Gustave FLAUBERT (1821-1880). L.A.S. "ton G.", Saturday [October 15, 1853] 11 p.m., to Louise Colet; 2 1/4 pages in-8 (small hole repaired). While writing the chapter on the comices in Madame Bovary. Flaubert complains of his friend's silence... "Write to me, write to me! Are you sad? Tell me to write to you every day, and when I send you only the first few lines, when I don't know what to say, I'll send you so many kisses, they'll do you good. [...] Come on, dry your tears. How can you believe that I forget. [...] I'm doing everything I can to hurry up my cursed shows so I can get to you faster. But I'm desperate. All my work this week has to be redone. The two of us, B[ouilhet], have just had a three-hour discussion about five pages. I finally agreed with him! But what a nightmare! I'm losing my mind - it's enough to make you hang yourself"...