CHAPTER FOUR

1794–1795

AFTER THE TERROR

Paris During the Terror--The Fall of Robespierre--Joy of the Prisoners--Joséphine Set Free--Her Behavior in Prison--She Returns to Croissy--Her Relations with Hoche--Her Financial Difficulties--Her Banker, Emmery--Her Love of Luxury--Her Intimacy with Madame Tallien--Their Similar Tastes--Thérésia Abandons Tallien--Joséphine’s New Home--She Places Her Children in School--Paul Barras--His Political Prominence--His Liaison with Joséphine--His Court at the Luxembourg 36