From the notes of Dr. Catherine Perry: Two-page autograph signed letter, in an envelope edged in black, written shortly after the death of both Noailles' long-time friend Maurice Barrès and her mother in 1923. The recipient is Dr. Marthe Francillon-Lobre, a French gynecologist and general physician, and wife of the painter Lobre, who became not only a close friend of both Noailles and Barrès but also their physician. In this letter Noailles discusses her grief and depression. She refers to another close friend, Henri Gans, through his date of death, 4 November. Her book that she refers to towards the beginning of the letter may be her Poème de l'amour, 22 July 1924. The letter is written on mourning paper, with a black border.