CHAPTER VIII

Prince Eugène de Beauharnais--Recollections of the Prince de Ligne--The Theatre of the ‘Ermitage’ and of Trianon--The Baron Ompteda--Some Portraits--The Imperial _Carrousel_ --The Four-and-Twenty Paladins--Reminiscences of Mediæval Tournaments--The Prowess of the Champion--Fête and Supper at the Imperial Palace--The Table of the Sovereigns, 152