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No. 24.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT MALMAISON.

Nymphenburg, near Munich, October 21, 1809.

I arrived here yesterday in the best of health, but shall not start till to-morrow. I shall spend a day at Stuttgard. You will be advised twenty-four hours in advance of my arrival at Fontainebleau.

I look forward with pleasure to seeing you again, and I await that moment impatiently.

I send you a kiss.-Yours ever,

No. 25.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT MALMAISON.

NAPOLEON.

Munich, October 22, 1809.

My Dear, I start in an hour. I shall be at Fontainebleau from the 26th to 27th; you may meet me there with some of your ladies.

NAPOLEON.

November 25th.-Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst, erroneously thought to have been murdered by the French, really by robbers.

December 1st.-Capture of Gerona and 200 cannon by Augereau. December 16th.-French Senate pronounce the divorce of Napoleon and Josephine.

December 24th.-English re-embark from Flushing.

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SERIES M

Josephine, my excellent Josephine, thou knowest if I have loved thee! To thee, to thee alone do I owe the only moments of happiness which I have enjoyed in this world. Josephine, my destiny overmasters my will. My dearest affections must be silent before the interests of France."- Bourrienne's Napoleon.1

1 Also MEME's Memoirs of Josephine, p. 333.

No.

LETTER

SERIES M

(For subjoined Notes to this Series see pages 295–304.)

1. A Family Council.

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LETTERS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON TO

THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE AFTER THE

DIVORCE AND BEFORE HIS MARRIAGE
WITH MARIE LOUISE.

DECEMBER, 1809, TO APRIL 2, 1810.

No. 1.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT MALMAISON.

December 1809, 8 P.M.

My Dear, I found you to-day weaker than you ought to be. You have shown courage; it is necessary that you should maintain it and not give way to a doleful melancholy. You must be contented and take special care of your health, which is so precious to me.

If you are attached to me and if you love me, you should

show strength of mind and force yourself to be happy. You cannot question my constant and tender friendship, and you would know very imperfectly all the affection I have for you if you imagined that I can be happy if you are unhappy, and contented if you are ill at ease.

Adieu, dear. Sleep well; dream that I wish it.

NAPOLEON.

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My Dear.—I have just received your letter. Savary tells me that you are always crying; that is not well I trust that you have been a inve to-day. I sent you my quarry. I shall come to see you when you tell me you are reasonable, and that your courage has the upper hand.

To-morrow, the whole day, I am receiving Ministers.

Adieu, dear. I also am sad to-day; I need to know that you are satisfied and to learn that your equilibrium (pline) is restored. Sleep well. NAPOLEON.

No. 4

TO THE EMPRESS, AT MALMAISON.

Thursday, Noon, 1809.

My Dear, I wished to come and see you to-day, but I was very busy and rather unwell. Still, I am just off to the Council. Please tell me how you are.

This weather is very damp, and not at all healthy.

NAPOLEON.

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