Letter 107 — CVII
Original French
Milan, le 25 novembre 1807.
Je suis ici, mon amie, depuis deux jours. Je suis bien aise de ne te pas avoir emmenée; tu aurais horriblement souffert au passage du Mont-Cenis, où une tourmente m’a retenu vingt-quatre heures. J’ai trouvé Eugène bien portant; je suis fort content de lui. La princesse est malade; j’ai été la voir à Monza; elle a fait une fausse-couche; elle va mieux. Adieu, mon amie.
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.
Milan, November 25, 1807.
I have been here, my dear friend, for two days. I am glad I did not bring you; you would have suffered terribly crossing Mont-Cenis, where a storm held me up for twenty-four hours. I found Eugène well; I am very pleased with him. The princess is ill; I went to see her at Monza; she has had a miscarriage; she is better. Farewell, my dear friend.
Plain English translation
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Milan, November 25, 1807.
My friend, I arrived here two days ago. I am glad not to have taken you along: the crossing of Mont-Cenis would have made you suffer terribly, and a storm kept me there for twenty-four hours. Eugène was well when I found him; I am very pleased with him. The princess is ill. I visited her at Monza; she has had a miscarriage, but is better now. Farewell, my friend.
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