Translations:CP 02913/47/en
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- ↑ "The Widow": nickname given to Madeleine Lemaire and to her daughter Suzette ("the young widow") by Proust and Hahn. See for example Kolb, VI, no. 38 (CP 01387); VIII, no. 7 (CP 01751); VIII, no. 78 (CP 01822); IX, no. 74, n. 13 (CP 01999). The visit in question by Madeleine Lemaire seems to be the one she was proposing in her letter to Proust of 6 April [1915]: "When can I see you again? I have to be back in May. I assure you it would be a great pleasure for me to see you again and have a chat." (CP 02929; Kolb, XIV, no. 40). According to the tone and the details given in this letter, it seems that their previous meeting had been at one of the conferences that Reynaldo Hahn had given at the Université des Annales, between 27 April and 18 May 1914 (CP 02929 and note 5). [PK, NM]