Preparatory manuscript fragment of the novel "The Oblate"written in black ink on 35 lines, part of the second chapter of the book. Some erasures and corrections of the hand of Joris-Karl Huysmans. A trace of central fold inherent in the enveloping, a marginal tear at the fold. The manuscript fragment is a variant of Chapter II of "The Oblate" and seems not to have been used by Joris-Karl Huysmans for the final drafting of this text.