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<ref name="n19"> Bailby recounts volunteering for service in a chapter of Pourquoi je me suis battu : Souvenirs (Paris, Plon, 1951), (Why I fought: Recollections). He was assigned in Rouen to a cavalry regiment, the 12e chasseurs à cheval (p. 21-25), then became a second lieutenant of reserves at Versailles. While there he met a certain Charles Morel, "artist, draughtsman, pupil and friend of Detaille" (p. 31), who, along with his wife, introduced him to Wagner "for the first time". Bailby immediately continues with another associated memory: "the second introduction I received came from Marcel Proust" | <ref name="n19">Bailby recounts volunteering for service in a chapter of Pourquoi je me suis battu : Souvenirs (Paris, Plon, 1951), (Why I fought: Recollections). He was assigned in Rouen to a cavalry regiment, the 12e chasseurs à cheval (p. 21-25), then became a second lieutenant of reserves at Versailles. While there he met a certain Charles Morel, "artist, draughtsman, pupil and friend of Detaille" (p. 31), who, along with his wife, introduced him to Wagner "for the first time". Bailby immediately continues with another associated memory: "the second introduction I received came from Marcel Proust" (p. 32). But he does not give any dates for these events, and does not confirm whether Proust himself ever met the man who shared his name with the violinist in A la Recherche. The next date he mentions is January 1896 (p. 47). [FP] </ref> |
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- ↑ Bailby recounts volunteering for service in a chapter of Pourquoi je me suis battu : Souvenirs (Paris, Plon, 1951), (Why I fought: Recollections). He was assigned in Rouen to a cavalry regiment, the 12e chasseurs à cheval (p. 21-25), then became a second lieutenant of reserves at Versailles. While there he met a certain Charles Morel, "artist, draughtsman, pupil and friend of Detaille" (p. 31), who, along with his wife, introduced him to Wagner "for the first time". Bailby immediately continues with another associated memory: "the second introduction I received came from Marcel Proust" (p. 32). But he does not give any dates for these events, and does not confirm whether Proust himself ever met the man who shared his name with the violinist in A la Recherche. The next date he mentions is January 1896 (p. 47). [FP]