Ambition And Desire: The Dangerous Life Of Josephine Bonaparte - Plot & Excerpts
She struggled not to cry and could eat nothing. According to the Comte de Beausset, the palace prefect who was attending them, she looked the “image of sadness and despair.” Napoleon’s only words while they dined were “What time is it?” Before the comte had a chance to reply, the emperor rose from the table. Josephine followed him, her handkerchief over her mouth. The coffee arrived, and the tray was offered to Josephine, so she could perform her task of pouring it for her husband. Instead, he took the tray, poured the coffee into his cup, and added the sugar, staring all the time at his wife. She gazed back in horror. He drank down the coffee, handed the tray to the page, and dismissed the comte, shutting the door behind him. “I saw in the expression of his countenance what was passing in his mind, and I knew that my hour was come,” Josephine said.He stepped up to me—he was trembling, and I shuddered; he took my hand, pressed it to his heart, and after gazing at me for a few moments in silence he uttered these fatal words: “Josephine!
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