u'When the fatal moment arrived, Murat walked with a firm step to the place of execution, as calm, as unmoved, as if he had been going to an ordinary review. He would not accept a chair, nor suffer his eyes to be bound. "I have braved death (said he) too often to fear it." He stood upright, proudly and undauntedly, with his countenance towards the soldiers; and when all was ready, he kissed a cameo on which the head of his wife was engraved, and gave the word \u2014 thus,

\xab Soldats ! Faites votre devoir ! Droit au c\u0153ur mais \xe9pargnez le visage. Feu ! \xbb

"Soldiers! Do your duty! Straight to the heart but avoid the face. Fire!"'