CHAPTER XXI

1799. Our departure from Egypt--Nocturnal embarkation--M. Parseval Grandmaison--On course--Adverse winds--Fear of the English-- Favourable weather--Vingt-et-un--Chess--We land at Ajaccio-- Bonaparte's pretended relations--Family domains--Want of money-- Battle of Novi--Death of Joubert--Visionary schemes--Purchase of a boat--Departure from Corsica--The English squadron--Our escape-- The roads of Fréjus--Our landing in France--The plague or the Austrians--Joy of the people--The sanitary laws-…