[00:02.62]060.Napoleon to Josephine

[00:14.15]I have your letter, my adorable love. It has filled my heart with joy ...

[00:19.44]Since I left you I have been sad all the time. My only happiness is near you.

[00:27.50]I go over endlessly in my thought of your kisses, your tears, your delicious jealousy.

[00:34.49]The charm of my wonderful Josephine kindles a living, blazing fire in my heart and senses.

[00:41.94]When shall I be able to pass every minute near you,

[00:45.02]with nothing to do but to love you and nothing to think of but the pleasure of telling you of it and giving you proof of it?

[00:54.12]I loved you some time ago; since then I feel that I love you a thousand times better.

[01:00.41]Ever since I have known you I adore you more every day.

[01:05.14]That proves how wrong is that saying of La Bruyere “love comes all of a sudden.”

[01:12.35]Ah, let me see some of your faults; be less beautiful, less graceful, less tender, less good.

[01:20.12]But never be jealous and never shed tears. Your tears send me out of my mind ...

[01:26.36]they set my very blood on fire. Believe me that it is utterly impossible for me to have a single thought that is not yours,

[01:35.87]a single fancy that is not submissive to your will. Rest well. Restore your health.

[01:44.21]Come back to me and then at any rate before we die we ought to be able to say:

[01:49.96]“We were happy for so very many days!” Millions of kisses even to your dog.