CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de (1768 - 1848) 4 L.A. (one signed with an initials), [1808-1809?], to the Duchess of DURAS; half-page in-4, 1 page in-4 and 2 pages in-8 with addresses. Friday 1st. Your presentation will not take place until tomorrow, Saturday, at 4 o'clock: I will tell you the reason today at two o'clock, if you are at home"... This Sunday. "I am ill, dear sister, and cannot go out today. Tomorrow, God willing, I'll see you at the usual time. I have a violent headache and vomiting. It's a migraine brought on by the cold. It will be nothing. I only regret one lost day. "Mde de Ch[ateaubriand] tells me to answer you: If I die, Madame, it will be at your feet this morning. Not at noon, but at half past three. I'm doing wonderfully, dear sister. This vomiting has done me a lot of good; how kind you are! How upset I am that it wasn't you, but Mde de Lévis, who saw me lose my long beard and Turkish handkerchief. Don't come, you won't be received. Mde de Ch. is inexorable. Wednesday. "See you tomorrow morning, Madame. Thank you a thousand times over for compensating me so quickly for the pleasure I am losing this evening.