Napoleon's Letters To Josephine Part 32

Tell Caroline and Pauline that the Grand Duke and the Prince[22] are in excellent health.

_February 16th.--Savary defeats Russians at Ostrolenka._

No. 44.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.

_Eylau_, _February 17, 1807_, 3 A.M.

Your letter to hand, informing me of your arrival at Paris. I am very glad to know you are there. My health is good.

The battle of Eylau was very sanguinary, and very hardly contested.

Corbineau was slain. He was a very brave man. I had grown very fond of him.

Adieu, dear; it is as warm here as in the month of April; everything is thawing. My health is good.

NAPOLEON.

No. 45.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.

_Landsberg_, _February 18, 1807_, 3 A.M.

I write you two lines. My health is good. I am moving to set my army in winter quarters.

It rains and thaws as in the month of April. We have not yet had one cold day.

Adieu, dear.--Yours ever,

NAPOLEON.

No. 46.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.

_Liebstadt_, _February 20, 1807_, 2 A.M.

I write you two lines, dear, in order that you may not be uneasy. My health is very good, and my affairs prosper.

I have again put my army into cantonments.

The weather is extraordinary; it freezes and thaws; it is wet and unsettled.

Adieu, dear.--Yours ever,

NAPOLEON.

No. 47.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.

_Liebstadt_, _February 21, 1807_, 2 A.M.

Your letter of the 4th February to hand; I see with pleasure that your health is good. Paris will thoroughly re-establish it by giving you cheerfulness and rest, and a return to your accustomed habits.

I am wonderfully well. The weather and the country are vile. My affairs are fairly satisfactory. It thaws and freezes within twenty-four hours; there can never have been known such an extraordinary winter.

Adieu, dear; I love you, I think of you, and wish to know that you are contented, cheerful, and happy.--Yours ever,

NAPOLEON.

No. 48.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.

_Liebstadt, February 21, 1807, Noon._

_My Dear_,--Your letter of the 8th received; I see with pleasure that you have been to the opera, and that you propose holding receptions weekly. Go occasionally to the theatre, and always into the Royal box.

I notice also with pleasure the banquets you are giving.

I am very well. The weather is still unsettled; it freezes and thaws.

I have once more put my army into cantonments in order to rest them.

Never be doleful, love me, and believe in my entire affection.

NAPOLEON.

No. 49.

TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.

_Osterode_, _February 23, 1807_, 2 P.M.

_My Dear_,--Your letter of the 10th received. I am sorry to see you are a little out of sorts.

I have been in the country for the past month, experiencing frightful weather, because it has been unsettled, and varying from cold to warm within a week. Still, I am very well.

Try and pa.s.s your time pleasantly; have no anxieties, and never doubt the love I bear you.