[22] Third part of King Henry VI., act v. scene 6.
[23] See next page.
[24] Napoleon in Exile, by B. O’Meara.
[25] My Reminiscences, by Lord Ronald Gower, vol. i. p. 209, ed. 1883.
[26] The italics are mine.—J. A.
[27] The Hetman, Platoff, is said to have promised his daughter in marriage, and a fortune for her dowry, to whoever would bring him Napoleon’s head.
[28] Napoleon was at Dresden when he heard the news of the defeat at Vittoria.
[29] Würtemburg.
[30] The real quotation is: ‘Justice demands of her the sacrifice of her bloodguilty tyrant.’
[31] Gas was just then coming into notoriety as an illuminating power. Westminster Bridge was lit by gas December 31, 1813, but its use did not become general in London until 1816.