[Victor HUGO]. Juliette DROUET (1806-1883). L.A., Paris Octo - Lot 105

[Victor HUGO]. Juliette DROUET (1806-1883). L.A., Paris October 12, 1870, to Victor Hugo; 4 pages in-12 (under glass). During the siege of Paris. She has passed on her beloved's complaints to the hotel manager, "but I still need the husband's consent as well as that of the owner. [...] Nevertheless, I decided to build a fire in my bedroom because of my cold, which only needs cold and damp pretexts like these to linger in my unfortunate carcass. [...] As for dinner, it now consists of boiled meat and beef à la mode, ne varietur; on this subject, it seems that Mariette insists on not eating beef on the pretext that it's horse. [...] That's no reason to serve you the same inane, unsalted ratatouille every day, my poor too-beloved, for of all shortages, that of the mind is the hardest to bear. Unfortunately, it's also the one that can hardly be replenished". She can do without it and "replace it with the heart, which I have more than ever; the proof is that I love you, I love you, I love you".