He was invited to accept of a public dinner, and agreed to do so.

The assemblage was magnificent, and his reception enthusiastic; but his demeanour was cold and reserved.

After proposing as a toast, "the union of all parties"-- ominous words from those lips--he withdrew at an early hour of the evening.
He continued for some little time to avoid public notice, resuming apparently the same studious and sequestered life which he had led when last in Paris.

It was, however, remarked that, when recognised by the populace, he received their salutations with uncommon affability; and that if he met any old soldier of the army of Italy, he rarely failed to recollect the man, and take him by the hand.
Buonaparte had been tormented when in Egypt by certain rumours concerning the conduct of Josephine in his absence from Paris.

She had quitted the capital with the purpose of meeting him on his journey thither, the moment his arrival at Frejus was known; but taking the road of Burgundy, while he was travelling by that of Lyons, missed him.