 She had used poor health to explain her prolonged visit to Switzerland, the journey having been arranged by Adélaïde.Hortense cleverly disguised her pregnancy (she was, by then, in her sixth month) during the baptism of Napoléon's son, Napoléon II, when she was chosen to be one of the child's godmothers, an honour she shared with Madame Mère, mother of the Emperor.In 1814 Flahaut had an affair with the Comédie-Française actress Mademoiselle Mars.