Letter 161 — CLXI
Original French
Mardi, midi, 30 janvier 1810.
J’apprends que tu t’affliges, cela n’est pas bien. Tu es sans confiance en moi, et tous les bruits que l’on répand te frappent; ce n’est pas me connaître, Joséphine. Je t’en veux, et si je n’apprends que tu es gaie et contente, j’irai te gronder bien fort. 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, noon, January 30, 1810.
I hear that you are grieving; that is not right. You have no confidence in me, and every rumor people spread affects you; that is not knowing me, Joséphine. I am angry with you, and if I do not hear that you are cheerful and content, I shall come and scold you severely. 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, noon, January 30, 1810.
I hear you are distressing yourself; that is wrong. You have no trust in me, and all the rumors people spread trouble you. You do not know me, Joséphine. I am cross with you, and unless I hear that you are cheerful and happy, I shall come and give you a thorough scolding. Farewell, my dear.
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