in the Rue Chantereine, where she bore a fine boy, upon whom was settled
at his birth an income of thirty thousand francs. He was confided at
first to the care of Madame I----, nurse of Prince Achille Murat, who
kept him three or four years, and then Monsieur de Meneval, his Majesty's
secretary, was ordered to provide for the education of this child; and
when the Emperor returned from the Island of Elba; the son of
Mademoiselle E---- was placed in the care of her Majesty, the Empress-
mother. The liaison of the Emperor with Mademoiselle E---- did not last
long. She came one day with her mother to Fontainebleau, where the court
then happened to be, went up to his Majesty's apartment, and asked me to
announce her; and the Emperor, being exceedingly displeased by this step,
directed me to say to Mademoiselle E---- that he forbade her to present
herself before him again without his permission, and not to remain a
moment longer at Fontainebleau. In spite of this harshness to the
mother, the Emperor loved the son tenderly; and I brought him to him
often, on which occasions he caressed the child, gave him a great many
dainties, and was much amused by his vivacity and repartees, which showed
remarkable intelligence for his age.

This child and that of the Polish beauty, of whom I will speak later,

[This son of Countess Walewska became Count Walewski, a leading
statesman of the Second Empire, ambassador to London, 1852, minister
of foreign affairs, 1855, minister of state, 1860, president of
Corps Legislatif, 1865. Born 1810, died 1868.--TRANS.]

and the King of Rome, were the only children of the Emperor. He never
had a daughter, and I believe he desired none.

I have seen it stated, I know not where, that the Emperor, during the