He seems to have disliked all his comrades, except Bourrienne, as much as they detested him for his moody humours and fierce outbreaks of temper.

He is even reported to have vowed that he would do as much harm as possible to the French people; but the remark smacks of the story-book.

Equally doubtful are the two letters in which he prays to be removed from the indignities to which he was subjected at Brienne[7].

In other letters which are undoubtedly genuine, he refers to his future career with ardour, and writes not a word as to the bullying to which his Corsican zeal subjected him.

Particularly noteworthy is the letter to his uncle begging him to intervene so as to prevent Joseph Buonaparte from taking up a military career.