François MAURIAC (1885-1970). L.A.S., [Paris November 30, 1926], to Marshal Lyautey, 1page in-8 at his address, address on back. He is astonished by the Marshal's reaction to his article on Barrès: "I had the feeling I had hit the bull's-eye of boredom the first time! The tone of the house had imposed itself on me to such an extent that I couldn't reread it all the way through, and the paper 'fell out of my hands', as usual"... He was happy to accept his invitation and to hear him talk about Barrès; his wife accompanied him: "He's a being that God created expressly for me, who understands me, who knows me, who doesn't demand that I be someone other than myself. A story I published last month in the Revue des deux mondes made the world think we weren't happy. But we both laugh about it"...