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Chapter 4

           Besides,NapoleonverysoonlosthopeofconciliatingtheRussians,andhewouldhaveforgottenallaboutmehadhenotlovedme—forpersonalreasons—Idon’tmindsayingsonow.Myheartwasgreatlydrawntohim,too.Mydutieswerelight.ImerelyhadtobeatthepalaceoccasionallytoescorttheEmperoroutriding,andthatwasaboutall.Irodeveryfairlywell.Heusedtohavearidebeforedinner,andhissuiteonthoseoccasionsweregenerallyDavoust,myself,andRoustan.”

           “Constant?”saidtheprince,suddenly,andquiteinvoluntarily.

           “No;Constantwasawaythen,takingalettertotheEmpressJosephine.Insteadofhimtherewerealwaysacoupleoforderlies—andthatwasall,excepting,ofcourse,thegeneralsandmarshalswhomNapoleonalwaystookwithhimfortheinspectionofvariouslocalities,andforthesakeofconsultationgenerally.Iremembertherewasone—Davoust—nearlyalwayswithhim—abigmanwithspectacles.Theyusedtoargueandquarrelsometimes.OncetheywereintheEmperor’sstudytogether—justthosetwoandmyself—Iwasunobserved—andtheyargued,andtheEmperorseemedtobeagreeingtosomethingunderprotest.Suddenlyhiseyefellonmeandanideaseemedtoflashacrosshim.

           “‘Child,’hesaid,abruptly.‘IfIweretorecognizetheRussianorthodoxreligionandemancipatetheserfs,doyouthinkRussiawouldcomeovertome?’”

           “‘Never!’Icried,indignantly.”

           “TheEmperorwasmuchstruck.

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