Series M
“Josephine, my excellent Josephine, thou knowest if I have loved thee! To thee, to thee alone do I owe the only moments of happiness which I have enjoyed in this world. Josephine, my destiny overmasters my will. My dearest affections must be silent before the interests of France.”—Bourrienne’s Napoleon.35
Series M
(For subjoined Notes to this Series see pages 295-304.)
| LETTER | PAGE | |
| No. 1. | A Family Council | 295 |
| No. 2. | Savary | 297 |
| Queen of Naples | 298 | |
| The hunt | 298 | |
| No. 4. | The weather is very damp | 298 |
| No. 5. | King of Bavaria | 299 |
| No. 6. | Their last dinner together | 299 |
| No. 7. | Tuileries | 299 |
| No. 8. | A house vacant in Paris | 299 |
| No. 9. | Hortense | 300 |
| No. 10. | A visit to Josephine | 300 |
| No. 11. | What charms your society has | 300 |
| No. 12. | King of Westphalia | 301 |
| No. 13. | Sensible | 301 |
| No. 14. | D’Audenarde | 302 |
| No. 16. | The choosing of a bride | 302 |
| No. 17. | Date | 302 |
| Nos. 18 & 19. | L’Élysée | 302-303 |
| No. 20. | Bessières’ country-house | 303 |
| No. 21. | Rambouillet | 303 |
| Adieu | 303 |
Letters of the Emperor Napoleon to the Empress Josephine After the Divorce and Before His Marriage With Marie Louise
December, 1809, to April 2, 1810.