Letter 155 — CLV
Original French
Mardi, 9 janvier 1810. Midi.
Je serais venu te voir aujourd’hui, si je n’avais dû aller voir le roide Bavière, qui vient d’arriver à Paris. Je serai chez lui ce soir à huit heures, et de retour à dix. J’espère te voir demain, et te trouver gaie et d’aplomb. Adieu, mon amie.
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.
Tuesday, January 9, 1810. Noon.
I would have come to see you today if I had not had to visit the King of Bavaria, who has just arrived in Paris. I shall be at his residence this evening at eight and back at ten. I hope to see you tomorrow and find you cheerful and composed. Farewell, my friend.
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.
Tuesday, January 9, 1810. Noon.
I should have visited you today, had I not been obliged to go and see the King of Bavaria, who has just reached Paris. I shall be at his house at eight tonight and return at ten. Tomorrow I hope to see you and find you cheerful and steady. Farewell, my dear.
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