Letter 157 — CLVII
Original French
Paris, le 13 janvier 1810. (Samedi, à une heure après-midi.)
Mon amie, j’ai vu hier Eugène qui m’a dit que tu recevrais les rois. J’ai été au concert jusqu’à huit heures; je n’ai dîné, tout seul, qu’à cette heure-là. Je désire bien te voir. Si je ne viens pas aujourd’hui, je viendrai après la messe. Adieu, mon amie; j’espère te trouver sage et bien portante. Ce temps-là doit bien te peser.
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.
Paris, January 13, 1810. (Saturday, at one in the afternoon.)
My friend, I saw Eugène yesterday, and he told me you would receive the kings. I was at the concert until eight; I did not dine, all alone, until then. I very much wish to see you. If I do not come today, I shall come after Mass. Farewell, my friend; I hope to find you sensible and well. This weather must weigh heavily on you.
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.
Paris, January 13, 1810. (Saturday, one in the afternoon.)
My dear, yesterday I saw Eugène, who told me you would be receiving the kings. I stayed at the concert until eight and only then dined, by myself. I very much want to see you; should I fail to come today, I will come after Mass. Farewell, my dear; I hope to find you sensible and in good health. This weather must weigh heavily on you.
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