Hortense

too much from the calamity which has befallen us.

\"Adieu my love. Entirely thine,

\"Napoleon.\"


Again, after the lapse of four days, he wrote:

\"I have received your letter of the tenth of May. I see that you have gone to Luchen. I think that you may rest there a fortnight. That will give much pleasure to the Belgians, and will serve to divert your mind. I see with pain that you are not wise. Grief has bounds which


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too much from the calamity which has befallen us.

\"Adieu my love. Entirely thine,

\"Napoleon.\"


Again, after the lapse of four days, he wrote:

\"I have received your letter of the tenth of May. I see that you have gone to Luchen. I think that you may rest there a fortnight. That will give much pleasure to the Belgians, and will serve to divert your mind. I see with pain that you are not wise. Grief has bounds which


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