No. 19
February 3rd is the date.
L’Élysée.—After the first receptions the place is far worse than Malmaison. Schwartzenberg, Talleyrand, the Princess Pauline, Berthier, even her old friend Cambacérès are giving balls,86 while the Emperor goes nearly every night to a theatre. The carriages pass by the Élysée, but do not stop. “It is as if the palace were in quarantine, with the yellow flag floating.”