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- From: extract@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Karl)
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 06:40:33 GMT
out of your pocket the purse you were compelled to carry with you on
your walks to give money to the poor, and you emptied its entire
contents into the black, sooty hand of the young Savoyard. You then
tried to get back to bed, but it was too high for you; you could not
climb over the railing. Seeing this, the chimney-sweep came to your
assistance, and took the little prince in his arms to help him into bed.
At this moment, your nurse entered the room, and your brother who had
just awakened, cried loudly when he saw Louis in the arms of a
chimney-sweep.
"This is the story of little Napoleon and the chimney-sweep! Your
grandmother, the Empress Josephine was so much pleased with this story,
that your mother had the scene painted on a cup, and presented it to the
empress, in order to afford her a gratification. And what do you think,
Louis--this cup was also the cause of a punishment being remitted your
cousin, the King of Rome, who now lives in Vienna!"
"Tell me all about it, Louise," said the prince, smiling.
"You shall hear it! Your mother had instructed me to take the cup to
Malmaison to the empress. But before going, I endeavored to obtain some
news about the little King of Rome for the empress. Your good
grandmother loved him as though he had been her own child, although she
had never seen him. I therefore went to the Tuileries to see the little
King of Rome, with whose governess, Madame de Montesquieu, I was
intimately acquainted. On entering the apartment, I saw the king
cowering behind a chair in a corner of the room; Madame de Montesqui
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