Gustave FLAUBERT. L.A.S., [Paris] Tuesday evening [February 23, 1864], to Aglaé Sabatier, "the President"; 1 page in-8, on blue paper. Beautiful gallant letter, about the creation of his great friend Louis Bouilhet's drama, Faustine (Porte Saint-Martin, February 20, 1864). " Dear President , Here is a lodge 1° because we love you & 2° because you are very nice & very kind. You do not blame me (like so many others) for not having been able to make you attend the 1st of Faustina in the imperial lodge! - What a nuisance the tickets are! I adore you more and more! - If I were one of the beasts of the Jardin d'acclimatisation, as I would see you often, I would love you more and more! A thousand tendernesses and a long kiss on your beautiful arms. Your old suitor ... Correspondence (Pléiade), vol. III, p. 379.