The drama of Saint Helena . ultra of beauty and gentility. Napoleon was dressed, on the day of my firstintroduction to him, in a green coat, silk stockings,small shoes, large square gold buckles, and a cockedhat, with a ribbon of some order, seen through thebutton-hole of his coat. The two young ladies, who were respectivelyabout thirteen and fifteen years of age, were quitefamiliar with the ex-Emperor, ran playfully towardshim, dragging me forward by the hand, and sayingto him, This lady is the mother of the little girlwho pleased you the other day by singing Italiancanzonets. Upon this he ma
The drama of Saint Helena . ultra of beauty and gentility. Napoleon was dressed, on the day of my firstintroduction to him, in a green coat, silk stockings,small shoes, large square gold buckles, and a cockedhat, with a ribbon of some order, seen through thebutton-hole of his coat. The two young ladies, who were respectivelyabout thirteen and fifteen years of age, were quitefamiliar with the ex-Emperor, ran playfully towardshim, dragging me forward by the hand, and sayingto him, This lady is the mother of the little girlwho pleased you the other day by singing Italiancanzonets. Upon this he made me a bow, which I returnedby a low and reverential curtsey, feeling, at the sametime, a little confused at this sudden and uncere-monious introduction. Madame, said he, you have a sprightly littledaughter ; where did she learn to sing the Italiansongs ? On my replying that I had taught her myself,he said BonV He then asked me what country-woman I was?—English.—Where were youeducated?—In London.—What ship did you. - rMM<
Size: 1375px × 1818px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectnapoleo, bookyear1910
