upon the subject of the Duke of Bassano's inquiry (p. 256), may perhaps
find a place here, as indicative of the private feeling of the Emperor
towards Bourrienne. As the reader will remember, it has already been
alluded to earlier in the work:

To MARSHAL DAVOUST.
COMPIEGNE, 3d September 1811.

I have received your letter concerning the cheating of Bourrienne at
Hamburg. It will be important to throw light upon what he has done.
Have the Jew, Gumprecht Mares, arrested, seize his papers, and place him
in solitary confinement. Have some of the other principal agents of
Bourrienne arrested, so as to discover his doings at Hamburg, and the
embezzlements he has committed there.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.