Madame Bonaparte possessed personal graces and many good qualities.
-- ["Eugene was not more than fourteen years of age when he ventured to introduce himself to General Bonaparte, for the purpose of soliciting his father's sword, of which he understood the General had become possessed.

The countenance, air, and frank manner of Eugene pleased Bonaparte, and he immediately granted him the boon he sought.

As soon as the sword was placed in the boy's hands he burst into tears, and kissed it.

This feeling of affection for his father's memory, and the natural manner in which it was evinced, increased the interest of Bonaparte in his young visitor.

Madame de Beauharnais, on learning the kind reception which the General had given her son, thought it her duty to call and thank him.