The years 1802 and 1803--Country-houses--Madame de Custine--M. de
Saint-Martin--Madame de Houdetot and Saint-Lambert--Journey to
the south of France--M. de la Harpe--His death--Interview with
Bonaparte--I am appointed First Secretary of Embassy in Rome--Journey
from Paris to the Savoy Alps--From Mont Cenis to Rome--Milan to
Rome--Cardinal Fesch's palace--My occupations--Madame de Beaumont's
manuscripts--Letters from Madame de Caud--Madame de Beaumont's arrival
in Rome--Letters from my sister--Letter from Madame de Krüdener--Death
of Madame de Beaumont--Her funeral--Letters from M. de Chênedollé,
M. de Fontanes, M. Necker, and Madame de Staël--The years 1803 and
1804--First idea of my Memoirs--I am appointed French Minister to the
Valais--Departure from Rome--The year 1804--The Valais Republic--A
visit to the Tuileries--The Hôtel de Montmorin--I hear the death cried
of the Duc d'Enghien--I give in my resignation