Have you spoken about her to the Emperor ?' 'I found that he knew all about her, your Majesty.' 'He knows all about everything.

Oh, what a man he is! You heard him about those diamonds and sapphires.

Lefebvre gave me his word that no one should know of it but ourselves, and that I should pay at my leisure, and yet you see that the Emperor knew.

But what did he say, Monsieur de Laval ?' 'He said that my marriage should be his affair.' Josephine shook her head and groaned.
'But this is serious, Monsieur de Laval.

He is capable of singling out any one of the ladies of the Court and marrying you to her within a week.