DROUET (Juliette). 1806-1883. Actress, lover of Victor Hugo. - Lot 90

DROUET (Juliette). 1806-1883. Actress, lover of Victor Hugo. L.A.S. to Victor Hugo (Paris), July 9 (1847). 4 pp. in-8. Tormented letter from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo, after waiting in vain for him all night. "Nothing has happened to you or anyone at home, I hope, my beloved: however, I can't help tormenting myself for not having seen you last night, as you usually make me sense when you're not coming. I had fallen asleep waiting for you, but at one o'clock in the morning I woke up and the rest of my night was spent in restlessness. This morning I'm tired and sad. If I don't see you by this evening, I don't know what will become of me: I don't even know if I should pick you up at what time or where? As long as you're not sick or someone of esteem. I won't rest until I see you. I'd like to smile to show you my courage and resignation, but worry freezes it all in the corner of my mouth and I feel like crying. I tell myself that you'll have been held up by your work well into the night and that you'll have had the ferocious scruple of not wanting to wake me up, but all that doesn't reassure me enough to do, as they say: good looks at bad games. I'm still hoping you'll reassure me and make an appointment to see me before I go to the bedroom. Besides, you need to bathe your poor dear eyes, which you've been neglecting too much lately. I wait for you, I desire you, I hope for you and I love you. Juliette"