Hortense

in the following words, describes one of these interviews at Malmaison. It was after the marriage with Maria Louisa.

Interview between Napoleon and Josephine.

\"I was one day painting a violet, a flower which recalled to my memory my more happy days, when one of my women ran towards me and made a sign by placing her finger upon her lips. The next moment I was overpowered—I beheld Napoleon. He threw himself with transport into the arms of his old friend. Oh,


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in the following words, describes one of these interviews at Malmaison. It was after the marriage with Maria Louisa.

Interview between Napoleon and Josephine.

\"I was one day painting a violet, a flower which recalled to my memory my more happy days, when one of my women ran towards me and made a sign by placing her finger upon her lips. The next moment I was overpowered—I beheld Napoleon. He threw himself with transport into the arms of his old friend. Oh,


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