Letter 123 — CXXIII
Original French
Mansilla, le 8 janvier 1809.
Je reçois tes lettres du 23 et du 26. Je vois avec peine que tu souffres des dents. Je suis ici depuis deux jours. Le temps est comme la saison le comporte. Les Anglais s’embarquent. Je suis bien portant. Adieu, mon amie. J’écris à Hortense. Eugène a une fille. 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.
Mansilla, January 8, 1809.
I have received your letters of the 23rd and the 26th. I am sorry to see that you are suffering from your teeth. I have been here for two days. The weather is as the season warrants. The English are embarking. I am well. Farewell, my dear friend. I am writing to Hortense. Eugène has a daughter. 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.
Mansilla, January 8, 1809.
I've received your letters of the 23rd and 26th. I'm sorry to see you're suffering from toothache. I've been here for two days. The weather is what you'd expect for the season. The English are boarding their ships. I'm well. Goodbye, my dear. I'm writing to Hortense. Eugène has a daughter. All yours.
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