Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-24

| sItution impaired. She was surrou,5as ,-,,h
sdhlFeIs, The most ardent Of whom wa. Lord
Brougham. He was admitted 10 ths No.
ries of her toilet, and she allowed him 70 a,
upon the floor before her and hold her fee, IN
has hands. He was also permitted, as a great
favor, to hand pins to her dressing maids.
when they needed them in the Arrangement
of her person. How can you take plea
sure" some one asked her, in the society
OF men who have imprisoned your brother at
st. HeIena?''
Can you not understand" she replied We
hemently, "thst 1 enjoy the sight Of those
men, once So arrogant, now humbling them
serves to the dust Of my sandals Can you
not see tha. the complaints Of that British
peer are sweet music to my soul? He stands
,of hours TO give pins to my waiting maids
because they are to touch my person. He has
tue courage 10 confront the caprices Of wo.
man, out he does not dare to speak before his
parliament IN behalf of that woman's brother
tnat De may be more kindly treated in his ac-
cnrsed dungecn at st. Helena. And this man
hopes that may love him And the others
nopc mat may love them! Ii / had neither
heart nor soul, perhaps might. Let them
love On and suffer the penalty"
fauline became convinced in 1921 that Napc.
leon was dying at st. Helena. She wrote a
letter to Lord Liverpool, then prime minister
OF England. in which she earnestly begged.
In the name of all the members Of the family
that her brother might be removed to less
dangerous climate. eff so reasonable a re-
quest be refused" she said, ait will be pro
nouncing his sentence Of death-in which case
beg permission to depart for st Helena, to
join my brother and receive his last sigh L
feel that the moments of bis life are num-
bered, and should forever reproach myself
If did not use all the means in my power 70
alleviate his suferings and testify my devo-
ton" The Earl of Liverpool granted the
latter portion Of her request but too late
Napoleon was already dead at the date of
Pauline's appeal
She now sank into a rapid decline, though
she continued ID live in a constant whirI of
gaiety. Foreigners visiting Rome formed her
principal society; they found her receptions
and entertainments hospitable, refined and
sunptuous. Early in 1926 she went to Pisa
Tor change Of air. 1t was evident to her
SELF as well as to her friends, that she could
not long survive. She now performed the last
eccentriclty of an eccentric life. Though pos
sessed CT no fortune wh atever, and living upon
the forced bounty of her husband, she CON-
posed and executed an imposing instrument,
which she called her will In this she made
large and numerous legacies forming in the
aggregate sum Of princely msgni6cence.
Don Camille now recalled her to Florence,
where reconciliation was effected and mu-
tual forgiveness extended. The princess Bor-
ghese expired in the arms of the prince, on
the 9:h Of June, 1925. With a generosity of
which he hardly seemed capable, and which
she certainly had done nothing to deserve, he
recognised and paid all tbe beques;s that she
had made without consulting or considering
the state Of his fortune.
Napoleon often mentioned Pauline at St
Helena He considered her the handsomest
woman of her time, and said that artists were
accustomed to speak Of her as the modern We
nus de Msdici When at Nice, he said, she
established daily line Of baggage wagons to
and from Paris, to bring her supplies Of the
newest fashions. Had 1 known il" be ad-
ded, "s5e would have been soundly scolded
After all, she was the kindest creature IN the
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