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"... Je suis un peu confus de jouer ce rôle de vieille coquette qu'on gâte en la bourrant de pralines ; mais "un peu seulement", car la gourmandise l'emporte vite sur les sentiments de dignité que l'âge a fortement émoussés... "
Foodie and fun signed autograph letter addressed to her friend Alice Rim
S. n.|Cassis 11 février 1934|13.50 x 21.50 cm|une feuille
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Beautiful and amusing signed manuscript letter from Roger Martin du Gard addressed from Cassis to Alice Rim (38 lines in black ink) in which he displays all his insatiable appetite for sweets.
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"Cassis. February 11th, 34,
Dear Madam,
a certain Carlo, Comma, - whose infernal nerve you know - had the audacity to present himself alone (word underlined) in Cassis! (I must say that he had been conscious of the disappointment he was going to cause, and that he arrived with his arms loaded with sumptuous bags of fondant sweets and stuffed dates, from the most delicate confectioner) If anything could have consoled us for your absence, it was indeed this cargo of choice delicacies... The intention was so kind, that we did not dare reproach him for his widowhood, and that we concealed as best we could the melancholy of our regrets. I am a little ashamed to play this role of an old coquette whom one spoils by stuffing her with pralines; but "only a little," for gluttony quickly prevails over feelings of dignity that age has greatly dulled... And the said Carlo promised me, in compensation, that before the end of carnival - if by then, the sky has not fallen on our heads - you would both come to see Cassis again, and stay longer than tonight's meteoric appearance. (I would almost believe I dreamed it, if my room did not smell of pistachio and vanilla, and if my papers did not have this imposing confectioner's bag as a paperweight tonight...) May at least the Charentes be gentle to you, dear madam! I send you there, with my faithful respects, a thousand wishes for a joyful Fat Tuesday! Roger Martin du Gard".
Fold mark inherent to postal mailing.
"Cassis. February 11th, 34,
Dear Madam,
a certain Carlo, Comma, - whose infernal nerve you know - had the audacity to present himself alone (word underlined) in Cassis! (I must say that he had been conscious of the disappointment he was going to cause, and that he arrived with his arms loaded with sumptuous bags of fondant sweets and stuffed dates, from the most delicate confectioner) If anything could have consoled us for your absence, it was indeed this cargo of choice delicacies... The intention was so kind, that we did not dare reproach him for his widowhood, and that we concealed as best we could the melancholy of our regrets. I am a little ashamed to play this role of an old coquette whom one spoils by stuffing her with pralines; but "only a little," for gluttony quickly prevails over feelings of dignity that age has greatly dulled... And the said Carlo promised me, in compensation, that before the end of carnival - if by then, the sky has not fallen on our heads - you would both come to see Cassis again, and stay longer than tonight's meteoric appearance. (I would almost believe I dreamed it, if my room did not smell of pistachio and vanilla, and if my papers did not have this imposing confectioner's bag as a paperweight tonight...) May at least the Charentes be gentle to you, dear madam! I send you there, with my faithful respects, a thousand wishes for a joyful Fat Tuesday! Roger Martin du Gard".
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- Year:11 février 1934
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