Jean LORRAIN. 2 L.A.S., Auteuil, to a lady; 6 pages in-8. Auteuil Thursday. "Alas, Madame, the Porte Daumesnil is too far, I live in Auteuil and, very overworked, very busy, I am moreover on my way out"... He proposes to her to come and join him on July 14 or 15 on the Ile St. Germain in Billancourt, on the banks of the Seine, where he will spend the holidays: "It is a mysterious island, very closed, joyful or sad according to the hour and the visitors. I don't have to refuse you the disillusionment that surely awaits you at the threshold of this St. Germain pavilion, but one owes a little to one's friends, especially to unknown friends"... Thursday. "Yes, I am leaving, my minutes are counted. I waited for you on Saturday and Sunday in a delightful setting of greenery, water and an old house from the last century, the former folly of Count St. Germain, the famous Cagliostro. On my return, if your fantasy still holds... because with women!"... He leaves for two long months that will pass quickly "because I have the horror and the weariness of the Parisian elegance"...