He accuses Bonaparte of being a thief and a rascal.

But to-morrow the very same soldier will obey him blindly" (Iung's Bonaparte, tome iii.p.

152).]-- The illusion of the expedition had disappeared, and only its reality remained.

What bitter murmuring have I not heard from Murat, Lannes, Berthier, Bessieres, and others! Their complaints were, indeed, often so unmeasured as almost to amount to sedition.

This greatly vexed Bonaparte, and drew from him severe reproaches and violent language.
-- [Napoleon related at St.Helena that in a fit of irritation he rushed among a group of dissatisfied generals, and said to one of them, who was remarkable for his stature, "you have held seditious language; but take care I do not perform my duty.