" Enfin Blondin ! "

Autograph letter signed by Jean Giono addressed to Roger Nimier (11 lines in black ink) in which he justifies his delay in responding to a request for an article submitted to him by the author of Hussard Bleu.
Trace of fold inherent to envelope insertion.
"Pour Mars, ça me paraît difficile. Au surplus, je n'ai pas le texte et j'ai oublié mes anciennes lectures.", ["For March, that seems difficult to me. Moreover, I don't have the text and I have forgotten my previous readings,"] but Jean Giono does not give up on all production: "... je vais m'efforcer de faire quelque chose pour Arts." ["... I will endeavor to do something for Arts."]
He also rejoices at the publication of a new work by Antoine Blondin, great friend of Roger Nimier (probably the bookstore release of L'humeur vagabonde (in 1955) or Un singe en hiver (in 1959) with a thunderous: "Enfin Blondin ! " ["Finally Blondin!"]