Letter 149 — CXLIX
Original French
Mercredi, à midi. (Paris, le 27 décembre 1809.)
Eugène m’a dit que tu avais été toute triste hier; cela n’est pas bien, mon amie, c’est contraire à ce que tu m’avais promis. J’ai été fort ennuyé de revoir les Tuileries; ce grand palais m’a paru vide, et je m’y suis trouvé isolé. Adieu, mon amie; porte-toi 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, at noon. (Paris, December 27, 1809.)
Eugène told me that you were very sad yesterday; that is not right, my friend, it is contrary to what you promised me. I was very distressed to see the Tuileries again; that great palace seemed empty to me, and I felt alone there. Farewell, my friend; take care of yourself.
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, noon. (Paris, December 27, 1809.)
Eugène told me you were very sad yesterday. That is not good, my dear; it goes against what you promised me. I was very unhappy to see the Tuileries again. That enormous palace seemed empty, and I felt alone there. Goodbye, my dear; keep well.
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