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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

CHAPTER IV
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He then talked a great deal to me about her, her family, and her amiable qualities; he told me that he should probably marry her, as he was convinced that the union would make him happy.

I also gathered from his conversation that his marriage with the young widow would probably assist him in gaining the objects of his ambition.
His constantly-increasing influence with her had already brought him into contact with the most influential persons of that epoch.

He remained in Paris only ten days after his marriage, which took place on the 9th of March 1796.

It was a union in which great harmony prevailed, notwithstanding occasional slight disagreements.

Bonaparte never, to my knowledge, caused annoyance to his wife.


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