and the rank you held from me, to accept a title given by the Bourbons?\"
\"'\"My duty sire,\" I replied, summoning up all my courage to answer him, \"was to think of my children's future, since the abdication of your Majesty left me no longer any other to fulfill.\"
\"'\"Your children,\" exclaimed the Emperor, \"your children! Were they not my nephews before they were your sons? Have you forgotten that? Had you the
and the rank you held from me, to accept a title given by the Bourbons?\"
\"'\"My duty sire,\" I replied, summoning up all my courage to answer him, \"was to think of my children's future, since the abdication of your Majesty left me no longer any other to fulfill.\"
\"'\"Your children,\" exclaimed the Emperor, \"your children! Were they not my nephews before they were your sons? Have you forgotten that? Had you the
