[282] "I seized a moment, when the Emperor was more tranquil, to hazard a few words about the necessity of a consultation.—'A consultation! what would be the use of it? You all work in the dark. No! I will have none of them.' The Emperor was warm, and I therefore did not insist for the moment, but waited until he was more calm, when I again pressed the subject. 'You persist,' said he, with a tone of kindness, 'consult with the physician of the island that you consider the most skilful. I accordingly applied to Dr. Arnott."—Antommarchi, vol. ii., p. 59.

[283] Antommarchi, vol. ii., p. 65.

[284] Madame Bertrand mentioned to Dr. Shortt that Napoleon conceived himself dying of cancer in the stomach, which she considered as a mere whim.—S.

[285] Antommarchi, vol. ii., p. 120.

[286] When at St. Helena, he was much troubled with toothache and scurvy in the gums.—S.

[287] Las Cases, tom. i., part ii., p. 5.

[288] See Appendix, [No. VI.]

[289] See ante, p. [57].

[290] Histoire de la Guerre de la Péninsule, par Le Général Foy.—S.

[291] "And all the courses of my life do show, I am not in the roll of common men."—Henry IV., act iii., sc. 2.