Pierre LOTI. 9 L.A.S "Julien", [1871-1887], to his niece Nadine Bon, known as Ninette (future Mrs. Duvignau); 20 pages in various formats (small cut-out in the 1st letter). Nice match to his beloved niece Ninette. [At sea 1871]. He sent her from Cherbourg an iron box: "there is inside a big pineapple from Brazil that we had put in a candy box for you; you'd better hurry up and smash the box, and eat it"; there is also "a small silver cup, worked in the manner of the island of Malta"; he will also send her "a small blue bird, a small green parakeet, a pink hummingbird, and a green hummingbird.We have just seen a Prussian boat far out to sea, and we will try to catch it"... Early 1880], indications of its arrival; hope of a holiday. At sea Sunday evening March 22 [1885]. He has embarked, and is very sad not to be able to be at Ninette's wedding. "Until the departure of the Mytho I had a good and cheerful escort, a real court, which managed to make me dizzy; but now, alone in the midst of strangers, I am aware of a kind of collapse of my whole past life, I feel no enthusiasm for this campaign, the term of which is surrounded by so many uncertainties. I'm going with poor people as unconvinced as I am of the adventure we are about to embark on. ...] I think that on April 8 I will be in the beautiful blue of the Indian Sea, the great sun that I will find there will console me a little...". Tchéfou September 11 [1885]. Meticulous recommendations for