cause for sympathy with the parties to this unhappy union than of censure for their conduct.\"
Testimony of the Duchess of Abrantes.
Portrait of Hortense.
The Duchess of Abrantes, who was intimately acquainted with Hortense from her childhood and with the whole Bonaparte family, in her interesting memoirs writes: \"Hortense de Beauharnais was fresh as a rose; and though her fair complexion was not relieved by much color,
cause for sympathy with the parties to this unhappy union than of censure for their conduct.\"
Testimony of the Duchess of Abrantes.
Portrait of Hortense.
The Duchess of Abrantes, who was intimately acquainted with Hortense from her childhood and with the whole Bonaparte family, in her interesting memoirs writes: \"Hortense de Beauharnais was fresh as a rose; and though her fair complexion was not relieved by much color,
