The vicissitudes of a lady-in-waiting 1735-1821 . ADKLAIDI- 1»K N A K , COM 1 IvSSK DK KAMIll IKAIliy Edouard Dubu/e, iS^S NARBONNE ENTERS EMPERORS SERVICE 257 evening, during the winter, the Emperor summoned himto converse with him in the Empresss during the night, he would often come into thedrawing-room where the Count slept, and, sitting on theedge of his camp bed, would forbid him to rise, andthen talk to him for a long while familiarly on all sortsof subjects. 1 Thus a certain intimacy sprang up betweenthe sovereign and Narbonne. The latter displayed thetale
The vicissitudes of a lady-in-waiting 1735-1821 . ADKLAIDI- 1»K N A K , COM 1 IvSSK DK KAMIll IKAIliy Edouard Dubu/e, iS^S NARBONNE ENTERS EMPERORS SERVICE 257 evening, during the winter, the Emperor summoned himto converse with him in the Empresss during the night, he would often come into thedrawing-room where the Count slept, and, sitting on theedge of his camp bed, would forbid him to rise, andthen talk to him for a long while familiarly on all sortsof subjects. 1 Thus a certain intimacy sprang up betweenthe sovereign and Narbonne. The latter displayed thetalent, the longing to serve that was peculiar to his race,the admiration he felt for the Emperors genius, and thefreedom of speech that his devotedness justified. Atfirst, some surprise mingled with the esteem whichNapoleon felt for the learning and the character of thisformer courtier. He enjoyed eliciting from this im-pulsive nature the soundest and often the deepestopinions expressed in words that seemed light. Heappreciated still more his extr
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