No. 9 To the Empress, at Malmaison
Thursday Evening, 1810.
My Dear,—Hortense, whom I saw this afternoon, has given me news of you. I trust that you will have been able to see your plants to-day, the weather having been fine. I have only been out for a few minutes at three o’clock to shoot some hares.
Adieu, dear; sleep well.
Napoleon.