and her heart lacerated with anguish in the apprehension of receiving it.
It was the last day of November, 1809, cold and cheerless. Napoleon and Josephine dined alone in silence, not a word being spoken during the repast. At the close of the meal, Napoleon, pale and trembling, took the hand of the Empress and said:
The dreadful announcement.
\"Josephine, my own good Josephine, you know how I have loved you. It is
and her heart lacerated with anguish in the apprehension of receiving it.
It was the last day of November, 1809, cold and cheerless. Napoleon and Josephine dined alone in silence, not a word being spoken during the repast. At the close of the meal, Napoleon, pale and trembling, took the hand of the Empress and said:
The dreadful announcement.
\"Josephine, my own good Josephine, you know how I have loved you. It is
