1784-1794
BonaparteenterstheMilitaryCollegeofParis—Heurgesmetoembracethemilitaryprofession—HisreportonthestateoftheMilitarySchoolofParis—Heobtainsacommission—IsetoffforVienna—ReturntoParis, whereIagainmeetBonaparte—Hissingularplansforraisingmoney—LouisXVI, withtheredcaponhishead— The10thofAugust—MydepartureforStuttgart—BonapartegoestoCorsica—Mynameinscribedonthelistofemigrants—BonaparteatthesiegeofToulon—LeSouperdeBeaucaire—Napoleon'smissiontoGenoa—Hisarrest—Hisautographicaljustification —Duroc'sfirstconnectionwithBonaparte.
BonapartewasfifteenyearsandtwomonthsoldwhenhewenttotheMilitaryCollegeofParis.
—[MadameJunotrelatessomeinterestingparticularsconnectedwithNapoleon'sfirstresidenceinParis: "Mymother'sfirstcare," saysshe, ", havingquittedBrienneintheSeptemberoftheprecedingyear.