Author: Spring Hill College

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-12

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780428958572

Excerpt from Spring Hill Quarterly, 1938-39 At last he tore his fascinated gaze from his treasure and began to speak again. My friends, Napoleon himself never feasted on such a scale as this But, lost in the ardor of his praise, he failed to see one of his guests arise quietly in the shadow and leave the table. It was Colonel Raoul who stepped through the long window and crossed the moonlit veranda to lean against a pillow and gaze pensively down into the garden. Why did the mention of Napoleon still affect him that way? It was all over, Austerlitz, Elba, and St. Helena - all his tory. And yet it was hard to forget those glorious days when he led the advance guard in the escape from Elba. He closed his eyes and the gay laughter from the dining room faded into oblivion. Old faces and familiar places crowded into his memory. He saw again the Little Cor poral's face as he cast his lot in exile with the man who had made him a count and a colonel in the army of France. Then came Waterloo and the abyss. Fame, for tune, even homeland were snatched away from the little band who had been faithful to the end. Even now the thought made him shudder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.