"... comme je le pressentais, je n'aurai doux le plaisir de faire connaissance de Vaux, que fin septembre, si vous continuez à m'admettre à cette époque..."

Autograph letter signed by Julien Benda addressed to a female friend whom he hopes to see soon despite the vicissitudes of war, 28 lines in black ink.
Fold marks inherent to mailing, a small tear in the right margin of the first page.
Julien Benda cannot meet his friend as initially planned: "I am going to leave in two days for Uriage from which I will return too late for it to be possible for me to go see you before your departure for Salies..." but is delighted to have received news of her through a mutual friend: "... had news of you. I would be happy to have more, although life there must be free of episodes suitable for providing tales à la Sévigné; here on the contrary, since this morning, ten o'clock, we have had a renewal of excitement, as you will learn from the public papers... But rest assured, we are 'holding on'..."