Letter 134 — CXXXIV
Original French
Schœnbrunn, le 7 août 1809.
Je vois par ta lettre que tu es à Plombières, et que tu comptes y rester; tu fais bien; les eaux et le beau climat ne peuvent que te faire du bien. Je reste ici. Ma santé et mes affaires vont selon mes souhaits. Je te prie de dire bien des choses aimables à Hortense et aux Napoléon. 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.
Schönbrunn, August 7, 1809.
I see from your letter that you are at Plombières and intend to stay there; you are right to do so. The waters and the fine climate can only do you good. I am staying here. My health and my affairs are going as I wish. Please give my warm regards to Hortense and the Napoléons. All 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.
Schönbrunn, August 7, 1809.
From your letter I see that you are at Plombières and mean to stay. You are right: the waters and the lovely climate must do you good. I am remaining here. Both my health and my affairs are just as I wish. Please convey many kind messages from me to Hortense and the Napoléons. Entirely yours.
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