Boris VIAN (1920-1959). Autograph manuscript, Sc. IV. À l'Académie; 2 1/2 pages in-4 in purple ink (binder holes). Draft of a magazine sketch, with erasures and corrections, featuring Paul-Émile [polar explorer Paul-Émile Victor was a pataphysician like Boris Vian]. The scene takes place at the Académie Française: "We're about to receive the H.P. Tous les académiciens sont gâteux"... François asks the H.P. "if polygamy was common in your time? H.P. Polygamy... let's see (he reflects) Uh... I think so, yes... Why do you ask? François. Well, it's... It's because we've reached the letter P... in the dictionary. H.P. Only the letter P? Well, when I was frozen, we were at M... You didn't go very fast"...