Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou concernant un article qu'il entend faire publier

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 40 lines written in black ink on tracing paper, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Neuilly,
Dear friend, the impossibilities that deprived me of your twice precious presence, have also deprived you of a moment which, I dare believe, was one of those that would have moved you. And, no doubt, all the more, I do not say! in revealing to you (you sense it well...) but in making you better know a character of sentiment curiously associated with the character of verve, that you received, the other day. If you judge it appropriate and can do so without difficulty, would you publish in full the enclosed note, having it preceded by a few lines that your good grace and good taste will inspire you? I did not think that mention would be made of this intimate ceremony. But, since it was not so, it pleases me that the names be known to the attendees that I wanted for it. Your friend, RMontesquiou."
Creases inherent to folding for mailing.