"Vous savez que je vous appartiens tête, coeur, et main & que toutes les différences d'opinion rendent l'amitié plus vive comme les contrastes passionnent l'amour."

Fine autograph letter dated and signed by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly addressed to historian Jean-Marie Dargaud, 13 lines in black ink.
Creases inherent to folding for posting.
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly shows great tact towards his friend, also expressing all his affection: "Je veux vous épargner, en allant, sous peu de jours, vous voir chez vous, une course longue et peut-être inutile... On ne me voit que le matin et encore les trois premiers jours de la semaine. J'irai donc vous voir." ["I want to spare you, by going to see you at your home in a few days, a long and perhaps unnecessary journey... I can only be seen in the morning and only on the first three days of the week. I will therefore come to see you."]