From the notes of Dr. Catherine Perry: Noailles writes: "I knew (despite Léon Blum's belief that I am so distant) that you would find this latest verse to be close to you. The other day, if we hadn't had people over, I would have recited them to you, before they would be in shops." She invites him to come over Friday around 5:00 pm to talk about poetry. Because this letter (like the one above) 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.