{"id":13613,"date":"2021-12-09T12:08:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferencne-7\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:28:51","slug":"szechenyi-ferencne-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/csalad-en\/szechenyi-ferencne-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Countess Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ma bien aim\u00e9e M\u00e8re, Si vous ne pouvez point lire le billet que je m\u2019en vais vous \u00e9crire, c\u2019est que j\u2019\u00e9cris sans lumi\u00e8re, et que c\u2019est un peu difficile d\u2019\u00e9crire dans l\u2019obscurit\u00e9. Vous m\u2019excusez sans doute, car vous avez acquit l\u2019habitude de me pardonner toutes les inattentions dont je me suis rendu coupable envers \u2013 vous. \u2013 Ah, si je pouvois r\u00e9parer les torts que j\u2019ai eu, ah ce serait charmant, et je commencerais bien autrement, je vous en r\u00e9ponds, mais comme il n\u2019y a plus \u00e0 penser \u00e0 cela, parceque je suis vieux et fatigu\u00e9, prenons les choses comme elles sont, c\u2019est le parti le plus sage \u00e0 mon avis, et t\u00e2chez un peu d\u2019oublier toutes mes mauvaises qualit\u00e9s, et de pensez \u00e0 tout ce qui n\u2019est pas tout \u00e0 fait mauvais en moi. \u2012 Je n\u2019ai pas besoin de vous dire que ce soit la seul maniere, de ne pas \u00eatre mon <em>enemie<\/em>,<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> parce que vous ne le savez que trop bien c\u2019est au moins ainsi que je juge d\u2019apr\u00e8s la plus aimable lettre que vous venez de m\u2019ecrire, et que j\u2019ai eue, le 15 de ce mois. \u2012 On n\u2019est pas meilleur que vous et mon excellent p\u00e8re \u2013 et personne de plus embarass\u00e9 peut \u00e9tre que moi vis \u2013 \u00e1 vis de tant de bont\u00e9, de tant d&#8217;indulgence! Ah je vous assure que cette une mauvaise position pour les ingrats \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u2019ai \u00e9cris deux lettres dans la journ\u00e9e \u00e0 mon p\u00e8re,<a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a> elles sont un peu plus d\u00e9taill\u00e9es, mais peut \u00eatre encore plus confuses, que je suis apr\u00e8s \u00e0 \u00e9crire. Je pars cette nuit pour Ath\u00e8nes dans un Brig charmant, nous avons un tems favorable, un vent un peu frais \u2014 toutes nos bagages sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 bord, je suis le seul qui manque et je profite de la bont\u00e9 de Mr de Bertrand,<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a> qui est notre consul general \u00e0 Smyrne, et qui me donne papier et encre, pour que je me rappelle au souvenir de la plus bonne, et de la plus aimable des m\u00e8res, et pour que je lui t\u00e9moigne ma reconnaissance pour toutes ses amiti\u00e9s, et surtout pour celle de m\u2019avoir \u00e9crit \u2012 C&#8217;est la m\u00eame famille Bertrand, qui m\u2019a vraiment accabl\u00e9 de bont\u00e9, pendant tout mon s\u00e9jour de Smyrne.&nbsp; Vous ne sauriez croire que c\u2019est heureux de trouver des bons gens dans les pays \u00e9loign\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il faut malgr\u00e9 moi que je finisse, mon d\u00e9part s\u2019est tellement pr\u00e9cipit\u00e9, que je n\u2019ai eu tems absolument \u00e0 rien. &#8211; Je vous r\u00e9it\u00e9rerai mes remerciments d\u2019Ath\u00e8nes, si vous me le permetterez pensez en attandant quelque fois \u00e0 votre fils<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Etienne <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smyrna<a href=\"#_edn2\">[c]<\/a>  le 21 decembre 1818<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s underlining with straight line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> See the two letters written to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi on 21 December 1818.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> M. A. Bertrand the Consul General in Smyrna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[c]<\/a> The former name of the Turkish city of Izmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Countess Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, 21 December 1818. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zolt\u00e1n F\u00f3nagy. https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He apologises that his letter is difficult to read, and has written two more detailed letters to his father. 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