Date: 1847
Napo leon did not think himself secure in confiding the weight of affairs so important to any other person than Maret, the chief of his secretariat— that is to say, all foreign affaire were, from that moment, concentrated in his cabinet, and received no other impulse than from him.  Under this point of view, Ma ret, who was a true official machine , was the very man whom the Emperor wanted.  He really admired his master, with whose thoughts, secrets, and inclinations he was acquainted.