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more fortunate than myself, for I am obliged to wear my coat turned;" this had really been the case, as no cloth could be procured on the island of the shade of green worn by Napoleon and his suite. Young C———'s interview with the great man, however, ended very satisfactorily to both; for, although a little too conceited, he was very gentlemanly, spoke French fluently, and left a pleasing impression on the exile of Longwood.

One morning, my father told me he was going to Longwood, and had been requested by the emperor to bring myself and sister to see him, as he had something curious to show us. We were only too happy to obey his wishes; and the next day saw us at Longwood. He reproached us for having so long neglected to pay him a visit, and wished to know why we had absented ourselves so much from him: on my telling him, I had but just recovered from a slight attack of coup de soleil, he was quite cheer-

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