[Uncle Bernac by Arthur Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookUncle Bernac CHAPTER XIII 23/26
I had forgotten it. Is she there ?' 'Yes, Sire.' 'In the side room ?' 'Yes, Sire.' Talleyrand and Berthier exchanged glances, and the minister began to move towards the door. 'No, no, you can remain here,' said the Emperor.
'Light the lamps, Constant, and have the carriages ready in half-an-hour.
Look over this draft of a letter to the Emperor of Austria, and let me have your observations upon it, Talleyrand.
De Meneval, there is a lengthy report here as to the new dockyard at Brest.
Extract what is essential from it, and leave it upon my desk at five o'clock to-morrow morning. Berthier, I will have the whole army into the boats at seven.
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