1802-1803
BonapartePresidentoftheCisalpineRepublic—MeetingofthedeputationatLyons—MaltaandtheEnglish—Myimmortality—FetegivenbyMadameMurat—Erasuresfromtheemigrantlist—Restitutionofproperty—GeneralSebastiani—LordWhitworth—Napoleon'sfirstsymptomsofdisease—Corvisart—InfluenceofphysicalsufferingonNapoleon'stemper—ArticlesfortheMoniteur—GeneralAndreossi— 'spun—JeromeBonaparte—ExtravaganceofBonaparte'sbrothers—.
'sviews; , andanxioustoavoidthetroubleofthejourneytoMilan, , "IsitpossiblethatyoudonotwishtorevisitItaly, thefirstsceneofyourglory, andthebeautifulcapitalofLombardy, whereyouweretheobjectofsomuchhomage?"—"Icertainlyshould," repliedtheFirstConsul, "; andthenIshouldbegladtoseethenoblewreckofthearmyofEgypt, whichiscollectedatLyons."
, wishedtopreparetheItaliansforonedaycrowninghimKingofItaly, inimitationofCharlemagne, , ; buthighsoundingwordsandsolemnproceedingswererequiredforthepublicmind.
, "Thatwhoeverwouldriskhisownlifemighttakehis." , andveryrarelyhadarmsinhiscarriage.
—[Bonapartemayhavebeencarelessofhisownsafety, butthathetookgreatpainsinregardtohisbrother'smaybeinferredfromthefollowingletter, writtenafewyearslater:
"Takecarethatyourvaletsdechambre, yourcooks, theguardsthatsleepinyourapartments, andthosewhocomeduringthenighttoawakenyouwithdespatches, , , andyououghtnottoopenit, eventoyouraidedecamp, untilyouhaverecognisedhisvoice; hehimselfshouldnotknockatyourdooruntilhehaslockedthatoftheroomwhichheisin, tomakesureofbeingalone, andofbeingfollowedbynoone.