 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1800, Joséphine akapotsa aurayiwa muChirongwa che rue Saint-Nicaise, kuedza kuponda kwaNapoleon nebhomba rakaiswa mungoro yakamira. Musi waDecember 24, iye naNapoleon vakaenda kunoona kuratidzwa kwaJoseph Haydns Creation paOpera, vachitungamirirwa neshamwari dzinoverengeka nemhuri. Boka racho rakafamba nengoro mbiri. Joséphine akanga ari wechipiri, pamwe chete nomwanasikana wake, Hortense; muroora wake aiva nepamuviri, Caroline Murat; uye General Jean Rapp. Joséphine akanga anonotsa boka racho apo akanga achiwana shawl itsva yesirika yakaiswa zvakanaka, uye Napoleon akapfuura ari mungoro yokutanga. Bhomba racho rakaputika ngoro yake payakanga ichipfuura. Bhomba racho rakauraya vanhu vakawanda vakanga varipo uye rimwe remabhiza aifambisa ngoro, uye rakaputika mahwindo engoro; Hortense akarohwa muruoko negirazi rinobhururuka. Kwakanga kusina vamwe vakakuvadzwa uye boka racho rakaenderera mberi kuenda kuOpera. 