Excerpt from Memoirs of the Court of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 2 of 3: Being the Secret Memoirs of Madame Ducrest Masked Ball at the Tuileries. - Elegance of the Quad rilles. - Mesdames de Menou, de Graville, de Ville neuve, Dulauloy. - MM. Perregaux, Desaix, and Fla hault. - The Emperor, Completely Masked, Compels Madame Or to Retire from the Fete - He Often Changes His Domino. - Absurd Spirit of Economy. We Return to Malmaison. - M. And Madame Van berghen. - Increasing Envy amongst the Ladies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.