As he foresaw, the shrinkage of the great Empire into the realm of old France caused intense dissatisfaction among the French, a feeling fed by stories of the tactless way in which the Bourbon princes treated veterans of the Grande Armée and the returning royalist nobility treated the people at large.
Nagu ta ette nägi, tekitas suure keisririigi kahanemine vana Prantsusmaa suuruseks tõsist rahulolematust prantslaste seas, tunnet toitsid lood taktitust viisist, kuidas Bourboni printsid kohtlesid Grande Armée veterane ja tagasitulnud rojalistlik aadel kohtles inimesi üldiselt.