An Idyll Under Napoleon. the Romance of Prince Eugène
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This same Crown of Sweden, which Eugene had disdained, was afterwards worn by one of his daughters, the wife of Charles XV., Bernadotte's son. The Prince and Princess took part in all the fetes attending the imperial marriage, and pro- 156 THE ROMANCE OF PRINCE EUGENE. longed their stay in France until the month of May. They were present at the fete given by the Prince de Schwarzenberg, which has gone down to history famous for the frightful confla- gration which engulfed so many illustrious vi...ctims. Here, again, Eugene's star appeared to protect him by its mysterious power. The Viceroy had opened the ball with Princess Pauline de Schwarz- enberg, wife of the ambassador's elder brother. When the catastrophe broke forth, he found himself, happily for him, a little to one side and behind the crowd. A chandelier fell, and the platform, blazing up, barred his passage. By a providential chance he discovered a little door leading to the private apartments of the hotel, and was thus enabled to penetrate to where the Princess was, and save her before she gained any knowledge of her peril.
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