The life of Napoleon Buonaparte, emperor of the French. By Sir Walter Scott.

LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.:doer who:could not eat ammunition.bread. How- majesty not to take his contract from him, and he
ever, beng there, he asked for a loaf, which was would give good bread in future; at which the embrought, and he saw it was villanous trash composed peror broke into a royal and imperial passion, and
of pease, beans, rye, potatoes, and everything that threatened to send him to the galleys; but, suddenly
would make flour or meal, instead of good brown turning round, he said,' Yes, he would allow him
wheaten flour. He tore the loaf in two in a rage, to keep his contract, on condition that, as long as it
and dashed it against the wall, and there it stuck lasted, he should furnish the school with good white
like a piece of mortar, to the great annoyance of those household bread (pain de manage), such as was sold
whose duty it was to have attended to this. He or- in the bakers' shops in Paris;-that he might chuse
dered the baker to be called, and made him look at that, or lose his contract;' and the baker thankfully
it sticking. The man was in great terror first at the promised to furnish good white bread in future, at
emperor's anger, but, taking heart, he begged his the same price."
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