. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. e would have beenfully justified in leaving the Empress under the careof Sir John Burgoyne, and although well aware ofthe danger, determined not to leave her till she hadreached English soil, bravely risking his life in theattempt. Sir John Burgoyne also imperiled the life of hiswife, who nobly accepted her share of the immensedanger, and had but one thought, the care of her il-lustrious charge, whom she encouraged by her exam-ple, showing no sign of fear, although the small yachtshipped heavy seas by which at any time it mighthave been swamped,
. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. e would have beenfully justified in leaving the Empress under the careof Sir John Burgoyne, and although well aware ofthe danger, determined not to leave her till she hadreached English soil, bravely risking his life in theattempt. Sir John Burgoyne also imperiled the life of hiswife, who nobly accepted her share of the immensedanger, and had but one thought, the care of her il-lustrious charge, whom she encouraged by her exam-ple, showing no sign of fear, although the small yachtshipped heavy seas by which at any time it mighthave been swamped, and struggled against wind andweather. The Empress and Madame Lebreton bothshowed calm courage, but many times they thoughtthey had seen their last of land. At the worst of thetempest, when, as Madame Lebreton said, Tout cra-quait autour de nous (Everything seemed to giveway around us), the Empress remarked that the stormin Paris had been worse still. Sir John Burgoyne remained on deck the wholetime, commanding his yacht himself with able sea-. RUINS OF THE VESTIBULE OF THE Tl ILERIES. ,. M * PHOTOGRAPH. UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE 241 mauship, and at two oclock in the morning of theeighth of September he safely brought the sturdylittle vessel to Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, where theyanchored. At three oclock an excellent supper wasserved in the main cabin, where the Empress, nowrelieved from present anxiety, joined the party andwas very cheerful. Her health was drunk in cham-pagne, for which she returned thanks, expressingherself hopefully; but it was noticed that, now shehad recovered her self-possession, she became ex-tremely reticent in regard to political subjects, nolonger complaining vehemently of those who haddeserted her, or entering into the particulars of hergrievances. She warmly expressed her gratitude toSir John and Lady Burgoyne, and also her wish togive some token of her thanks to the crew. A goldpiece of twenty francs (four dollars) to each manbeing considered suf
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