The women Bonapartes: the mother and three sisters of Napoléon I . her residence, heallotted her a modest but comfortable house be-longing to his Chamberlain Vantini, within easydistance of the Mulini, which is, or was a fewyears ago, the residence of the sub-prefect ofPorto Ferrajo. Madame s sojourn is commemo-rated by a marble tablet in the salon, bearing thefollowing inscription: GIORGIO MANGANARO DIVENUTO POSSESSORE DI QUESTA CASA FA SAPERE AT POSTERI CHE NEL 1814 E 15 FU ALBERGO DI LETIZIA BUONAPARTE E CON LEI IL PIU DELLA GIORNATA QUI STAVA A fortnight after her arrival, on t
The women Bonapartes: the mother and three sisters of Napoléon I . her residence, heallotted her a modest but comfortable house be-longing to his Chamberlain Vantini, within easydistance of the Mulini, which is, or was a fewyears ago, the residence of the sub-prefect ofPorto Ferrajo. Madame s sojourn is commemo-rated by a marble tablet in the salon, bearing thefollowing inscription: GIORGIO MANGANARO DIVENUTO POSSESSORE DI QUESTA CASA FA SAPERE AT POSTERI CHE NEL 1814 E 15 FU ALBERGO DI LETIZIA BUONAPARTE E CON LEI IL PIU DELLA GIORNATA QUI STAVA A fortnight after her arrival, on the occasionof Napoleons birthday (August 15), Madameorganised a splendid fete, which excited trans-ports of joy amid the entire population. Anumber of people from the mainland braved theterrors of sea-sickness and the Barbary corsairs. ^ Sir Neil Campbell,/w/r??.^;/. ^ Giorgio Manganaro, having become the owner of this house,informs posterity that in 1814 and 1815 it was the residence ofLetizia Buonaparte, and with her Napoleon spent the greater partof the THE WOMEN BONAPARTES 309 and came to assist at it, in the hope of catchinga glimpse of the Emperor, though in this theywere disappointed, since Napoleon, to whom suchrejoicings would have recalled too many souvenirsof his former grandeur, did not grace the pro-ceedings by his presence. Among the personspresented to Madame on this occasion, wasa charming young girl, named Rosa Mellini,daughter of a colonel of engineers, who, on hisretirement from the Army, had returned to Elba,his native island. Letizia was at once attractedto Mile. Mellini, and, shortly afterwards, invitedher to enter her service as dame de compagnieand secretary. The young lady consented, andremained with Madame for many years ; and itwas to her that the latter dictated her Souvejtirs. Pauline remained in Provence until the endof May, when she accepted an invitation fromCaroline to visit her at Naples, and sailed fromFrejus on board a Neapolitan man-o
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