Napoleon and King Murat, a biography compiled from hitherto unknown and unpublished documents . that his sojourn in Paris was to be merely tem-porary. He therefore accepted with pleasure the Em-perors invitation of the 15th May asking him toRambouillet, whither he set out that very same day.^It is possible indeed that he would have still furtherprolonged his stay, had he not received on the i8thdispatches from Agar, Zurlo and Maghella, couched insuch panic-stricken language that he decided to makerequest to the Emperor for permission to depart im-mediately. My departure, he said, cannot interf
Napoleon and King Murat, a biography compiled from hitherto unknown and unpublished documents . that his sojourn in Paris was to be merely tem-porary. He therefore accepted with pleasure the Em-perors invitation of the 15th May asking him toRambouillet, whither he set out that very same day.^It is possible indeed that he would have still furtherprolonged his stay, had he not received on the i8thdispatches from Agar, Zurlo and Maghella, couched insuch panic-stricken language that he decided to makerequest to the Emperor for permission to depart im-mediately. My departure, he said, cannot interfere withyour plans, while it may restore confidence among mypeople. 2 Napoleon, who had no longer any reason forrefusing his permission, gave a most favourable recep-tion to Joachims request. Not only did he grant himleave to depart, but even told Bassano to censure Durant,his newly appointed Minister at Naples, though thelatters sole fault throughout the whole business had Campochiaro to Gallo, May l6, i8il. Naples, Archivio di Stato.^ Murat to Napoleon, May 19, 1811. Affaires THE DUKK OK REKHSIADT ( II) l-roiii a pain till:;, probally /•} Daffinger. In tlu possession of /?. Ai<i;ust Ileyiiinnn of Iir/iiui THE RISE OF THE NATIONALISTS 133 been to read the situation too clearly. The 20th May,the day preceding the Emperor and Empresss departurefor Cherbourg and Rochefort, he spent with them atRambouillet. After bidding farewell to Napoleon hereturned to Paris at night, and on the 22nd May, as soonas it was light, commenced his journey to Naples.
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