Napoleon.
November 10th.—Davoust occupies Posen. Hanover occupied by Marshal Mortier.
No. 12.
To the Empress, at Mayence.
Berlin, November 16, 1806.
I received your letter of November 11th. I note with satisfaction that my convictions give you pleasure. You are wrong to think flattery was intended; I was telling you of yourself as I see you. I am grieved to think that you are tired of Mayence. Were the journey less long, you might come here, for there is no longer an enemy, or, if there is, he is beyond the Vistula; that is to say, more than three hundred miles away. I will wait to hear what you think about it. I should also be delighted to see M. Napoleon.
Adieu, my dear.—Yours ever,
Napoleon.
I have still too much business here for me to return to Paris.