Note 27 — Chapter I

Napoleon certainly succeeded in making his Satraps honest. In his latter days, Massena would not have dared to repeat the witty reply made to the First Consul before all the Republican Generals, on his accusing him of being “un voleur.” “Oui, mon General, je suis un voleur, tu es un voleur, il est un voleur—nous sommes des voleurs, vous êtes des voleurs, ils sont tous des voleurs.”