Letter 032 — XXXII
Original French
La Malmaison, 1er juillet 1803.
J’ai reçu ta lettre du 10 messidor. Tu ne me parles pas de ta santé ni de l’effet des bains. Je vois que tu comptes être de retour dans huit jours; cela fait grand plaisir à ton ami, qui s’ennuie d’être seul. Tu dois avoir vu le général Ney, qui part pour Plombières; il se mariera à son retour. Hortense a joué hier Rosine dans le Barbier de Séville avec son intelligence ordinaire.
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.
La Malmaison, July 1, 1803.
I have received your letter of 10 Messidor. You tell me nothing of your health or the effect of the baths. I see you expect to be back in eight days; that gives great pleasure to your friend, who is weary of being alone. You must have seen General Ney, who is leaving for Plombières; he will marry on his return. Yesterday Hortense played Rosine in The Barber of Seville with her usual intelligence.
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.
La Malmaison, July 1, 1803.
Your letter of 10 Messidor has arrived. You say nothing about your health or how the baths are affecting you. I see you expect to return in eight days, which makes your friend very happy; he is tired of being alone. You will have seen General Ney, who is setting out for Plombières and will marry when he comes back. Yesterday Hortense performed Rosine in The Barber of Seville, showing her usual intelligence.
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