Fontainebleau, October 1, 1810.
I have received your letter. Hortense, whom I have seen, will have told you what I think. Go to see your son this winter; come back to the waters of Aix next year, or, still better, wait for the spring at Navarre. I would advise you to go to Navarre at once, if I did not fear you would get tired of it. In my view, the only suitable places for you this winter are either Milan or Navarre; after that, I approve of whatever you may do, for I do not wish to vex you in anything.
Adieu, dear. The Empress is as I told you in my last letter. I am naming Madame de Montesquiou governess of the Children of France. Be contented, and do not get excited; never doubt my affection for you.
Napoleon.
October 6th.—Wellington reaches the lines of Torres Vedras.
November 9th.—Opening of St. Quentin Canal at Paris.
No. 10.
To the Empress Josephine, at Navarre.
Fontainebleau, November 14, 1810.