Letter 148 — CXLVIII
Original French
Trianon, mardi 26 décembre 1809.
Je me suis couché hier après que tu as été partie, mon amie. Je vais à Paris. Je désire te savoir aie. Je viendrai te voir dans la semaine. J’ai reçu tes lettres, que je vais lire en voiture.
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.
Trianon, Tuesday, December 26, 1809.
I went to bed yesterday after you had gone, my friend. I am going to Paris. I wish to know that you are cheerful. I shall come to see you during the week. I have received your letters, which I shall read in the carriage.
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.
Trianon, Tuesday, December 26, 1809.
I went to bed yesterday after you left, my dear. I am going to Paris. I want to know that you are cheerful. I will come and see you during the week. I have received your letters and will read them in the carriage.
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Letter 148 — CXLVIII is part of Letters to Josephine by Napoléon Bonaparte. This page sets the French original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is part 148 of 172 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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