Chapter 7
Volume 2: 2: Cosette · Book 1: 1: Waterloo
7: Napoleon in Good Humour
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THE emperor, although sick and hurt in his saddle by a local affliction, had never been in so good humour as on that day. Since morning, his impenetrable countenance had worn a smile.
On the i8th of June, 1815, that profound soul masked in marble, shone obscurely forth. The dark-browed man of Austerlitz was gay at Waterloo. The greatest, when foredoomed, present these contradictions. Our joys are shaded. The perfect smile belongs to God alone.