Juliette DROUET. L.A.S. "Juliette", December 26 [1849] Wedne - Lot 11

Juliette DROUET. L.A.S. "Juliette", December 26 [1849] Wednesday morning 11 a.m., to Victor HUGO; 4 pages in-8 (bottom a little frayed). "I want to be ready at one o'clock, my little man, but, in the depths of my soul, I'm in pain from the certainty of waiting for you until four o'clock. However, I'll be ready, whatever my conviction, because of the passive obedience I've so stupidly assumed with you and which you abuse. There's another invasion I'm aware of and which I'll have to escape from as soon as possible to make it less difficult. I'm talking about my marquis [de Montferrier]. Under the pretext of an Italian opera, of which we're not sure, I have to dine there again tomorrow with the prospect of doing it again indefinitely until the conclusion of this eventual performance: it's not to make small talk, nor to make myself look good beyond the tariff but really I prefer my fireside and my pot idem to these daily blunders of which you don't take your share. [...] If we don't go to this famous Mathilde di Shabran, I go back into my shell and spend a long time without showing my horns, of which I'm not very proud. [...] I've become so attached to you and your thoughts that anything that isn't you and her is unbearable after just a few minutes. [...] Kiss me, dear scoundrel, and love me"... Expert : Thierry BODIN - 01 45 48 25 31 - lesautographes@wanadoo.fr Lots can be collected by appointment only, on TUESDAY OCTOBER 15, 2024, by calling 01 45 66 54 96, in Paris XVème (Métros : Pasteur - Ligne 12 & Sèvres-Lecourbe - Ligne 6). [The exact address will be communicated to you after full payment of the slip, when the appointment is made].