"Et vos Conquérants ? Je suis bien impatient de lire le tout."

Autograph letter dated and signed by Franz Hellens addressed to André Malraux, 21 lines in black ink.
Fold marks inherent to postal handling. We include an envelope addressed to Franz Hellens and written by André Malraux which probably contained the response to our letter.
Franz Hellens responds to a request for information made by André Malraux: "Je n'ai pas oublié le renseignement que vous m'avez prié de vous procurer au sujet du Voyage au Congo. Voici la réponse que j'ai reçu de la compagnie belge maritime du Congo. Ce n'était pas du tout ce que j'avais demandé" ("I have not forgotten the information you asked me to obtain regarding the Journey to Congo. Here is the response I received from the Belgian maritime company of Congo. It was not at all what I had requested") and will attempt to learn more in order to help his friend: "Je vais écrire autre part et tâcher d'obtenir une réponse précise à ma question. Patientez donc quelques jours encore." ("I will write elsewhere and try to obtain a precise answer to my question. Please wait a few more days.")
Franz Hellens mentions the forthcoming publication, at Grasset, of his next work: "Brun m'a envoyé copie signée du contrat. Il m'écrit que le livre pourra paraître en janvier prochain. J'aurai voulu octobre, mais enfin..." ("Brun sent me a signed copy of the contract. He writes to me that the book will be able to appear next January. I would have wanted October, but well...") and inquires about André Malraux's book in progress: "Et vos Conquérants ? Je suis bien impatient de lire le tout." ("And your Conquerors? I am quite eager to read it all.")