have been unable to accomplish the marches we were ordered to go through, and we must also have endured much misery and wretchedness, instead of comfort and truly kind hospitality which we received from you. All that I can say, my dear sir, is, that I shall never, as long as I live, cease to recollect with the most kindly feelings your desinterested conduct to the 11th regiment. I am quite sure every officer in it, joins me most cordially in this feeling. »
Ce colonel avait une conversation extrêmement intéressante. Entre autres sujets, il nous entretint longuement de Napoléon pour lequel il professait un véritable culte. Ayant été en garnison à Sainte-Hélène pendant l’exil de l’Empereur, il avait comme bien d’autres subi l’influence extraordinaire que l’illustre exilé exerçait sur tous ceux qui l’entouraient ; car tout
