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Recollections of
[Ch. VIII.

CHAPTER VIII.

Wear this for me, one out of suits with fortune;
That would give more, but that her hand lacks means.

Shakspeare.

Master go on, and I will follow thee
To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.

OUR FIRST DINNER WITH THE EMPEROR.—THE CREAMS.—NEW YEAR'S DAY; PRESENT FROM THE EMPEROR.—GENERAL GOURGAUD'S SKETCH OF MISS ———.—NΑΡΟLEON'S OPINION OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPΗΙΝΕ.—ACCOUNT OF COUNT PIOUTKOWSKI.—THE EMPEROR'S IDEAS OF ENGLISHMEN'S DEVOTION TO WINE, AND BADINAGE IN ACCUSING MY COUNTRYWOMEN OF THE SAME PROPENSITY.

THE emperor having returned from seeing his visitor, and his dinner hour approaching, he invited us to dine with him. We told him we had already dined. "Then come and see me cat," he added, and when his dinner was announced by Cipriani, we

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