagainstNapoleonintheHamburg 'Corespondent'.Ishallfrequentlyhaveoccasiontospeakofallthesethings, andespeciallyofthemostmarkedemigrants, inamannerlessirregular, becausewhatIhavehithertosaidmay, insomesort, beconsideredmerelyasasummaryofallthefactsrelatingtotheoccurrenceswhichdailypassedbeforemyeyes.
, , Iventuretopresume, willnotexperiencelessgratificationthanIdidonaperusalofitscontents, whichwillbefoundattheendofthischapter; butbeforesatisfyingthecuriositytowhichIhaveperhapsgivenbirth, ImayhererelatethatoneofthepeculiaritiesofBonapartewasafondnessofextemporenarration; anditappearshehadnotdiscontinuedthepracticeevenafterhebecameEmperor.
Infact, Bonaparte, duringthefirstyearafterhiselevationtotheImperialthrone, , hewouldremainabsorbedingloomysilence, , however, onthecontrary, hewouldgivethereinstohisvividimaginationandhisloveofthemarvelous, or, tospeakmorecorrectly, hisdesiretoproduceeffect, whichwasperhapsoneofhisstrongestpassions, andwouldrelatelittleromances, -in-waitingwerealwayspresent, tooneofwhomIamindebtedforthefollowingstory, whichshehadwrittennearlyinthewordsofNapoleon."Never," saidthisladyinherlettertome, ", hepacedthesalonwithhastystrides; theintonationsofhisvoicevariedaccordingtothecharactersofthepersonageshebroughtonthescene; heseemedtomultiplyhimselfinordertoplaythedifferentparts, andnopersonneededtofeigntheterrorwhichhereallyinspired, andwhichhelovedtoseedepictedinthecountenancesofthosewhosurroundedhim." InthistaleIhavemadenoalterations, ascanbeattestedbythosewho, tomyknowledge, .
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