One of the first public men to see Napoleon after his return from Waterloo was Lavallette. I flew, says he, to the Elysee to see the Emperor: he summoned me into his closet, and as soon as he saw me, he came to meet me with a frightful epileptic ‘laugh. Oh, my God!’ he said, raising his eyes to heaven, and walking two or three times up and down the room. This appearance of despair was however very short.