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Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I

Note 85 — END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

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Footnote 85: It was this mission, that became the source of the disgrace, in which the marshal lived, till the day of his being recalled to the army. The Emperor had ordered him, to set off immediately: he answered, that he could not go, till he was paid some twenty thousand francs, which were owing to him. The Emperor, swearing, ordered them to be paid.

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