Napoleon, who could descend with ease from the highest political subjects to the examination of the most minute details; who was as much at home in inspecting a boarding-school for young ladies as in reviewing the grenadiers of his guard; whom it was impossible to deceive, and who was not unwilling to find fault when he visited the establishment at Ecouen,--was forced to say, "It is all right." [Napoleon wished to be informed of every particular of the furniture, government, and order of the house, the instruction and education of the pupils.

The internal regulations were submitted to him.

One of the intended rules, drawn up by Madame Campan, proposed that the children should hear mass on Sundays and Thursdays.

Napoleon himself wrote on the margin, "every day."] "In the summer of 1811," relates Madame Campan, "Napoleon, accompanied by Marie Louise and several personages of distinction, visited the establishment at Ecouen.

After inspecting the chapel and the refectories, Napoleon desired that the three principal pupils might be presented to him.