SAND George (1804-1876) L.A., [Nohant November 19, 1843, to his son Maurice DUDEVANT]| 4 pages in-8 to his gothic number GS, very full. Long letter to his son worrying about Chopin's health. "I was quite sure that Chopin was ill", and she was preparing to go to Paris. "Mrs. Marliani's letters had reassured me, and yet without making me feel calm. So there's my poor little one coughing, spitting, sleeping badly, or not sleeping at all, and all this without me being there to console him or dorelotter him, I can see that our friends are treating him, but it's not the same thing. My cares relieve him, those of others make him impatient. And you too, poor Bouli, you're sick, cold, feverish? Here I am sadder and more worried ... But it is difficult to hasten his departure, because it is necessary to find a suitable place in the stagecoaches| and then there is the lease of the farm to be made, so that Polite (his half-brother) gives up his management: "His tenant farmer is rascal, and he is absurd. His rent would accumulate by delays, and he would do me a considerable wrong after 3 years without that preventing him from ruining himself, on the contrary. It is therefore a great service to him to get rid of all this. But to get rid of it quickly and well, and without losing a lot on the market, is not easy"... As for his daughter Solange, "I would like to keep her, if she continued to be as kind in Paris as she is here. But we shall have to see! Besides, it would take me one or two months to organize a possible residence for her with us, and during these preparations she would be wasting her time. You would have to give her your rooms and find a place to live in the house. You would have to find out if she could go and take lessons from Mr. Bascans, or if he could give them to her at home. I want her to continue them. She wants to continue them herself. ...] We will try, but during the time of irresolution and arrangements it will be good for Sol to return to boardi

SAND George (1804-1876) L.A., [Nohant 19 novembre 1843, à son fils Maurice DUDEVANT]| 4 pages in-8 à son chiffre gothique GS, très remplies. Longue lettre à son fils s'inquiétant de la santé de Chopin. «J'étais bien sûre que Chopin était malade», et elle se préparait à aller à Paris. «Les lettres de Mme Marliani m'avaient rassurée, et sans me rendre tranquille pourtant. Ainsi voilà mon pauvre petit toussant, crachant, dormant mal, ou ne dormant pas, et tout cela sans que je sois là pour le consoler ou le dorelotter, je vois bien que nos amis le soignent mais ce n'est pas la même chose. Mes soins le soulagent, ceux des autres l'impatientent. Et toi aussi, pauvre Bouli, tu es malade, enrhumé, fiévrotteux ? Me voilà plus triste et plus inquiète»... Mais il est difficile de hâter son départ, car il faut trouver une place convenable dans les diligences| et puis il y a le bail de la ferme à faire, pour que Polite (son demi-frère) renonce à sa gestion: «Son métayer est fripon, et lui absurde. Ses fermages s'accumuleraient par les retards, et il me ferait au bout de 3 ans un tort considérable sans que cela l'empêchât de se ruiner tout au contraire. C'est donc un grand service à lui rendre que de le débarrasser de tout cela. Mais l'en débarrasser vite et bien, et sans perdre beaucoup au marché, n'est pas facile»... Quant à sa fille Solange, «je voudrais bien la garder, si elle continuait à être aussi aimable à Paris, qu'elle l'est ici. Mais il faudra voir ! D'ailleurs il me faudrait bien un ou deux mois pour lui organiser une résidence possible auprès de nous, et pendant ces préparatifs elle perdrait son temps. Il faudrait que tu lui cèdes tes chambres et que tu trouves un logement dans la maison. Il faudrait savoir si elle pourrait aller prendre les leçons de Mr Bascans, ou s'il pourrait les lui donner à la maison. Je tiens beaucoup à ce qu'elle les continue, elle y tient elle-même. [...] Nous essaierons, mais pendant les irrésolutions et les arrangements il sera b

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