Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Georges Bell

Autograph letter signed "votre G." ["your G."] addressed to Georges Bell, written in blue ink on the recto of a small sheet. Unfolded autograph envelope included containing a sentence that Nerval had not put in his letter.
This letter has been transcribed in the Pléiade, volume 1, letter 264.
After several missed appointments and while he was at Dr. Blanche's clinic, Nerval asks George Bell not to "[se] préoccupe[r] pas trop de l'affaire de Passy" ["worry too much about the Passy affair"]. Despite his confinement, Nerval continues to conduct his business: "Je conçois un projet ou système d'emprunt qui a quelques chances de réussite - mais il faut que j'engage très sérieusement ma signature." ["I am conceiving a project or loan system that has some chances of success - but I must very seriously commit my signature."] He ends his letter with an enigmatic formula: "Vous savez que je vous ai fait un conte ce matin. Je sortais des bras de...cherchez." ["You know that I told you a tale this morning. I was coming from the arms of...guess."]