For his second wife, Marie Louise, he had a tranquil affection and a real gratitude—she brought him the long-desired son. She was stupid but reposeful. Frau Aretz is wrong her statement that Napoleon Lelieved in her fidelity during his exile. The European Governments. of the day were most ignobly care- His ful to keep him informed of every detail of her life at Neipperg.
jo m'imagine solvent," says Renan in one of the most charming. passages of his most delightful book, "que les jugements qui. scrout portes sur ehacun de nous dans La
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