Letter 146 — CXLVI
Original French
Mercredi, 7 heures du soir. (Trianon, 20 décembre 1809.)
Je reçois ta lettre, mon amie. Savary me dit que tu pleures toujours. J’espère que tu auras pu te promener aujourd’hui. Je t’ai envoyé de ma chasse. Je viendrai te voir, lorsque tu me diras que tu es raisonnable et que ton courage prend le dessus. Demain, toute la journée, j’ai les ministres. Adieu, mon amie; je suis triste aussi aujourd’hui; j’ai besoin de te savoir satisfaite et d’apprendre que tu prends de l’aplomb. Dors bien.
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.
Wednesday, seven in the evening. (Trianon, December 20, 1809.)
I have received your letter, my friend. Savary tells me you are still weeping. I hope you were able to go out for a walk today. I sent you some of the game from my hunt. I shall come to see you when you tell me that you are being reasonable and that your courage is gaining the upper hand. Tomorrow I have the ministers with me all day. Farewell, my friend; I too am sad today; I need to know that you are content and to hear that you are regaining your composure. Sleep well.
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.
Wednesday, seven in the evening. (Trianon, December 20, 1809.)
I have your letter, my dear. Savary tells me you are still crying. I hope you managed to go for a walk today. I sent you some of my game. I will come and see you when you tell me you are being sensible and your courage is gaining the upper hand. Tomorrow the ministers will be with me all day. Goodbye, my dear; I too am sad today. I need to know that you are content and hear that you are regaining your composure. Sleep well.
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