The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-07
EUGENIE.


The following letter from the Empress Eu-
genie to her husband is Of interest at the
present moment. AS will be seen, it was
written during her Majesty's travels in the
East, when she went to open the Suez Canal.
1t reads
OK BOARD THE IMPERATRICE, IN THE NILE,
Oct. 81, 1SG7.-My Dearest Louis:-I wrote
to you e1 route (word illegible) on the
Nile. To tell you that we are enjoying
fresh breezes (Que nous d00nS tr0is) would
not be absolutely the truth: but the heat is
tolerable, for there is some air, but in the
sun it is quite different thing Besides, 1
tell you the state of the atmosphere by tele-
graph. Through the same means | have news
of you and of Louis every day it is marvel
lous and pleasant to me that | am always
fastened to the dear shore by this wire, which
joins NE to all that love- ! am delighted
by our charming journey, and | would like
to give you description of it; but so many
other narTators, more clever and learned than
|, have undertaken the task that the best
thing, to my mind, is for me to shroud myself
up in mute admiration. l was very uneasy
all day yesterday thinking that you were in
Paris without me; but all has gone on well,
as l see by the despatch. When we see other
nations one judges and appreciates much
more the injustice of our own. think in
spite of everything, that We should not be
discouraged, and that you must advance, on
the path you have inaugurated Get HldTcher
dams Ia role gue TT as iaGWgure TslcD; good
faith on concessions that have been made
is may tell you, people think and say (0H Ls
penSe ct dit D, a good thing. hope,
then, that your address will be in this drec-
ton; the more you will need force in the
future, the more it will be necessary to prove
to the country that you have (qw0R (sicD
ideas and not eXpedients. | am, since nay
departure, very far away from and very
ignorant of affairs to speak thus, but L am
firmly convinced that sequence in ideas is true
strength, l do not like coup (sjc), and am
persuaded that one can't effect coup detdt
twice in the reign. speak at random, for l
am persu0ding man already convinced of
what he knows more about than l, But one
must say something, if it were only (ne tut
ce TSicD to prove what you well know-that
my heart is near you both, and that if in
tranquil days my vagabond mind likes to
w6nG5~ through space GUNS les espaceS), in
those of apxI,ttv and disquiet my place is by
the side of you both.
Isolated from men and business, YOU
breathe calm atmosphere, which does you
good; and deluded by imagination believe
that all things 60 well because of all things
am ignorant. Amuse yOurself relaxation
believe to be Indispensable one must re-
fresh the moral as one does the physical con-
stitution. and an idea constantly dwelt upon
ends Get une idee c0astaHte fnit) lsic) by wear
ing even The best organized brain.
! have experienced this; and il all that has
during my life made the beautiful colors of
my illusions fade now no longer wish to
remember. My life is finished; but | live
again in my son, and my true joys, l believe,
are those which, passing through his heart,
reach mine. Meanwhile.I enjoy (je jOuiS) (ste)
my journey, the sun sets des couches (sie)
du soleill; the savage nature reduced to cul-
tivation on the banks of a breadth of fifty
metres (sic), and behind that the desert with
its deeors-all resplendent in the rays of a
burning sun.
Au recoir, and believe in the love of her
who is entirely devoted to you. EUGENE