Napoleon couldn't help but feel some emotion.
He had always thought that his brother should not have given up the study of law to go into business—a decision that had proven to be ill-advised, considering that his brother's business abilities were indeed lacking. After so many years, he had barely managed to break even.
Now, not long after his brother took up a position at the negotiating delegation, he was able to go abroad for negotiations with the Minister of Commerce. It seemed he had found a path that allowed him to utilize his strengths.
The latter half of Joseph Buonaparte's letter relayed a verbal message from their mother, Maria Letizia.
She said that last month the government had finally disbursed the compensation for the vineyard, reducing the family's debt by half and greatly alleviating the pressure from interest payments.
