. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. 28o NAPOLEONS SURRENDER TO ENGLAND 281 the harbor of Plymouth than it became evident that he wasregarded not as a guest, but as a prisoner. Armed vesselssurrounded the ship he was on; extraordinary messageswere hurried to and fro; sinister rumors ran among thecrew. The Tower of London, a desert isle, the ends of theearth, were talked of as the hospitality England was pre-paring. But if there was something theatrical, even humorous,in the idea of expecting a friendly welcome from England,there was every reason to suppose that she would receivehim with dignity an
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. 28o NAPOLEONS SURRENDER TO ENGLAND 281 the harbor of Plymouth than it became evident that he wasregarded not as a guest, but as a prisoner. Armed vesselssurrounded the ship he was on; extraordinary messageswere hurried to and fro; sinister rumors ran among thecrew. The Tower of London, a desert isle, the ends of theearth, were talked of as the hospitality England was pre-paring. But if there was something theatrical, even humorous,in the idea of expecting a friendly welcome from England,there was every reason to suppose that she would receivehim with dignity and consideration. Napoleon had been anenemy worthy of English metal. He had been defeatedonly after years of struggle. Now that he was at her feet,her own self-respect demanded that she treat him as becamehis genius and his position. To leave him at large was,of course, out of the question; but surely he could have beenmade a royal prisoner and been made to feel that if he wasdetained it was because of his might. The British gove
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