Translations:CP 02812/75/en
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- ↑ Proust addressed the letter in question to "Messieurs Warburg" and dated it "31 July 1914" (see CP 02811; Kolb, XIII, no. 160). Since he could have only written that receipt for the check for 20,000 francs after having received on Monday 3 August a check for 30,000 francs accompanied by a printed receipt for him to sign, the letter dated "31 July" must in fact have been written on Monday 3 August: Proust backdated it. This second post-scriptum (placed at the top of the letter), as well as the first post-scriptum placed after the signature, were added to the letter by Proust during the day on 3 August, after he received the check for 30,000 francs. [FL]