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A TALE OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
BY VAL PRINSEP, ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
ANY pleasant evenings were now enjoyed by the family, which
circle included M. Aubert and one or two others. General Buonaparte came constantly, always accompanied by his aide-de- camp, Junot. Many were the discussions he held with La Beauce on the conduct of the war in Belgium, while Riouffe, listening with attention, was deeply struck by the clearness of Buonaparte's observations and the quickness of his comprehension.
'The General,' he whispered one day to Virginie, 'is the only man I have seen who seems able to control the chaotic elements we have roused by our glorious Revolution.'
In truth Riouffe had suffered so much through the disorders of the Terror that he was intent on procuring peace at any price. General Buonaparte's aide-de-camp, Junot, was entirely devoted to his chief. Jean himself was not more attentive or more self-sacrificing.
It was on the small remittances made to Junot by his family that the two contrived to live. But Junot, being of a bold, venturesome disposition, sought frequently to increase his supply by gambling. The new luxury had no sooner appeared than
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