they were to be permitted, provided they preserved the strictest incognito, to remain in the city one week. The king also granted Hortense a private audience. He himself knew full well the sorrows of exile. He spoke feelingly of the weary years which he and his family had spent in banishment from France.
\"I have experienced,\" said he to Hortense, \"all the griefs of exile. And it is not in accordance with my wishes
they were to be permitted, provided they preserved the strictest incognito, to remain in the city one week. The king also granted Hortense a private audience. He himself knew full well the sorrows of exile. He spoke feelingly of the weary years which he and his family had spent in banishment from France.
\"I have experienced,\" said he to Hortense, \"all the griefs of exile. And it is not in accordance with my wishes
