Letter 103 — CIII
Original French
Tilsitt, le 3 juillet 1807.
Mon amie, M. de Turenne te donnera tous les détails de ce qui se passe ici; tout va fort bien. Je crois t’avoir dit que l’empereur de Russie porte ta santé avec beaucoup d’amabilité. Il dîne, ainsi que le roi de Prusse, tous les jours chez moi. Je désire que tu sois contente. Adieu, mon amie, mille choses aimables.
Musean translation
Machine-assisted Musean English translated from the French of the 172 Napoleon letters selected from Tancrède Martel, ed., Œuvres littéraires de Napoléon Bonaparte, tome 1 (Albert Savine, Paris, 1888). French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The transcription is CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; this adapted text and translations are shared under the same license. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes; selected transcription repairs were checked against print images.
Tilsit, July 3, 1807.
My dear friend, M. de Turenne will give you every detail of what is happening here; all is going very well. I believe I told you that the Emperor of Russia drinks to your health with great graciousness. He dines with me every day, as does the King of Prussia. I wish you to be content. Farewell, my dear friend, a thousand affectionate thoughts.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted Plain English translation from the 1888 Martel French edition, not a historical English translation. French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The adapted transcription and translation are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes and makes documented transcription repairs. French-source model review is not human specialist certification or a complete scan collation.
Tilsit, July 3, 1807.
My dear, Mr. de Turenne will give you all the details of what's happening here; everything is going very well. I think I told you that the emperor of Russia drinks your health very graciously. He and the king of Prussia dine with me every day. I want you to be content. Goodbye, my dear, a thousand affectionate thoughts.
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