Our visit occupied two hours, and when we went away
the General was loaded with fine presents. The next
morning all the newspapers noticed the visit, and the
Journal des Debats gave a minute account of the
interview and of the General's performances, taking
occasion to say, in speaking of the character parts, that
"there was one costume which the General wisely kept
at the bottomof his box." That costume, however,—the
uniform of Bonaparte—was once exhibited, by particular
request, as will be seen anon.
Longchamps day arrived, and among themany splendid
equipages on the grand avenue, none attracted more
attention than the superb little carriage with four ponies
and liveried and powdered coachman and footman,
belonging to the General, and conspicuous in the line
of carriages containing the Ambassadors to the Court
of France. Thousands upon thousands rent the air with
cheers for "General TomPouce." There never was such
HYLAND
