Maurice LEBLANC (1864-1941). L.A.S., October 15, 1894, to Louis Fabulet; 4 pages in-8. Nice, intimate letter about his divorce. [Marie-Ernestine Lalanne (1865-1941), whom he had married in January 1889, had just filed for divorce.] "It's been a hard fight, my poor old man. Six or seven years of habits, and my faith quite gentle in certain respects, a pretty child's soul to save, all that was hard to leave. Anyway, I'm cured. Shall I complain about this six-year old disease? No, I bring back one thing unique, kindness, understanding, pity. Now it's life all over again. I'm ready for it. I'm hopeful. Suffering and loneliness are the hard anvils on which noble souls are forged. And I want to be one. I intend to go to Rouen on All Saints' Day. Perhaps it would be contrary to your interests to be seen there with me. People are so stupid! ...] I'll start by living in one apartment while I look for another, more convenient and more charming. ...] Deep in the heart of France, in an old peasant's house, I work hard, I think a lot and I walk along the roads strewn with gold "...