for 'rentes viagères,' etc."

[21] De Ségur, I., 174

[22] Cf. the "Mémoires" of Marshal Marmont, I., 15, for the ordinary
sentiments of the young nobility. "In 1792 I had a sentiment for the
person of the king, difficult to define, of which I recovered the
trace, and to some extent the power, twenty-two years later; a
sentiment of devotion almost religious in character, an innate respect
as if due to a being of a superior order. The word King then
possessed a magic, a force, which nothing had changed in pure and
honest breasts. . . . This religion of royalty still existed in
the mass of the nation,, and especially amongst the well-born, who,
sufficiently remote from power, were rather struck with its brilliancy
than with its imperfections. . . . This love became a sort of
worship."

[23] Bourrienne, "Mémoires,' I. 27. - Ségur, I. 445. In 1795, at
Paris, Bonaparte, being out of military employment, enters upon
several commercial speculations, amongst which is a bookstore, which
does not succeed. (Stated by Sebastiani and many others.)

[24] "Mémorial," Aug. 3, 1816.

[25] Bourrienne, I., 171. (Original text of the "Souper de
Beaucaire.")

[26] Yung, II., 430, 431. (Words of Charlotte Robespierre.) Bonaparte
as a souvenir of his acquaintance with her, granted her a pension,
under the consulate, of 3600 francs. - Ibid. (Letter of Tilly,