. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. and the Lord only knowshow many things she would make me say of which I neverthought. One real and serious cause of unhappiness for Josephinewas removed in part this summer. It was her trouble. The poor Queen of Holland had for along time been hopelessly embroiled with the King, LouisBonaparte, and her daily letters to her mother during thewinter and spring were hysterical cries of bitterness anddespair. Josephine shows nowhere in better light than inher replies. During all this period of her own sorrow shewrote constantly to Hortense letters
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. and the Lord only knowshow many things she would make me say of which I neverthought. One real and serious cause of unhappiness for Josephinewas removed in part this summer. It was her trouble. The poor Queen of Holland had for along time been hopelessly embroiled with the King, LouisBonaparte, and her daily letters to her mother during thewinter and spring were hysterical cries of bitterness anddespair. Josephine shows nowhere in better light than inher replies. During all this period of her own sorrow shewrote constantly to Hortense letters full of cheer, of wisecounsel, and of the tenderest affection. The doubt of the Em-peror which seized her now and then she never allowed Hor-tense to entertain. She never advised anything but courageand forbearance in her relations to King Louis. She heldbefore her her duty to her little sons, to the people of Hol-land, who had always loved her, and to her mother. In July,Louis put an end to the sad situation by abdicating his. EUGENIE HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS. I783-1837. Daughter of Josephine, wife of Louis, King of Holland, andmother of Napoleon III. 432 AFTER THE DIVORCE 433 throne, which by the Constitution went to the Queen. Na-poleon promptly annexed Holland to France. This eman-cipates the queen, the Emperor wrote to Josephine, andyour unhappy daughter can come to Paris, where, with hersons, she will be perfectly happy. It was not going toParis, however, that pleased Hortense; it was release fromLouis, the care of her sons, and rejoining her mother. In-deed, Louis Bonapartes cowardly conduct in Hollandbrought great relief to both Hortense and Josephine, es-pecially was the latter happy at being able to have the chil-dren, Napoleon-Louis and Louis Napoleon, or little Oui-oni,as she called him, (afterwards Napoleon III.) with really was an ideal grandmother, everybody conceded,the children first of all. Their opinion was happily ex-pressed once by Louis, who, when
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