Letter 153 — CLIII
Original French
Vendredi, à huit heures. (Paris, le 5 janvier 1810.)
Je voulais venir te voir aujourd’hui; mais je ne le puis; ce sera, j’espère, pour demain. Il y a bien longtemps que tu ne m’as donné de tes nouvelles. J’ai appris avec plaisir que tu t’étais promenée dans ton jardin pendant ces froids. Adieu, mon amie, porte-toi bien, et ne doute jamais de mes sentiments.
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.
Friday, at eight. (Paris, January 5, 1810.)
I wanted to come and see you today, but I cannot; I hope it will be tomorrow. It has been a long time since you sent me news of yourself. I was pleased to hear that you had walked in your garden during this cold weather. Farewell, my friend, take care of yourself, and never doubt my feelings.
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.
Friday at eight. (Paris, January 5, 1810.)
I meant to visit you today, but cannot; I hope it will be tomorrow instead. You have not sent me news of yourself for a very long time. I was pleased to learn that you had been walking in your garden despite the cold. Farewell, my dear; stay well and never question my feelings.
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