ABSTRACT
Madame decides to join the Emperor in Elba, and embarks at Leghorn on board the British corvette Grasshopper—Sir Neil Campbell’s impressions of Madame—Her arrival at Porto Ferrajo—Her house in Elba—Rosa Mellini—Visit of Pauline to Elba on her way to Naples—She decides to spend the winter in the island, where she arrives at the end of October, 1814—Atrocious calumny concerning her and Napoleon—Life in Elba—Differences between Pauline and her brother on money matters—The Emperor’s books—Napoleon embarks for France—His conversation with his mother before his departure—Campbell and Pauline—Madame sails for Naples, but returns to France at the end of May—The Hundred Days—Second abdication of Napoleon—The last farewell at Malmaison—Madame again goes into exile—Pauline, landing in Tuscany, is held prisoner by the Austrians in the Château of Compignano—Her plan to escape discovered—She is eventually released and sails for Rome.
