CP 03987/en
Marcel Proust à Léon Hennique [peu après le 11 décembre 1919]
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44 rue Hamelin
Sir
I know that you were not a friend of my books, the paper l’Eclair didn’t hide that[2]. But as this in no way prevents me from being an admirer of yours, I was very happy to find your signature at the bottom of the letter with which the Académie Goncourt has kindly honored me. I take this probably unique opportunity to tell you that the magnificent translation that Mademoiselle Hennique has made of Hardy's La Bien Aimée[3] has often been a fruitful company for me in my life of physical and moral suffering. Often I imagine myself, in thought, on the Island which resounds of the noise of the quarrymen[4].
Veuillez agréer Monsieur l'expression de mes sentiments les plus distingués
Marcel Proust