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 486 Readings in European History and Italy, until the said ratifications of the emperor and king, of the empire, and of the French republic shall have been simultaneously exchanged at Lune'ville between the respective plenipotentiaries. It is also agreed that within ten days after the exchange of the said ratifications the armies of his imperial and royal majesty shall be withdrawn into his hereditary possessions, which shall be evacuated within the same space of time by the French armies ; and within thirty days after the said exchange the French armies shall have completely evacuated the territory of the said empire. Done and signed at Luneville, February 9, 1801 (the 20th Pluviose of the year nine of the French republic). (Signed) Louis, Count of Cobenzl. Joseph Bonaparte. V. Personal Characteristics of General Bonaparte The son of Madame de Remusat thus recalls how, when a little boy, he caught a glimpse of the First Consul : 429. Bona- One day my mother came for me (I think she had parte's man- accompanied Madame Bonaparte into the court of the First Consul. Tuileries) and took me up a staircase full of soldiers, at whom I stared hard. One of them who was coming down spoke to her; he wore an infantry uniform. "Who was that?" I asked, when he had passed. It was Louis Bona- parte. Then I saw a young man going upstairs in the well- known uniform of the [corps known as the] guides. His name I did not need to ask. Children in those days knew the insignia of every rank and corps in the army, and who did not know that Eugene Beauharnais was colonel of the guides ? At last we reached Madame Bonaparte's drawing-room. At first there was no one there but herself, one or two ladies, and my father, wearing his red coat embroidered in