_July 20th._--Monsieur Soupé (from whom we got our wine) was the King's
wine-merchant. He told us that there were 500 bottles of wine a day
drunk in the King's house, and that the bills are settled every night;
and that the King breakfasts at twelve o'clock on eggs and tea. He
told us also that he had seen Buonaparte dine, and that he never took
longer than eleven minutes. In the beginning of Louis XVI.'s reign 1300
bottles a day were drunk.