Letter 118 — CXVIII
Original French
Madrid, le 21 décembre 1808.
Tu dois être entrée aux Tuileries le 12. J’espère que tu auras été contente de tes appartements. J’ai autorisé la présentation à toi et à la famille de Kourakin; reçois-le bien, et fais-le jouer avec toi. Adieu, mon amie; je me porte bien; le temps est pluvieux; il fait un peu froid.
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.
Madrid, December 21, 1808.
You should have moved into the Tuileries on the 12th. I hope you will have been pleased with your apartments. I have authorized Kourakin’s presentation to you and the family; receive him well, and have him play with you. Farewell, my dear friend; I am well; the weather is rainy; it is a little cold.
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.
Madrid, December 21, 1808.
You should have taken up residence at the Tuileries on the 12th. I hope you found your apartments satisfactory. I have authorized Kourakin's presentation to you and the family; welcome him kindly and have him play with you. Farewell, my friend. I am well; it is rainy and a little cold.
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