ish the light
of either!" At the TE DEUM after the proclamation of the peace,
the imperial envoy would have taken the place prepared for Buonaparte,
which was the most eminent in the church. The haughty soldier seized his
arm and drew him back. "Had your master himself been here," said he, "I
should not have forgotten that in my person the dignity of France is
represented."

Various minor arrangements remained to be considered; and a congress of
all the German powers being summoned to meet for that purpose at
Rastadt, Napoleon received the orders of the Directory to appear there,
and perfect his work in the character of ambassador of France. He took
an affecting leave of his soldiery, published a temperate and manly
address to the Cisalpine Republic, and proceeded, by way of Switzerland,
(where, in spite of the affair of the Valteline, he was received with
enthusiasm,) to the execution of his duty. He carried with him the
unbounded love and devotion of one of the finest armies that ever the
world had seen; and the attachment, hardly less energetic, of all those
classes of society throughout Italy, who flattered themselves with the
hope that the Cisalpine Republic, the creature of his hands, would in
time prepare the way for, and ultimately merge in a republican
constitution common to the whole Italian people. With what hopes or
fears as to his future fortunes he abandoned the scene and the
companions of his glory, the reader must form his own opinion.

[Footnote 18: Moreau knew it some months sooner, and said so _after_
Napoleon had communicated it to the Directory. This is a suspicious
circumstance when considered along with the sequel of Moreau's history.]

[Footnote 19: Mantua, as will appear hereafter, was saved to France
under Napoleon's final treaty with Austria; but the events which
rendered this possible were as yet unknown and unexpected.]

[Footnote 20: It would be painful to show, as might easily be done, from
this correspondence, the original want of delicacy in Napoleon's mind.
Many of his letters are such as no English gentleman would address to a
_mistress_. In others, the language is worthy of a hero's passion.
"Wurmser," says he, "shall pay dearly for the tears he causes you to
shed."]

CHAPTER X

Napoleon at Rastadt--He arrives in Paris--His reception by the
Directory--His Conduct and Manners--He is appointed to command the
Army for the Invasion of England--He recommends an