\"Quiteso——parties——youareveryright，\"saidtheprince。\"IwasreadingabookaboutNapoleonandtheWaterloocampaignonlytheotherday，byCharasse，inwhichtheauthordoesnotattempttoconcealhisjoyatNapoleon’sdiscomfitureateverypage。Wellnow，Idon’tlikethat；itsmellsof’party，’youknow。Youarequiteright。AndwereyoumuchoccupiedwithyourserviceunderNapoleon？\"
Thegeneralwasinecstasies，fortheprince’sremarks，made，astheyevidentlywere，inallseriousnessandsimplicity，quitedissipatedthelastrelicsofhissuspicion。
\"IknowCharasse’sbook！Oh！Iwassoangrywithhiswork！I
wrotetohimandsaid——Iforgetwhat，atthismoment。YouaskwhetherIwasverybusyundertheEmperor？Ohno！Iwascalled’page，’buthardlytookmydutyseriously。Besides，NapoleonverysoonlosthopeofconciliatingtheRussians，andhewouldhaveforgottenallaboutmehadhenotlovedme——forpersonalreasons——
Idon’tmindsayingsonow。Myheartwasgreatlydrawntohim，too。Mydutieswerelight。ImerelyhadtobeatthepalaceoccasionallytoescorttheEmperoroutriding，andthatwasaboutall。Irodeveryfairlywell。Heusedtohavearidebeforedinner，andhissuiteonthoseoccasionsweregenerallyDavoust，myself，andRoustan。\"