For example, I have, as you have seen, my one little drawer full of the ships upon the sea.

I have another which contains all the harbours and forts of France.

As an example, I may tell you that when my minister of war was reading me a report of all the coast defences, I was able to point out to him that he had omitted two guns in a battery near Ostend.

In yet another of my brain-drawers I have the regiments of France.

Is that drawer in order, Marshal Berthier ?' A clean-shaven man, who had stood biting his nails in the window, bowed at the Emperor's question.
'I am sometimes tempted to believe, Sire, that you know the name of every man in the ranks,' said he.
'I think that I know most of my old Egyptian grumblers,' said he.
'And then, Monsieur de Laval, there is another drawer for canals, bridges, roads, manufactures, and every detail of internal administration.