it should not pass. Preserve yourself for your friend, and believe in all my affection.\"
On the same day the Emperor wrote as follows to Hortense:
\"Finckenstein, May 20th, 1807.
Napoleon to Hortense.
\"My Daughter,—Every thing which reaches me from the Hague informs me that you are unreasonable. However legitimate may be your grief, it should have its bounds. Do not impair your health. Seek consolation. Know that life is strewn with so many dangers,
it should not pass. Preserve yourself for your friend, and believe in all my affection.\"
On the same day the Emperor wrote as follows to Hortense:
\"Finckenstein, May 20th, 1807.
Napoleon to Hortense.
\"My Daughter,—Every thing which reaches me from the Hague informs me that you are unreasonable. However legitimate may be your grief, it should have its bounds. Do not impair your health. Seek consolation. Know that life is strewn with so many dangers,
