Note 23 — SECTION I: CHAPTER II
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That Escoiquiz was a clever man, and not the mere intriguer that he is often called, is (I think) shown not only by the impression which he made upon Napoleon (who called him, in jest, le petit Ximénès) and on De Pradt at Bayonne, but still more by his work, the Conversation avec Napoléon. If he invented it, he must have been a genius, so well has he caught the Emperor’s style; if he only reproduced it he was at least an admirable and picturesque reporter.