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’The length of the ceremony seemed to weary him,’ noted Laure d’Abrantès, who, as a lady-in-waiting, was only ten paces away from Napoleon, ‘and I saw him several times check a yawn. Nevertheless, he did everything he was required to do with propriety. When the Pope anointed him with the triple unction on his head and both hands, I fancied from the direction of his eyes that he was thinking of wiping off the oil rather than anything else.’


Source:

Roberts, Andrew. "Coronation." Napoleon: A Life. New York: Penguin, 2014. 355. Print.

Original Source Listed:

D’Abrantès, At the Court p. 263.


Further Reading:

Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès (née Martin de Permond)

Napoleone di Buonaparte / Napoléon Bonaparte / Napoleon I

>’The length of the ceremony seemed to weary him,’ noted [Laure d’Abrantès](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Laure_Junot.jpg), who, as a lady-in-waiting, was only ten paces away from [Napoleon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg), ‘and I saw him several times check a yawn. Nevertheless, he did everything he was required to do with propriety. When the Pope anointed him with the triple unction on his head and both hands, I fancied from the direction of his eyes that he was thinking of wiping off the oil rather than anything else.’ _____________________ **Source:** Roberts, Andrew. "Coronation." *Napoleon: A Life*. New York: Penguin, 2014. 355. Print. **Original Source Listed:** D’Abrantès, *At the Court* p. 263. _____________________ **Further Reading:** [Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès (née Martin de Permond)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_Junot,_Duchess_of_Abrant%C3%A8s) [Napoleone di Buonaparte / Napoléon Bonaparte / Napoleon I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon)

1 comments

[–] PMYA 2 points (+2|-0)

I read this as "PayPal" ceremony and got confused.