Letter 029 — XXIX
Original French
Ancône, le 13 février 1797.
Je ne reçois pas de tes nouvelles, et je ne doute pas que tu ne m’aimes plus. Je t’ai envoyé des journaux et différentes lettres. Je pars à l’instant pour passer les montagnes. Du moment que je saurai à quoi m’en tenir, je te ferai venir avec moi; c’est le vœu le plus cher de mon cœur. Mille et mille baisers.
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.
Ancona, February 13, 1797.
I receive no news from you, and I do not doubt that you no longer love me. I have sent you newspapers and various letters. I leave this instant to cross the mountains. As soon as I know where matters stand, I shall send for you to join me; that is my heart's dearest wish. A thousand and a thousand kisses.
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.
Ancona, February 13, 1797.
I hear nothing from you and cannot doubt that your love for me is gone. I have sent you newspapers and several letters. I am leaving now to cross the mountains. Once I know how matters stand, I shall summon you to my side; nothing is closer to my heart. Thousands upon thousands of kisses.
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