L. A. S., Bakharetcha (Hendaye) [Aug. 23, 1920], to Viscount Henri de Sainte-Fortunade, at the château de la Roche-Ploquin by Sepmes; 1 1/2 pages small in-4° with envelope and black wax seal.
"How touched I have been by your memory, your sending, by all this past that your name alone evokes in my memory! How many times I wanted to go and see our dear little Brétenoux again, but my always devouring life did not allow me to do so and it is quite probable, alas! that I will die without having been able to accomplish this pilgrimage [...] The "aurora" butterfly, mummified under its sealed glass, remained as fresh as on the first day.
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