Chapter XVIII: Napoleon, His Mistress And—a Spy 298

The Long Arm of British Diplomacy—Its fateful World Rôle—Spying on Bonaparte—Romance of a Captain's Wife—Madame Fourès and Bonaparte—Getting rid of a Husband—John H. Barnett, British Agent—Bonaparte's Unscrupulousness—The Harem of Elfi Bey—Thrashing an Unfaithful Wife—Self-sacrifice of Fourès—Napoleon's Narrow Escape