Madam Geneva has helped us many times in
the past by calling forth the spirits of important historical figures from the
past. This time our resident gypsy had
conjured the ghost of Napoleon Bonaparte to help us understand this week’s
poll.
“Allo, my name is Napoleon. I was once the Emperor of France and came
very close to ruling the entire world.
If it wasn’t for an upstart English general and a treacherous Prussian I
would have had the world at my feet.
But, I failed in my designs upon the globe and paid for it with exile
upon Saint Helena in the Atlantic ocean.
“At first I was treated fairly by William
Balcombe and his family, but the English dogs decided to treat me as a common
criminal and sent the jailer, Hudson Lowe to finish me. The conditions deteriorated until they were
no better than for a common soldier.
They finally ended my existence with poison, demonstrating for the
entire world their cowardice.
“All
in all, I must admit, that being a dictator is much better than being a former
dictator. Concierge, brandy please.”
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