And yet, it is reported that, after Lannes was removed to Ebersdorf, his last words were those of reproach to the Emperor for his ambition.

At that time, however, the patient was delirious, and the words, if really uttered, were meaningless; but the inventor of the anecdote might plead that it was consonant with the recent tenor of the Marshal's thoughts.

Like all thoughtful soldiers, who placed France before Napoleon, Lannes was weary of these endless wars.

After Jena his heart was not in the work; and he wrote thus about Napoleon during the siege of Danzig: "I have always been the victim of my attachment to him.

He only loves you by fits and starts, that is, when he has need of you." His presentiment was true.