Letter 033 — XXXIII
Original French
Calais, le 6 août 1804.
Mon amie, je suis à Calais, depuis minuit; je pense en partir ce soir pour Dunkerque. Je suis content de ce que je vois et assez bien de santé. Je désire que les eaux te fassent autant de bien que m’en font le mouvement, la vue des camps et la mer. Eugène est parti pour Blois. Hortense se porte bien. Louis est à Plombières. Je désire beaucoup te voir. Tu es toujours nécessaire à mon bonheur. Mille choses aimables chez toi.
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.
Calais, August 6, 1804.
My friend, I have been in Calais since midnight; I expect to leave this evening for Dunkirk. I am pleased with what I see and fairly well in health. I hope the waters do you as much good as movement, the sight of the camps, and the sea do me. Eugène has left for Blois. Hortense is well. Louis is at Plombières. I long to see you. You are still necessary to my happiness. Many kind regards to everyone at your home.
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.
Calais, August 6, 1804.
My dear, I have been in Calais since midnight and expect to leave for Dunkirk this evening. I am pleased with what I see and in fairly good health. May the waters do for you what travel and the sight of the camps and the sea are doing for me. Eugène has gone to Blois. Hortense is well. Louis is at Plombières. I very much want to see you; I still need you for my happiness. My kind regards to everyone at home.
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Letter 033 — XXXIII is part of Letters to Josephine by Napoléon Bonaparte. This page sets the French original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is part 33 of 172 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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