No. 19 To the Empress, at Malmaison
Schoenbrunn, August 31, 1809.
I have had no letter from you for several days; the pleasures of Malmaison, the beautiful greenhouses, the beautiful gardens, cause the absent to be forgotten. It is, they say, the rule of your sex. Every one speaks only of your good health; all this is very suspicious.
To-morrow I am off with Eugène for two days in Hungary.
My health is fairly good.
Adieu, dear.—Yours ever,
Napoleon.