No. 69 To the Empress, at St. Cloud
Finckenstein, May 14, 1807.
I realise the grief which the death of this poor Napoleon25 must cause you; you can imagine what I am enduring. I should like to be by your side, in order that your sorrow might be kept within reasonable bounds. You have had the good fortune never to lose children; but it is one of the pains and conditions attached to our miseries here below. I trust I may hear you have been rational in your sorrow, and that your health remains good! Would you willingly augment my grief?
Adieu, dear.
Napoleon.