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Ch. XIII.]
the Emperor Napoleon.
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CHAPTER XIII.

Ye horrid tow'rs th' abode of broken hearts;
Ye dungeons and ye eages of despair,
That monarchs have supplied from age to age
With Music,—such unto their sov'reign ears,—
The sighs and groans of miserable men!

Cowper.

ANECDOTE OF LIEUT. C———.—JOURNEY UP PEAK HILL.—NAPOLEON UPON ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY.—CAPT. WALLIS.—THE EMPEROR'S NEW YEAR'S GIFT.—NAPOLEON'S SOLICITUDE ABOUT CAPT. MEYNELL'S HEALTH.

Napoleon, was very anxious about hearing any gossip relative to picnics, balls, or parties, that took place at St. Helena, and always made me recount to him what we did, who we met, and who were my partners. He once asked me who danced the best at the governor's balls; and on my replying Mrs. Wilks, the governor's lady, he

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