The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . lse to do ; and I sus-pect that, even when he uttered these words, he was think-ing how near Elba was to France. On his way south the people of Avignon and Orgonmobbed his escort, and shouted that the tyrant should behanged or thrown into the Rhone. At Orgon, the first ob-ject which struck his eye was an efiigy of himself, hangingby a rope round its neck and swinging in the air. Whenthe gate of the court-yard where his carriage stopped wasclosed, a butcher choj^ped it in pieces wit
The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . lse to do ; and I sus-pect that, even when he uttered these words, he was think-ing how near Elba was to France. On his way south the people of Avignon and Orgonmobbed his escort, and shouted that the tyrant should behanged or thrown into the Rhone. At Orgon, the first ob-ject which struck his eye was an efiigy of himself, hangingby a rope round its neck and swinging in the air. Whenthe gate of the court-yard where his carriage stopped wasclosed, a butcher choj^ped it in pieces with an axe, andthe yard quickly filled with a seething, shouting crowd ofmen and women. Where are my two sous, whom I lost in Russia ? criedone woman. 1812-1814] 365 Where, cried anotlier, is my husband, who fell atWagram ? Give me my father, who was killed in Italy, screameda third. The escort had to bestir themselves to get their prisoneroff safely. Napoleon put on a disguise and drove awayby a back gate. Thus he got through, embarked on anEnglish frigate, and landed at Porto Ferrayo in Elba onMay 4th, AVIGNON
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