Letter 109 — CIX
Original French
Udine, le 11 décembre 1807.
J’ai reçu, mon amie, ta lettre du 3 décembre, où je vois que tu as été fort contente du Jardin des Plantes. Me voilà au terme le plus éloigné de mon voyage; il est possible que je sois bientôt à Paris, où je serai fort aise de te revoir. Le temps n’a pas encore été froid ici, mais très pluvieux. J’ai profité du dernier moment de la saison, car je suppose qu’à Noël l’hiver se fera enfin sentir. Adieu, mon amie. Tout à toi.
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.
Udine, December 11, 1807.
I have received, my dear friend, your letter of December 3, in which I see that you were very pleased with the Jardin des Plantes. Here I am at the farthest point of my journey; it is possible that I shall soon be in Paris, where I shall be very glad to see you again. The weather here has not yet been cold, but very rainy. I have taken advantage of the last moment of the season, for I suppose that by Christmas winter will at last make itself felt. Farewell, my dear friend. Wholly yours.
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.
Udine, December 11, 1807.
My dear, I received your December 3 letter and see that you greatly enjoyed the Jardin des Plantes. I have now reached the farthest point of my journey. I may soon be in Paris, where I will be very glad to see you again. It hasn't been cold here yet, but it has rained a great deal. I took advantage of the last part of the season, since I expect winter will finally make itself felt by Christmas. Goodbye, my dear. Entirely yours.
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