François MITTERRAND, in love. Rare signed autograph letter from youth. 1938

  

The Autographes des Siècles bookstore has been specializing for many years in the sale of autographed letters and manuscripts. Autographed letter signed to Marie-Louise Terrasse, known as Catherine Langeais. Slight tear at the top. "You see, my Marie-Louise, I love you too much to be patient." "My darling Marie-Louise, here I am in Paris.

The sky, the streets, the faces, the noises, I recognized them as friends. But friends that matter little, because they are not the ones I came to seek. I had decided to leave Jarnac yesterday morning.

Before leaving, I received your letter: I had been waiting for it for a long time and was starting to make a hundred suppositions to explain your silence. I had to delay my departure by a few hours because I went to fetch in Royan, in the afternoon, my sister from Algeria who hurried back to France to see her three little children. At 10:26 PM, I left Angoulême and at 4:30 AM this morning, September 29, exactly three months after our separation, I touched the ground of Paris "my great city." I have already made a sort of pilgrimage.

And your thought, my darling, follows me everywhere. I rediscover every moment that I love you.

Not halfway, but totally, absolutely. As it is only possible to love once.

If I am here, it is solely for you, and to see you. Nothing else interests me, except finding you, hearing you say that you love me. You tell me you won't return until next week on Avenue d'Orléans. I curse Jean Zay and will never forgive him for that! But wouldn't it be possible to see you anyway? I desire it so much! Can't you arrange to meet me in Valmondois and the surrounding area? Or come to Paris, at least for one day, which would allow for this long-awaited meeting? Please think very seriously about a way that you could indicate to me right away.

I will certainly be at the agreed place. You see, my Marie-Louise, I love you too much to be patient: and if you yourself desire it, let this impatience not find too free a reign! This letter must be short: I am expected for dinner. I have already seen several friends, true or false, in any case nothing dangerous for the second group! I am quite surprised to find that nothing exists outside of you!

But I am getting used to it very well, and I wouldn't change my state for the most sumptuous treasures! I love you: what could be more wonderful than that? My little darling, I am going to ask you for a big sacrifice: so that on Saturday I can feel a bit of your presence and your love, write to me tomorrow and tell me everything you would have said (or thought) that day. This will replace what I was hoping for, no matter what.

I care a lot about this. Darling, I have a lot of things to tell you: plans, ambitions (you will help me realize them), and above all: my love for you.

I am so easily worried that you must also tell me that you love me. At least just a little bit. My beloved Marie-Louise, see you very soon, right? I can't wait to finally see you, the one I love more than anything. I hope to see you within a week, because after October 19, I will be busy!

Here is my address: chez M. Bouvyer, 16 rue Gustave Zédé 16, Paris 16th. Eternal postscript: I love you. By her real name, Marie-Louise Terrasse, met on January 28, 1938, during the ball of the École normale supérieure, François Mitterrand with whom, although she was only 15 years old, she became engaged.

Mitterrand wrote more than 300 letters to her, whom he nicknamed Zou. Consult our manuscripts The Autographes des Siècles Gallery specializes in the sale and expertise of autographed letters and manuscripts from great personalities of past centuries.

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