Alfred de MUSSET (1810-1857). L.A.S., Tuesday morning, to Delphine de Girardin; 1 page in-8 at his arms. "I had not replied, madam, to your good and kind letter because I had hoped to see you last night and thank you in person. I found myself indisposed enough to be forced to keep the room. Here I am today doubly angry, first because I have lost the pleasure I promised myself to hear from you, and secondly because I fear that you are accusing me of negligence. It would be a great disservice to you who have always been so good and so forgiving to me, though I deserve so little. Please, therefore, I beg you to accept my excuse as real and valid, and believe in my regrets that I could not have done better. I will go and ask your forgiveness, as soon as I am bearable ...