From the notes of Dr. Catherine Perry: Noailles thanks her recipient for his kind letter. She refers to Henri Bazin (1829-1917), whom she would love to meet but she will be gone with her son. She reminisces on the recipient's speech on the "sacred land of Alsace," where they first met. Because this letter (like the one below) was included with the one to Jane Catulle-Mendès in MSE/MD 2819-029, it is assumed to have been written to her husband Catulle-Mendès sometime before his death in 1909. At the very least, the letter dates to before 1917, when Bazin died.