Late October 1858.
After a half-month state visit (tour) in France, the Victoria couple officially departed from Paris on the 27th.
At this moment, the sky over Paris remained shrouded in a gray haze, with few pedestrians on the streets.
However, the train station in the suburbs of Paris presented a different scene, taken over by the military, where crowds gathered, and every passage and every step was guarded by the Imperial Guard in black double-breasted coats and high collar military hats, stationed there by order of the Emperor of the Empire to maintain order.
As the first golden rays of morning dispersed the haze over Paris, a carriage marked with a golden bee emblem appeared from the mist, escorted by a regiment of the Imperial Guard, slowly approaching the train station.
The officer commanding this guard hurriedly ran to the station's lounge and informed the Emperor's Aide, Colonel Bourbaki (Charles Dennis Shout Bourbaki), guarding outside the lounge.
