CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

1814

THE LAST DAYS AT MALMAISON

Joséphine at Navarre--Arrival of Hortense--The Emperor at Fontainebleau--The Treaty of the 11 April--Provisions for the Family--Joséphine Returns to Malmaison--Hortense Arrives--The Czar Calls--Eugène Leaves Italy--He Is Called to Paris--Hortense, Duchesse de Saint-Leu--Eugène Received by the King--Joséphine’s Fears--Her Final Illness and Death--How Napoleon Received the News--His Visit to Malmaison 364