Hear me, Saveria!" the canon commanded; for in that house he had quite as much to say as the Father and Mother Bonaparte.
"Call in the other children.

We will soon settle this." All were soon in the room,--the two little girls, Joseph, and Uncle Joey Fesch, even baby Lucien, who was named for his uncle the canon.

The children made a charming group; but they looked at Napoleon with curiosity and surprise, wondering into what new trouble he had fallen.
For the solemn manner in which they had been called together, the grave looks of Papa Charles, of Uncle Lucien, and of Nurse Saveria, led them all to believe that something really serious had happened in the Bonaparte household..