My Old Friend
Count Trampe, Who Had Accompanied The Expedition, At Once
Presented Me To The Prince, Who Was Engaged
In sounding
the depth of the pipe of the Great Geysir, - and encouraged
by the gracious reception which His Imperial
Highness
accorded me, I ventured to inform him that "there was a
poor banquet toward," of which I trusted he - and as many
of his officers as the table could hold - would condescend
to partake. After a little hesitation, - caused, I presume,
by fear of our being put to inconvenience, - he was kind
enough to signify his acceptance of my proposal, and in
a few minutes afterwards with a cordial frankness I fully
appreciated, allowed me to have the satisfaction of
receiving him as a guest within my tent.
Although I never had the pleasure of seeing Prince Napoleon
before, I should have known him among a thousand, from
his remarkable likeness to his uncle, the first Emperor.
A stronger resemblance, I conceive, could scarcely exist
between two persons. The same delicate, sharply cut
features, thin refined mouth, and firm determined jaw.
The Prince's frame, however, is built altogether on a
larger scale, and his eyes, instead of being of a cold
piercing blue - are soft and brown, with quite a different
expression.
Though of course a little Barmicidal, the dinner went
off very well, as every dinner must do where such merry
companions are the convives. We had some difficulty about
stowing away the legs of a tall philosopher, and to each
knife three individuals were told off; but the birds were
not badly cooked, and the plum-pudding arrived in time
to convert a questionable success into an undoubted
triumph.
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