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was, scarcely bestowed a second glance at it. R. 

 mentioned that he had seen Louis Napoleon for 

 more than an hour in the museum a few years 

 ago, and that the model hardly recalled his like- 

 ness. But the Prince was much struck with the 

 likeness of his father, and also that of Madame 

 Mere, his grandmother. We saw, amongst other 

 relics of Bonaparte, one of the set of gold knives, 

 of which my father had two, and which we 

 have now. I showed them to the Prince at 

 dessert, and he recognised them by their make as 

 soon as he saw them. When in the rooms where 

 the Napoleon family models were, I noticed people 

 looking at the Prince with great curiosity and 

 interest. He was exceedingly kind to the two 

 boys, and laughed and joked with them, especially 

 about the Chamber of Horrors, pretending to be 

 dreadfully afraid of it. I noticed a trait of cha- 

 racter this evening which amused us very much. 

 Mr. Samuel Warren (author of " Ten Thousand 

 a Year ") was here, and after dinner the Prince was 

 playing on the piano some rather lively marches 

 and tarantellas, when Mr. W., evidently rather 

 flushed with the excitement of meeting the dis- 

 tinguished guest, said as he lolled back luxuriously 

 in an arm-chair, " Why don't you play us some- 

 thing more melancholy, Prince ? I want something 

 melancholy." Prince Charles Lucien, seeming to 

 take no notice of the request (Mr. W. until this 

 evening was a total stranger to him), went on 



