Emperor appear more extraordinary.  Led away by the subject, he paced the salon with hasty strides; the intonations of his voice varied according to the characters of the personages he brought on the scene; he seemed to multiply himself in order to play the different parts, and no person needed to feign the terror which he really inspired, and which he loved to see depicted in the countenances of those who surrounded him.”  In this tale I have made no alterations, as can be attested by those who, to my knowledge, have a copy of it.  It is curious to compare the impassioned portions of it with the style of Napoleon in some of the letters addressed to Josephine.

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