Pierre LOUŸS. 2 L.A.S. "Pierre", 1897, to his brother Georges Louis; 4pages in-8 in blue ink and 1page in-12 with address (pneumatic). [Algiers] March 16, 1897. After commenting on current parliamentary affairs, he confesses his affair with Zohra Bent Brahim: "I've fallen in love. Maybe I'll tell you about it one day, if it lasts, which it might, and how poor Omar, when he didn't see me in my room in the morning, ran to Algiers to ask the police for me again! This is hardly the model I told you about. It's about (you guessed it...) someone extraordinary"... [July 28]. "So tonight you'll see this young girl [Marie de Régnier?]. She's probably coming. Maybe you won't like her. In any case, I'll be glad you've seen her. Just tell yourself, as you look at her, that there's one chance in four or five (no more) that she'll become your sister-in-law. And also tell yourself that at twenty-seven, as at fifteen, I would ask you, if need be, for your most formal consent; because I like you, you may know." Enclosed: - 4 telegrams addressed to Louÿs in Algiers (February-April 1897) from his brother Georges, the painter Louis Brindeau and the publisher Borel, and one addressed to Étretat by Georges (August 23); - and a bill a.s. from Louise de Heredia, [June 22], inviting him to dine at the Heredias' with the Régniers.