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THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE.
On entering the Rue de la Victoire, Bonaparte found Sebastiani's dragoons drawn up in line of battle.

He wished to address them, but they interrupted him at the first words, shouting: "We want no explanations.
We know that you seek only the good of the Republic.

Vive Bonaparte!" The cortege followed the streets which led from the Rue de la Victoire to the Tuileries, amid the cries of "Vive Bonaparte!" General Lefebvre, according to promise, was waiting at the palace gates.
Bonaparte, on his arrival at the Tuileries, was hailed with the same cheers that had accompanied him.

Once there, he raised his head and shook it.