Four days after Napoleon's meeting with the Directory, he had never received any letter from them. Maybe he was speaking the truth at that time, leaving them literally and figuratively speechless, and decided to leave him alone, he doesn't know.
He was in his office, writing a letter to General Kleber who held a command of the Army of the Orient.
He was writing to him to inform them that the Directory couldn't send a reinforcement to them due to the current situation France is facing on the mainland. He instead ordered General Kleber to hold out and maintain their conquered states for as long as he could while he settled his business in Paris.
Moments later, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," Napoleon said and the door creaked open, revealing his wife, Ciela.
"Darling, you have mail from your brother Joseph," she said as she walked towards his desk.
"Have you opened it?" Napoleon asked.
