REPORTED ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE NAPOLEON--HIS AMOUR WITH MADAME FOURÉS--THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN--THE ‘SAVANTS’--CARICATURES ON THEM 82 CHAPTER XIV. TAKING OF JAFFA, AND MASSACRE OF SOLDIERS--DE BOURRIENNE’S ACCOUNT--NAPOLEON’S OWN VERSION 88 CHAPTER XV. THE MASSACRE AT JAFFA, _continued_--ENGLISH EVIDENCE THEREON-- SIEGE OF ST. JEAN D’ACRE--CAPTURE OF NAPOLEON’S BATTERING TRAIN --FAILURE OF THE SIEGE, AND RETREAT TO JAFFA 95 CHAPTER XVI. RETREAT FROM JAFFA--POISONING OF FIVE HUNDRED SOLDIERS-- DIFFERENT ENGLISH AUTHORITIES THEREON--NAPOLEON’S OWN STORY, ALSO THOSE OF LAS CASES AND O’MEARA--RETREAT TO CAIRO 100 CHAPTER XVII. THE OLD RÉGIME AND THE REPUBLICANS--THE ‘INCROYABLES’--NAPOLEON LEAVES EGYPT--HIS REASONS FOR SO DOING--FEELING OF THE ARMY --ACCUSED OF TAKING WITH HIM THE MILITARY CHEST 109 CHAPTER XVIII. NAPOLEON’S ARRIVAL IN PARIS--HIS POPULARITY--DISSOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED--GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENE-- NAPOLEON, SIÈYES, AND DUCOS NAMED CONSULS 117 CHAPTER XIX. NAPOLEON TAKES THE LEAD--SIÈYES AND DUCOS ARE DEPOSED-- CAMBACÉRÈS AND LEBRUN NAMED SECOND AND THIRD CONSULS-- NAPOLEON’S LETTER TO GEORGE THE THIRD--REPLY TO SAME 123 CHAPTER XX. BATTLE OF MARENGO--DEATH OF DESAIX--SAID TO HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED--NAPOLEON’S LOVE FOR HIM--SOUP KITCHENS AT PARIS --LAVISH EXPENDITURE OF NAPOLEON’S GENERALS 129 CHAPTER XXI. PLOTS AGAINST NAPOLEON’S LIFE--THAT OF OCTOBER 10, 1800--THAT OF DECEMBER 24, 1800--NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED AND INJURED-- NAPOLEON’S PORTRAIT 136 CHAPTER XXII. GENERAL FAST--ADULTERATION, AND COMPULSORY SALE OF STALE BREAD --WAR IN EGYPT--THE BOULOGNE FLOTILLA--NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE--RATIFICATION OF PRELIMINARIES--RECEPTION IN ENGLAND-- GENERAL REJOICINGS 141 CHAPTER XXIII. THE PEACE OF AMIENS--CESSION OF TRINIDAD AND CEYLON-- INTERNATIONAL VISITS--FOX’S TRIP TO FRANCE, AND RECEPTION BY NAPOLEON 150 CHAPTER XXIV. LORD WHITWORTH AS PLENIPOTENTIARY--HIS EQUIPAGE--ENGLISH VISIT PARIS--UNSETTLED FEELING--NAPOLEON BEHAVES RUDELY TO LORD WHITWORTH 160 CHAPTER XXV. GENERAL UNEASINESS--CARICATURES THEREON--ADDINGTON’S NEPOTISM --NAPOLEON’S DISCOURTESY TO LORD WHITWORTH--TRIAL OF JEAN PELTIER 168 CHAPTER XXVI. THE _ULTIMATUM_--LORD WHITWORTH LEAVES PARIS--DECLARATION OF WAR--CARICATURES PREVIOUS THERETO--SURRENDER OF HANOVER 175 CHAPTER XXVII.