Jean LORRAIN. 2 L.A.S., Auteuil, to a lady; 6pages in-8. - Lot 114

Jean LORRAIN. 2 L.A.S., Auteuil, to a lady; 6pages 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 offers to 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's a mysterious island, very enclosed, happy or sad depending on the hour and the visitors. I don't have to deny you the disillusionment that surely awaits you on the threshold of this St Germain pavilion, but one owes one's friends a little, especially unknown friends"... Thursday. "Yes, I'm leaving, my minutes are numbered. 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 folie du Comte St Germain, the famous Cagliostro. When I return, if your fantasy still holds... because with women!"... He leaves for two long months that will pass quickly "because I have a horror and a weariness of Parisian elegance"...