[68] With Lejeune on one occasion.
[69] Biographie Universelle. Michaud says ponies.
[70] This Archduke was the "international man" at this juncture. Louis Bonaparte speaks of a society at Saragossa, of which the object was to make the Archduke Charles king of Spain.
[71] These Adelphes or Philadelphes were the socialists or educated anarchists of that day. They wished for the statu quo before Napoleon became supreme ruler. They had members in his army, and it seems quite probable that Bernadotte gave them passive support. General Oudet was their recognised head, and he died under suspicious circumstances after Wagram. The society was, unlike the Carbonari, anti-Catholic.
[72] Pelet, vol. i. 127.
[73] Pelet, vol. i. 282.
[74] "Gaily asking his staff to breakfast with him" (Pelet).
[75] Lejeune says "some hours afterwards."
[76] Eugène's.
[77] "What a loss for France and for me," groaned Napoleon, as he left his dead friend.