Translations:CP 02906/6/en
I thank you very much for Nice, but alas I ceased to be “invitable” a long time ago. My ceaseless fumigations, etc. do not allow me to stay with friends, or at least their discomfort, in turn, would be a form of torture for me. Two years ago the Clermont-Tonnerres had “neutralised” a whole part of Glisolles so that I could be “at home”[1] there, and I could not make up my mind about it. What would be more feasible, would be for you to stay in Nice[2] and should I not be conscripted, I rent something there. If the climate favours me, maybe I would have the good fortune to be a little less sequestered away than I am now in Paris, and then I could benefit from being in the same town as you. Otherwise, this would be of no use to me because it would be as in Paris. Besides, it seems to me that because of my hay fever, it is already a little late to go to Nice. If I went there, it would be with the secret hope to be able to live there exclusively for at least a year. But I think it would be better to make an attempt towards September when I would have a while to acclimatise before Spring.