. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. u; I am dying to join you. Fool! Do I not see that I amonly going farther from you? How many lands and countries separateus! How long before you will read these words which express butfeebly the emotions of the heart over which you reign ! . . Dont be anxious; love me like your eyes—but thats not enough—like yourself; more than yourself, than your thoughts, your mind, yourlite, your all. But forgive me, Im raving. Nature is weak when oneloves . . I have received a letter which you interrupt to go, you say, into thecountry; and afterwards you pretend to be jealo
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. u; I am dying to join you. Fool! Do I not see that I amonly going farther from you? How many lands and countries separateus! How long before you will read these words which express butfeebly the emotions of the heart over which you reign ! . . Dont be anxious; love me like your eyes—but thats not enough—like yourself; more than yourself, than your thoughts, your mind, yourlite, your all. But forgive me, Im raving. Nature is weak when oneloves . . I have received a letter which you interrupt to go, you say, into thecountry; and afterwards you pretend to be jealous of me, who am soworn out by work and fatigue. Oh, my dear! ... Of course, I amin the wrong. In the early spring the country is beautiful; and then thenineteen-year old lover was there, without a doubt. The idea of wast-ing another moment in writing to the man three hundred leagues away,who lives, moves, exists only in memory of you; who reads your lettersas one devours ones favorite dishes after hunting for six hours!. JUNOT (177I-1813). 60 CHAPTER V THE FIRST ITALIAN CAMPAIGN NAPOLEON^S WAY OF MAKING WAR BUT Napoleon had much to occupy him besides his sep-aration from Josephine. Extraordinary difficultiessurrounded his new post. Neither the generals northe men knew anything of their new commander. Whois this General Bonaparte? Where has he served? Noone knows anything about him, wrote Junots father whenthe latter at Toulon decided to follow his artillery com-mander. In the Army of Italy they were asking the same questions,and the Directory could only answer as Junot had done: As far as I can judge, he is one of those men of whomnature is avaricious, and that she permits upon the earthonly from age to age. He was to replace a commander-in-chief who had sneeredat his plans for an Italian campaign and who might be ex-pected to put obstacles in his way. He was to take an armywhich was in the last stages of poverty and garments were in rags. Even the off
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