On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:37:25 +0000, James Metcalfe wrote:

At 20:11 20 October 2020, Martin Gregorie wrote:
At least he didn't copy Napoleon's on-the-way back message to
Josephine!

OK, I'll bite. What was Napoleon's message to Josephine??

Go here and scroll down past the photo of a letter he sent her. What he
wrote is definitely NSFW and probably not for here either:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/...rte-josephine/

Martin is altogether too coy! The (reputed) message was "Not tonight,
Josephine!"

Take a look at that URL and scroll down past the B&W image of a letter:
The message I meant is a whole lot more explicit than the rather innocent
"Not tonight Josephine", which, taken out of context, could have been
said in a Victorian drawing room. Additionally, that last well-known
message is, ahem, unlikely, given that Nappy was in Russia when he wrote
the letter in question while Josie was, or should have been, in Paris
(but she did get around a bit).


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