Hortense

and I should not have experienced the anxiety which tortures me at this great distance. My only consolation is to think that you will soon come here. Let me soon see you. Alone, desolate, far from all my friends, and in the midst of strangers, you can judge how sad I am, and all the need I have of your presence.\"

Louis Bonaparte abdicates.

In July, Louis Bonaparte abdicated the throne of Holland. Hortense wrote to


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and I should not have experienced the anxiety which tortures me at this great distance. My only consolation is to think that you will soon come here. Let me soon see you. Alone, desolate, far from all my friends, and in the midst of strangers, you can judge how sad I am, and all the need I have of your presence.\"

Louis Bonaparte abdicates.

In July, Louis Bonaparte abdicated the throne of Holland. Hortense wrote to


438 of 926