Chapter XVII

(1806.)
The Death of Pitt—Parliamentary Debates in England—Public
Works—Industrial Exhibition—New Etiquette—Performances at the
Opéra House and at the Comédie Française—Monotony of the
Court—Opinions of the Empress—Mme. Louis Bonaparte—Mme.
Murat—The Bourbons—New Ladies-in-Waiting—M. Molé—Mme.
d’Houdetot—Mme. de Barante 428