Hortense

universally beloved. The funeral took place at noon of the 2d of June. The remains were deposited in the little church of Ruel. A beautiful mausoleum of white marble, representing the Empress kneeling in her coronation robes, bears the simple inscription:

EUGENE AND HORTENSE

TO

JOSEPHINE.

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Chapter VII.

The Sorrows of Exile.

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Eugene meets Louis XVIII.

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universally beloved. The funeral took place at noon of the 2d of June. The remains were deposited in the little church of Ruel. A beautiful mausoleum of white marble, representing the Empress kneeling in her coronation robes, bears the simple inscription:

EUGENE AND HORTENSE

TO

JOSEPHINE.

* * *


Chapter VII.

The Sorrows of Exile.

1814-1815

Eugene meets Louis XVIII.

There probably never was a more tender, loving


497 of 926