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[ It is now called an Epic-drama, Footnote 1909.]
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[ Through this tangle of intentions the writer has in the main followed Thiers, whose access to documents would seem to authenticate his details of the famous scheme for England’s ruin.]
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[ These historic facings, which, I believe, won for the local [Footnote old 39th: regiment the nickname of “Green Linnets,” have been changed for no apparent reason. Footnote They are now restored—1909]
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[ The remains of the lonely hut occupied by the beacon-keepers, consisting of some half-buried brickbats, and a little mound of peat overgrown with moss, are still visible on the elevated spot referred to. The two keepers themselves, and their eccentricities and sayings are traditionary, with a slight disguise of names.]
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[ “Le projet existe encore aux archives de la marine que Napoléon consultait incessamment; il sentait que cette marine depuis Louis XIV. avait fait de grandes choses: le plan de l’Expedition d’Egypte et de la descente en Angleterre se trouvaient au ministere de la marine.”—CAPEFIGUE: L’Europe pendant le Consulat et l’Empire.]