d'un caractère, from a character

L 19. T empereur Alexandre ; on him see notes to M. Villemain's Lascaris, published in this séries, p. 86.

1.27. T archiduchesse d Autriche. Marie-Louise (179 1 — 1847) ;her marriage with Napoléon was insisted upon as one of the conditions of the peace.

P. 19, 1. 3. établissement, settlement, social position.

1. 5. c'en était fait=c'était fait [^sous ce rapfort\: the fate of my children would hâve been sealed.