[thinks to himself, about Wellington]
This Englishman has two qualities I admire: caution, and above all, courage.
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Emperor Soldiers of the 5th, do you recognise me? If... you want to kill your Emperor... here I am. [pause] FIRE!
Emperor To my dear Prince Alexis... I did not "usurp" the crown. I found it, in the gutter, and I, I picked it up with my sword, and it was the people, Alexis, the people who put it on my head. He who saves a nation violates no law.
King Louis XVIII I know you loved this man.
Michel Ney I did, once. But I promise you, that I will bring him back to Paris in an iron cage. [exits]
King Louis XVIII How they exaggerate, these soldiers, "In an iron cage"? Nobody asked for that.
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