. The love affairs of Napoleon. exalted merit, discharged her duties witha zeal that not infrequently exceeded her savoir was her lack of the last-mentioned quality whichwas responsible for the fact that on the present occa-sion Madame Recamier sat some places away from theConsul instead of at his left hand, the result beingthat what Bonaparte construed as a refusal to sit nextto him was nothing more than the outcome of a mis-understanding. With some irritation he turned to-wards the people who were still looking for theirplaces, and catching sight of Garat called out to him, Here you
. The love affairs of Napoleon. exalted merit, discharged her duties witha zeal that not infrequently exceeded her savoir was her lack of the last-mentioned quality whichwas responsible for the fact that on the present occa-sion Madame Recamier sat some places away from theConsul instead of at his left hand, the result beingthat what Bonaparte construed as a refusal to sit nextto him was nothing more than the outcome of a mis-understanding. With some irritation he turned to-wards the people who were still looking for theirplaces, and catching sight of Garat called out to him, Here you are, Garat, sit down here. All the timehe kept his eyes fixed on Madame Recamier, andobserving Cambaceres take his seat beside her, ex-claimed in a voice loud enough to be heard by alland particularly by the lady herself, Ah! CitizenConsul, there you are, seated by the fairest! Bonaparte, as everyone is aware, made short workof his meals. Those who dined with him used to doas he did in this respect and followed him as soon as.
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