[48] "From the way in which this is related, it would be thought that Napoleon despised his native country; but I must suggest a more natural interpretation, and one more conformable to the character of Napoleon, namely, that after his abdication he had no desire to remain in the French territories."--LOUIS BUONAPARTE. [49] For the Treaty of Fontainbleau, see Parl. Debates, vol. xxviii., p. 201. [50] See Dispatch from Lord Castlereagh to Earl Bathurst, dated Paris, April 13, 1814, Parl. Papers, 1814. [51] The man had to plead his desire to remain with his wife and family, rather than return to a severe personal thraldom.--S.--"I was by no means astonished at Roustan's conduct he was imbued with the sentiments of a slave, and finding me no longer the master, he imagined that his services might be dispensed with."--NAPOLEON, _Las Cases_, tom. i., p. 336. [52] Baron Fain, p. 400. [53] The faithful few were, the Duke of Bassano, the Duke of Vicenza, Generals Bertrand, Flahaut, Belliard, Fouler; Colonels Bassy, Anatole de Montesquiou, Gourgaud, Count de Turenne; Barons Fain, Mesgrigny, De la Place, and Lelorgne d'Ideville; the Chevalier Jouanne, General Kosakowski, and Colonel Vensowitch. The two last were Poles. [54] Count Schouwalow was a Russian, not an Austrian minister. Prince Esterhazy, however, was there.--_From Lord Burghersh._--ED. (1842.) [55] Savary, tom. iv., pp. 118-132. [56] Her two grandsons walked as chief mourners; and in the procession were Prince Nesselrode, General Sacken and Czernicheffe, besides several other generals of the allied army, and some of the French maréchals and generals. The body has since been placed in a magnificent tomb of white marble, erected by her two children, with this inscription-- "EUGENE ET HORTENSE A JOSEPHINE."--S. [57] "Dieu ne le veut pas."--_Manuscript de 1814_, p. 395. "Colonel Sir Niel Campbell told me, that in the course of conversation with him, on the 17th, Napoleon remarked--though many considered he ought to commit suicide, yet he thought it was more magnanimous to live."--_Memorable Events_, p. 235. [58] The following words were engraven on the blade: "Sabre que portait l'Empereur le jour de la bataille du Mont Thabor."--BOURRIENNE. CHAPTER LXXXI. _Commissioners appointed to escort Napoleon--He leaves Fontainbleau on the 20th April--His interview with Augereau at Valence--Expressions of popular dislike towards Napoleon in the South of France--Fears for his personal safety--His own agitation and precautions--He arrives at Frejus, and embarks on board the Undaunted, with the British and Austrian Commissioners--Arrives at Elba on 4th May._