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I would be happy to hear that you are doing better and that your prize[1], so justly deserved, has been officially notified to you, so officially that you can no longer have any doubt that you have received it, despite the incredible maneuvering of the publisher of M. Dorgelès[2]. Everyone remembers so well that you were granted what Jean de Pierrefeu announced to me, a few days ago, that he intended to discuss "the Marcel Proust case" in les Débats[3]. I will answer him in the l'Opinion[4], if he realizes his project. Here I am, your champion, despite your already having one. I welcome it because À la recherche du temps perdu is certainly the most "original" book that has appeared, to my taste, in ten years. And I love it with all my heart. It is, moreover, one of those books that one cannot love without feeling a deep sympathy for their authors.