No. 19 To the Empress, at Malmaison
Saturday, 6 P.M., 1810.
I told Eugène that you would rather give ear to the vulgar gossip of a great city than to what I told you; yet people should not be allowed to invent fictions to make you miserable.
I have had all your effects moved to the Elysée. You shall come to Paris at once; but be at ease and contented, and have full confidence in me.
Napoleon.
February 2.—Soult occupies Seville. The Junta takes refuge at Cadiz.
February 6.—Guadeloupe surrenders to the English.
February 7.—Convention of marriage between the Emperor Napoleon and the Archduchess Marie Louise.