From the notes of Dr. Catherine Perry: Both Aurel (dates unknown) and Marcel Battilliat (1871-1941) were writers. In this letter, Aurel refers to her acceptance at first of a literary award but then says she cannot profit from something that could save a companion without resources. She then refers to Anna de Noailles who, though "already pampered by celebrity," accepted a literary prize on the backs of so many poor writers who could have received it. Aurel says her own books are "damned" because no one reads them and that she writes to support her companions of letters. She wants to continue to give everything without asking for anything. She hopes that Batilliat can help her work be read. Her consolation is to transmit her ideas to the "obtuse and stupid bull: the crowd."