Note 234 — Chapter XCIV

"A catastrophe seemed inevitable. Napoleon indeed concluded that there was a determination to bring it about. On the 6th of May, he sent for O'Meara, in order that he might learn his personal position. He desired me to express to him in English, that he had hitherto no cause of complaint against him. It was necessary, he said, to come to an understanding. Was he to consider him as his own physician personally, or merely as a prison doctor, appointed by the English Government? Was he his confessor or his inspector? Had he made reports respecting him, or was it his intention to do so if called upon. The doctor replied with great firmness, and in a tone of feeling. He said he had made no report respecting the Emperor, and that he could not imagine any instance in which he might be induced to make a report, except in case of serious illness."—Las Cases, tom. i., p. 211.