Translations:CP 03190/19/en
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- ↑ In his letter to Proust of 29 August 1916 (CP 03187; Kolb, XV, no. 123), Hauser wrote: "one of the principal branches of my firm is the administration of people's wealth" and suggested to Proust that he "make him known" to his millionaire friends. Proust thought that Hauser wanted to be entrusted with the administration of their estates, and replied (CP 03189; Kolb, XV, no. 125) that the fortunes of his three millionaire friends came either from a spouse or from a mother belonging to a banking family, and that these estates must continue to be administered by those banks. But Proust had misread and misinterpreted Hauser's letter, because the latter had merely suggested he "inform them [...] about his services [...] for the investment of their funds". [FL]