as their claims, or rather their non-claims, turned out to be
equal--that is, in point of law--it was retained by the presiding
magistrate in trust. In the course of the inquiry, it appeared
that the sifter had realized sufficient property to enable her to
be proprietress of three houses.

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THE SELECTOR, AND LITERARY NOTICES OF _NEW WORKS._

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NAPOLEON'S DIVORCE.

_Communication of his Intention to Josephine._

I was on duty at the Tuilleries from Monday, November 27; on that day,
the Tuesday and Wednesday following, it was easy for me to observe a
great alteration in the features of the empress, and a silent constraint
in Napoleon. If in the course of dinner he broke the silence, it was
to ask me some brief questions, to which he did not hear the reply.
On those days the dinner did not last for more than ten minutes.
The storm burst on Thursday the 30th.

Their majesties went to table. Josephine wore a large white hat, tied
under her chin, and which concealed part of her face. I thought,