Hortense

by no vagrant passion. He had formed no new attachment. He truly loved Josephine. He consequently resolved to retire for a time to the seclusion of Trianon, at Versailles. He seemed desirous that the externals of mourning should accompany an event so mournful.

Testimony of Baron Meneval.

\"The orders for the departure for Trianon,\" writes the Baron Meneval, Napoleon's private secretary, \"had been previously given.


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by no vagrant passion. He had formed no new attachment. He truly loved Josephine. He consequently resolved to retire for a time to the seclusion of Trianon, at Versailles. He seemed desirous that the externals of mourning should accompany an event so mournful.

Testimony of Baron Meneval.

\"The orders for the departure for Trianon,\" writes the Baron Meneval, Napoleon's private secretary, \"had been previously given.


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