314 RESIDENCE OF NAPOLEON- 



rity alone can pronounce a correct judgment 

 on the man who so powerfully influenced the 

 destinies of nations. Honesty may perhaps 

 have been the only quality wanting to have 

 made him the greatest man of his age. 



The invalid filled a common earthen jug 

 with clear delicious water from a neighbouring 

 spring, and handed it to us with the remark, 

 that Napoleon, in his walks hither, was ac- 

 customed to refresh himself with cold water 

 from the same vessel. This little valley being 

 the only spot M'here he could breathe a whole- 

 some air, and enjoy the country, he often 

 visited it, and once expressed a wish that he 

 might be buried there. Little as his wishes 

 were usually attended to, this was fulfilled. 



After spending some time in contemplating 

 this remarkable memorial of the vicissitudes of 

 tortune, we inscribed our names in a book kept 

 for the purpose, and again mounting our horses, 

 rode to what had formerly been the abode of 

 the deceased ; where, deprived of all power, the 

 deposed Emperor to the last permitted the 

 voluntary com.panions of his exile to address 

 him by the titles of " Sire,'' and " Your Ma- 



