[Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne]@TWC D-Link bookMemoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte CHAPTER 1 9/24
They both died as concierges of Malmaison.
This shows that Napoleon had a memory .-- Bourrienne.]-- who was very well known, because she used to sell milk, fruit, etc., to the pupils, presented herself one Saint Louis day for admittance to the representation of the 'Death of Caesar, corrected', in which I was to perform the part of Brutus.
As the woman had no ticket, and insisted on being admitted without one, some disturbance arose.
The serjeant of the post reported the matter to the officer, Napoleon Bonaparte, who in an imperious tone of voice exclaimed: "Send away that woman, who comes here with her camp impudence." This was in 1782. Bonaparte and I were eight years of, age when our friendship commenced. It speedily became very intimate, for there was a certain sympathy of heart between us.
I enjoyed this friendship and intimacy until 1784, when he was transferred from the Military College of Brienne to that of Paris.
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