"Vous auriez dû me rappeler plutôt ma dette lorsque j'étais dans la prospérité"

Autograph letter signed by François René de Chateaubriand, 2½ pages on a bifolium, 29 lines in black ink.
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"I called on you this morning, my dear friend, to say goodbye to you. You should have reminded me of my debt sooner when I was prosperous. I had completely forgotten it. Today I can only acknowledge it to establish its existence. In addition [...] that something might remain after me beyond the four planks of the worst clumsiness in the world. [...] I am not there this autumn, I shall return to Paris or if I shall go to Italy. who can provide a project and decide a future?"

Charming and aesthetic signed letter from the lord of Vallée aux Loups.