I have your letter,my adorable love.It has filled my heart with joy.Since I left you I have been sad
all the time.My only happiness is near you.I go over endlessly in my thought of your kisses,your
tears,your delicious jealousy.The charm of my wonderful Josephine kindles a living,blazing fire in
my heart and senses.When shall I be able to pass every minute near you,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?I
loved you some time ago;since then I feel that I love you a thousand times better.Ever since I have
known you I adore you more every day.That proves how wrong is that saying of La Bruyere"Love comes
all of a sudden."Ah,let me see some of your faults'be less beautiful,less graceful,less tender,less
good.But never be jealous and never shed tears.Your tears send me out of my mind.they set my every
blood on fire.Believe me that it is utterly impossible for me to have a single thought that is not
yours,a single fancy that is not submissive to your will.Rest well.Restore your health.Come back to
me and then at any rate before we die we ought to be able to say:"We were happy for so very many
days!"Millions of kisses even to your dog.