Translations:CP 02913/50/en
- ↑ This information does not correspond with any of the details given in Proust's letters, according to which his brother Robert would have been in the same sector as Reynaldo Hahn throughout this period. Proust wrote to Robert de Billy [between 8 and 11 April 1915] (CP 02915; "Kolb", XIV, no. 26): "Reynaldo is in the Argonne probably not far away from Robert". On the other hand, he wrote to vicomte d'Alton [shortly after 12 May 1915] that his brother was in Arras (CP 02050). If Robert was no longer in the Argonne at the time Hahn wrote the post card, it must date from about May 1915, which may corroborate Madeleine Lemaire's visit to Proust (see note 3 above) yet hardly seems compatible with the mention of an icy cold. However it might be that Hahn's information is incorrect, based on false rumours. In fact Robert Proust, having been removed from his post at Étain hospital in November 1914 to drive an ambulance, it is possible that upon learning that he was no longer at Étain, Hahn had thought that Robert Proust had changed sector. [FL]