No. 14 To the Empress, at Paris
January 9, 1809.
Moustache brings me your letter of 31st December. I see from it, dear, that you are sad and have very gloomy disquietudes. Austria will not make war on me; if she does, I have 150,000 men in Germany and as many on the Rhine, and 400,000 Germans to reply to her. Russia will not separate herself from me. They are foolish in Paris; all goes well.
I shall be at Paris the moment I think it worth while. I advise you to beware of ghosts; one fine day, at two o’clock in the morning.
But adieu, dear; I am well, and am yours ever,
Napoleon.