illing you
should employ. I am desirous, further, that you should take out my
heart, that you put it in spirits of wine, and that you carry it to Parma
to my dear Maria Louisa: you will tell her how tenderly I have loved her,
that I have never ceased to love her; and you will report to her all that
you have witnessed, all that relates to my situation and my death. I
recommend you, above all, carefully to examine my stomach, to make an.
exact detailed report of it, which you will convey to my son. The
vomitings which succeed each other without intermission lead me to
suppose that the stomach is the one of my organs which is the most
deranged, and I am inclined to believe that it is affected with the
disease which conducted my father to the grave,--I mean a cancer in
the lower stomach. What think you?" His physician hesitating, he
continued--"I have not doubted this since I found the sickness become
frequent and obstinate. It is nevertheless well worthy of remark that I
have always had a stomach of iron, that I have felt no inconvenience
from this organ till latterly, and that whereas my father was fond of
high-seasoned dishes and spirituous liquors, I have never been able to
make use of them. Be it as it may, I entreat, I charge you to neglect
nothing in such an examination, in order that when you see my son you
may communicate the result of your observations to him, and point out
the most suitable remedies. When I am no more you will repair to Rome;
you will find out my mother and my family. You will give them an account
of all you have observed relative to my situation, my disorder, and my
death on this remote and miserable rock; you will tell them that the
great Napoleon expired in the most deplorable state, wanting everything,
abandoned to himself and his glory." It was ten in the forenoon; after
this the fever abated, and he fell into a sort of doze.

The Emperor passed a very bad night, and could not sleep. He grew
light-headed and talked incoherently; still the fever had abated in its
violence. Towards morning the hiccough began to torment him, the fever
increased, and he became quite delirious. He spoke of his complaint, and
called upon Baxter (the Governor's physician) to appear, to come and see
the truth of his reports. Then all at once fancying O'Meara present, he
imagined a dialogue between them, throwing a weight of odium on the
English policy. The fever having subsided, his hearing became distinct;
he grew