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Identifier: celebratedmadame00mont (find matches)
Title: The celebrated Madame Campan, lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette and confidante of Napoleon
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Montagu, Violette M
Subjects: Campan, Mme (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette), 1752-1822 Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Nobility
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company London, E. Nash
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General,can I act otherwise ? * No, certainly not. We must find a husbandfor her without more adoâto-morrow, for instance,and then you can start immediately. But I repeat, I have no fortune and Well? am I not here? Go and make yourpreparations, mon cher. Your sister shall be marriedto-morrowâI dont yet know to whom, but thatdoesnt matter ; she shall be married, and well married,too. But * I think I have spoken clearly, so dont makeany remarks. ** General Leclerc, accustomed like all the othergenerals to consider as his master him who, but ashort time before, had been his equal, left the roomwithout another word. A few minutes later. General Davout enteredthe First Consuls study, and told him that he hadcome to inform him of the fact that he was about tobe married. * To Mile Leclerc ? I think it a very suitablematch. No, General, to Mme To Mile Lecle7c, Napoleon interrupted, layingstress upon the name. Not only is the marriagesuitable, but I wish it to take place immediately. 256
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Copyright by\ Pauline Bonaparte. From a painting by Le Fevre. (Braun iS- Co. THE STORY OF DAVOUTS COURTSHIP I have long loved Mme ; she is now free, and nothing shall make me give her up. Nothing except my will, retorted the FirstConsul, fixing his eagle eye upon his visitor. Youwill now go straight to Mme Campans at Saint-Germain, and you will ask to see your future wife.You will be introduced to her by her brother, GeneralLeclerc, who is now talking to my wife. He will gowith you. Mile Aim^e will come up to Paris thisevening. You will order the wedding-presents, whichmust be handsome, as I am going to act father to theyoung lady. I will see about the dowry and thetrousseau, and the marriage shall be celebrated assoon as the necessary formalities have been fulfilled.I shall take care that they are simplified. You haveheard what I have just said; you must obey. Having finished this long speech, which he utteredvery fast in his own particular tone of voice, Napoleonrang the bell and ga

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  • booksubject:Napoleon_I__Emperor_of_the_French__1769_1821
  • booksubject:Nobility
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