ABSTRACT
The hopes built by Madame Mère on the divorce and remarriage of the Emperor disappointed—Her mortification at the strained relations between Napoleon and his family—She assists as godmother at the baptism of the King of Rome—Her departure for Aix-la-Chapelle—Pauline and Casimir de Montrond—Arrest of the latter wrongly attributed to his relations with the princess—The Russian colonel—Canouville again in favour—His indiscretion—He is sent to Danzig by order of the Emperor—Grief of Pauline—Troubles of Élisa in Tuscany—The Emperor forbids the Paris journals to insert eulogistic references to the Grand-Duchess—Élisa’s protection of the Arts—Her protégés—Her toilette.
