Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. L.A.S., 9 rue Henner [circa 1908], a "dear poet"; 3 and a half pages in-8. "Yesterday I was very embarrassed when you left. I would have liked to keep you but as you did not tell me about your acceptance or refusal I did not dare to talk to you about it. My friend told me that maybe I didn't even dare to talk about it. It is indeed possible, and if this has led to a double manifestation of shyness, I am sorry. I thought mine surpassed anything that one can imagine in this kind. In that case, you would have nothing to envy me on this side. If indeed that is what happened, I am sorry. Your cover was set when you left. I beg you to forgive me, therefore, my shyness and the ice being broken, for agreeing to make another evening's journey through Paris to Rue Henner to dine with us. On Tuesday or Wednesday you will have the verses and the biography "...