No. 13 To the Empress, at Malmaison
Saturday, 1 P.M., 1810.
My Dear,—Yesterday I saw Eugène, who told me that you gave a reception to the kings. I was at the concert till eight o’clock, and only dined, quite alone, at that hour.
I long to see you. If I do not come to-day, I will come after mass.
Adieu, dear. I hope to find you sensible and in good health. This weather should indeed make you put on flesh.
Napoleon.
January 9.—The clergy of Paris annul the religious marriage of Napoleon with Josephine (so Biographie Universelle, Michaud; Montgaillard gives January 18). Confirmed by the Metropolitan Officialité, January 12 (Pasquier).