"J'aurai le plaisir de vous présenter ma soeur et mon beau-frère, qui seront à Paris. Vous devinez quelle joie me causera leur présence !"

Autograph letter signed by Renée Vivien addressed to Marcelle Tinayre, written in black ink on a double sheet of headed paper decorated with a border of violets. Transverse creases inherent to mailing.
Also a writer, Marcelle Tinayre was close to Renée Vivien, who entrusted her first verses to her to read. Upon Vivien's death, Tinayre paid tribute to her through several texts, notably a very beautiful tribute article published in the review Schéhérazade in 1910 entitled "Trois images de Renée Vivien".
"Chère grande amie, Votre si bonne carte de souvenir m'a réjouie et touchée. De tout coeur un remerciement chaleureux. Malgré les inévitables petits malaises que nous inflige ce temps abominable, je vais mieux, beaucoup mieux. Aussi serais-je très heureuse si vous et Monsieur Tinayre étiez libres, le 12, et pouviez venir dîner chez moi. J'aurai le plaisir de vous présenter ma soeur et mon beau-frère, qui seront à Paris. Vous devinez quelle joie me causera leur présence ! Croyez à toute mon admiration, à toute ma sympthie. Renée Vivien." ["Dear great friend, Your so kind remembrance card delighted and touched me. A warm thank you from the heart. Despite the inevitable small ailments this abominable weather inflicts upon us, I am better, much better. So I would be very happy if you and Monsieur Tinayre were free on the 12th, and could come dine at my home. I will have the pleasure of introducing my sister and brother-in-law, who will be in Paris. You can imagine what joy their presence will bring me! Believe in all my admiration, all my sympathy. Renée Vivien."] The Muse of violets was indeed very close to Toinette, her younger sister, who lived in London with her husband Francis. Renée Vivien was moreover the godmother of their son Paul (a very rare name then in England) in honor of his aunt and, in 1911, Toinette would give birth to a daughter whom she would name Renée in tribute to her deceased sister.
Very beautiful testimony to the friendship that Renée Vivien bore toward Marcelle Tinayre, a writer friend who contributed to perpetuating the memory of Sappho 1900.