Sacha GUITRY (1885-1957). Autograph manuscript; 2 pages in-4 mounted on card (small marginal cut). Interesting text on the Occupation, with erasures and corrections. "It was the abyss in June 40 - and we expected the worst. The worst not having happened, we quickly pulled ourselves together. The attitude of the adversary, strictly rigorous and resolutely courteous, made us chimerical. Each of us [...] sat down in front of a chessboard and [...] looked for the solution of the problem - for the game was lost, but the question remained, and it continued to be a problem for us. Our knights had run away, our rooks were dismantled, our bishops were in prison and our pawns were in a very singular state: some very compromised, others scattered - but the King was not taken. We were in check - but our King was not mate"... Etc.