"Yes, general." "Then get ready and come with me." "I am ready, general; I have only my hat and overcoat to get, and they are in the office." "Then let us go," said Bonaparte.
He took up his hat and coat, went down the private staircase, and signed to the carriage to come up.

Notwithstanding Bourrienne's haste, he got down after him.

A footman opened the door; Bonaparte sprang in.
"Where are we going, general ?" asked Bourrienne.
"To the Tuileries," replied Bonaparte.
Bourrienne, amazed, repeated the order, and looked at the First Consul as if to seek an explanation; but the latter was plunged in thought, and the secretary, who at this time was still the friend, thought it best not to disturb him.
The horses started at gallop--Bonaparte's usual mode of progression--and took the way to the Tuileries.
The Tuileries, inhabited by Louis XVI.

after the days of the 5th and 6th of October, and occupied successively by the Convention and the Council of Five Hundred, had remained empty and devastated since the 18th Brumaire.

Since that day Bonaparte had more than once cast his eyes on that ancient palace of royalty; but he knew the importance of not arousing any suspicion that a future king might dwell in the palace of the abolished monarchy.
Bonaparte had brought back from Italy a magnificent bust of Junius Brutus; there was no suitable place for it at the Luxembourg, and toward the end of November, Bonaparte had sent for the Republican, David, and ordered him to place the bust in the gallery of the Tuileries.