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P. 1 u. 3 Ibid. T. Iv. P. 359. * Ibid, Duroc and Hortense 95 attitude. Had Hortense possessed the courage and spirit to make a personal appeal to her stepfather, and to acquaint him with her repugnance to the match proposed by her mother, the sequel might have been a different one. Napoleon was fond of the child he had seen grow up and had in a manner adopted ; and it is evident, if his remarks at St. Helena were correctly reported, that he had been left in the dark as to the true state of the ...case. " lis s'aimaient en s'epousant, " he is quoted as saying ; " ils s'etaient voulus l'un l'autre. " 1 Nothing was further from the truth ; but it is not impossible that so far as his step- daughter was concerned, the Emperor spoke in good faith. Josephine will have told her story without too scrupulous a regard to veracity, and whilst responding to Napoleon's affection, a certain timidity had always kept Hortense at a distance from her mother's husband. Constant and Bourrienne both mention that when she had a favour to solicit, she preferred to do it by deputy, causing her stepfather thereby amusement mingled with irritation.
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