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Ch. XII.]
the Emperor Napoleon.
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other lips than mine, as I was anxious to forestall the narration of the exploits of a certain hoydenish young lady, namely, myself; but he had received a faithful detail of them from Dr. O'Meara. He pretended to scold and take me to task for being such a petite folle, and said he hoped the account were not true; he then began recapitulating the offences of which I had been guilty, to my father, stating that I had teased and locked up pretty little Miss P., while the ladies were being whipped[1] over the side of the frigate to return to the shore, and it was not until we had nearly reached the fort that the fair lady's absence was perceived, when, it being inconvenient to return the barge, it was proposed to Captain G., one of the party, and a great admirer of the young lady, that he should proceed to the frigate and rescue the terrified girl. Napoleon said, "Miss Betsee must be

  1. ↑ This is a technical term for lowering ladies down the side of a ship.
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