. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. dthe delirium which Napoleons return had caused in thenation. Disaffection, coldness, and plots succeeded. Inface of this revulsion of feeling, the emperor himself under-went a change. The buoyant courage, the amazing audacitywhich had induced him to return from Elba, seemed to leavehim. He became sad and preoccupied. No doubt muchof this sadness was due to the refusal of Austria to restorehis wife and child, and to the bitter knowledge that MarieLouise had succumbed to foreign influences and had prom-ised never again to see her husband. If the allies had allow
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. dthe delirium which Napoleons return had caused in thenation. Disaffection, coldness, and plots succeeded. Inface of this revulsion of feeling, the emperor himself under-went a change. The buoyant courage, the amazing audacitywhich had induced him to return from Elba, seemed to leavehim. He became sad and preoccupied. No doubt muchof this sadness was due to the refusal of Austria to restorehis wife and child, and to the bitter knowledge that MarieLouise had succumbed to foreign influences and had prom-ised never again to see her husband. If the allies had allowed the French to manage theiraffairs in their own way, it is probable that Napoleon wouldhave mastered the situation, difficult as it was. But thisthey did not do. In spite of his promise to observe thetreaties made after his abdication, to accept the boundariesfixed, to abide by the Congress of Vienna, the coalitiontreated him with scorn, affecting to mistrust him. He wasthe disturber of the peace of the world, a public enem^y;. MARENGO/ NAPOLEON S WAR-HORSE^ LAST RIDDEN BY HIM AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO,AND AFTERWARDS THE PROPERTY OF CAPTAIN HOWARD. Painted and engraved by James Ward, R. A. The skeleton of Marengo is nowpreserved in the museum of the Royal United Service Institution, London, and standsunder the picture painted by Ward from which this engraving is taken. A hoofof Marengo, made into a snuff-box, makes its nightly round after dinner at theQueens Guard in St. Jamess Palace. In the lid is the legend: Hoof of Marengo,barb charger of Napoleon, ridden by him at Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Wagram, in theRussian campaign, and finally at Waterloo. Around the hoof the legend continues: Marengo was wounded in the near hip at Waterloo, when his master was on him inthe hollow road in advance of the French position. He had been frequentlywounded before in many battles. 272 RULER OF THE ISLAND OF ELBA 273 he must be put beyond the pale of society, and they took uparms, not agai
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