Letter 089 — LXXXIX
Original French
Liebstadt, 21 février 1807.
Je reçois ta lettre du 4 février; j’y vois avec plaisir que ta santé est bonne. Paris achèvera de te rendre la gaieté et le repos, le retour à tes habitudes, la santé. Je me porte à merveille. Le temps et le pays sont mauvais. Mes affaires vont assez bien; il dégèle et gèle dans vingt-quatre heures; l’on ne peut voir un hiver aussi bizarre. Adieu, mon amie; je t’aime, je pense à toi et désire te savoir contente, gaie et heureuse. Tout à 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.
Liebstadt, February 21, 1807.
I have received your letter of February 4; I am glad to see that your health is good. Paris will complete the restoration of your gaiety and peace, and the return to your accustomed ways, of your health. I am wonderfully well. The weather and the country are bad. My affairs are going fairly well; it thaws and freezes within twenty-four hours; one could not see a stranger winter. Farewell, my dear friend; I love you, I think of you, and I long to know you are contented, cheerful, and happy. Wholly yours.
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 21, 1807.
Your February 4 letter has reached me, and I'm pleased that you are well. Paris will finish restoring your cheerfulness and peace of mind; getting back to your usual life will restore your health. I'm in excellent health. The weather and the country are both bad. Things are going fairly well for me; it freezes and thaws within a single day. One could hardly imagine a stranger winter. Goodbye, my dear. I love you and think of you, and I want to know that you are content, cheerful, and happy. Entirely yours.
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