HIS EXILE AND DEATH. 103 



" My house, and all that it contains are yours ; " but at 

 the same moment, I must acknowledge, it is not rare, 

 through a signal that the servants perfectly well under- 

 stand, for the su^jposed new proprietor to be ever after 

 shown the door of the habitation so liberally offered to 

 him. The reception of Carnot in Poland, however, 

 must not be included in this category. Our excellent 

 friends, the brave Poles, did not confine themselves to 

 mere forms of politeness towards the illustrious exile. 

 General Krasinski made over to him a mayoralty in 

 land of 8,000 francs per annum, that he held from Na- 

 poleon ; the Count de Pa9 wished him to accept the pos- 

 session of several domains. Although Carnot was not a 

 Freemason, all the Masonic Lodges of the kingdom 

 joined in a subscription that produced a considerable 

 sum ; finally, and of all these offers that he refused, the 

 following w^ent most directly to the heart of Carnot ; a 

 Frenchman, poor himself, established at Warsaw for 

 many years, went to him one morning, carrying a bag 

 with the savings of his whole life ! 



The severity of the Polish climate, the wish to be 

 nearer to France, determined our colleague to accept the 

 kind offers of the Prussian Government ; he settled at 

 Magdebourg, where he passed his latter years in study, 

 in meditation, and in the company of one of his sons, 

 whose education he superintended. It was. Gentlemen, 

 a fine spectacle to see the whole of Europe, above all to 

 see the absolute monarchs, forced in some measure to 

 render homage to one of the greatest, most noble, most 

 striking men in the French Revolution ; even to one of 

 the judges of Louis XVI., even to a member of the 

 Committee of Public Safety. 



Carnot died at Magdebourg, the 2d of August, 1823, 

 aged 70 years. 



