ABSTRACT
Grief of Madame Mère at the rupture between the Emperor and Pius VII—She goes with Pauline to Aix-la-Chapelle-Beugnot’s impressions of her—The Emperor returns from the Austrian campaign determined to divorce Joséphine—The family summoned to Paris—Elation of the Bonapartes, and particularly of Madame Mère, at the fall of their enemy—Madame’s letter to Lucien—The divorce accomplished—The Bonapartes’ desire that Lucien’s eldest daughter Charlotte, called Lolotte, should be the new Empress, frustrated by her father’s delay in sending her to Paris—Hopes of Madame that Lolotte will contribute to bring about a reconciliation between the Emperor and Lucien—Napoleon’s proposition in regard to his brother—Madame’s letter to Madame Lucien—Unavailing efforts to persuade Lucien to divorce his wife—Lolotte proves a broken reed, and is sent back to her father—Adventures of Lucien and his family.
