Sunday, August 3

The King has no palace in Lisbon

THE King has no palace in Lisbon He formerly resided at Belem but since that castle was burnt the royal family live at Queluz which they never leave except when they go to Maffra a royal convent and a wretched copy of the Escurial The castle of Belem was being rebuilt when I was in Lisbon The only garden in the environs of Lisbon that deserves the name is the property of the Marquis d Abrantcs at Bemfica One day when I was walking in it inhaling the balmy air in an alley formed of superb magnolias and palm trees then in full bloom the gardener made me up a large bouquet in which he placed four or five magnolia flowers On my return home with my bouquet I felt an unusual drowsiness I went to bed having first placed my nosegay in water and deposited it on a table ne

in Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family by Laure Junot duchesse d'Abrantès
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