Mission accomplished...: Zitat 1

My beloved sister,

Reduced to the most lamentable state of health and arrived at the last stage of my life suffering the greatest sorrows, I bear the further misfortune of being unable to express to you in person all the feelings that I have carried within me for so long. Oh my sister! I will never see you again! I would be failing in my duty if I omitted to inform not only the diplomats Mareschal and Dacolino but you as well that I have incurred debts in order to support those women who begged me for help and to fund my own private expenses. Oh my children! What will become of you after I am gone?