Letter 088 — LXXXVIII
Original French
Liebstadt, 20 février 1807.
Je t’écris deux mots, mon amie, pour que tu ne sois pas inquiète. Ma santé est fort bonne et mes affaires vont bien. J’ai remis mon armée en cantonnements. La saison est bizarre: il gèle et dégèle; elle est humide et inconstante. 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.
Liebstadt, February 20, 1807.
I write you a few words, my dear friend, so that you will not be anxious. My health is excellent and my affairs are going well. I have put my army back into cantonments. The season is strange: it freezes and thaws; it is damp and changeable. Farewell, my dear 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.
Liebstadt, February 20, 1807.
I'm writing you a few words, my dear, so you won't worry. My health is very good and my affairs are going well. I've put my army back in quarters. The season is strange: it freezes and thaws; it's damp and changeable. Goodbye, my dear.
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