There for awhile I thought the jig was up. I told myself: this is act one of the cage story. Caulaincourt had better start learning to growl like a bear.
— Napoleon Bonaparte Early Modern

French Emperor and conqueror

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After a close call during their incognito journey, expressing relief and continuing the joking.

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December 1812

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