Letter 140 — CXL
Original French
Le 25 septembre 1809.
J’ai reçu ta lettre. Ne te fie pas, et je te conseille de te bien garder la nuit; car une des prochaines tu entendras grand bruit. Ma santé est fort bonne; je ne sais ce que l’on débite; je ne me suis jamais mieux porté depuis bien des années. Corvisart ne m’était point utile. Adieu, mon amie; tout va ici fort bien. 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.
September 25, 1809.
I have received your letter. Do not be overconfident, and I advise you to guard yourself well at night; for one of these nights you will hear a great noise. My health is very good; I do not know what people are saying; I have not been so well for many years. Corvisart was of no use to me. Farewell, my friend; everything here is going very well. 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.
September 25, 1809.
Your letter has reached me. Do not feel too secure; I advise you to keep careful watch at night, for on one of the next few nights you will hear a great noise. I am in excellent health. I do not know what stories are being spread; I have not felt this well for many years. Corvisart was not needed by me. Farewell, my dear; everything here is going splendidly. Entirely yours.
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