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Ch. XII.]
the Emperor Napoleon.
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CHAPTER XII.

Foot it featly here and there,
    Hark, hark!
  The watch-dog's bark,
    Hark, hark! I hear
The strain of strutting chanticleer.

Shakspeare.

BALL AT DEADWOOD.—NAPOLEON'S CRITICISMS ON DRESS.—HIS DISLIKE TO THE CUSTOM OF SITTING LATE AFTER DINNER.—DRIVE TO DEADWOOD BALL.—LORD АМHERSТ.—THE DEJEUNÉ ON BOARD THE NEWCASTLE.—THE EXTRACTION OF THE EMPEROR'S FIRST TOOTH.—HIS HORROR OF PLAIN WOMEN.

A ball, occasionally given by the officers of the 66th regiment, afforded some variety to the dreariness of Madame Bertrand's changed existence. One of these took place whilst we were on a visit to her, and it was arranged that we should

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