Amusing letter in which Reynaldo Hahn humorously insists on an nurse's ignorance: “But I give up trying to make the nurse understand my name. No matter how much I say R as in ranunculus, e as in bark, y as in Yvain, n as in nanny, a as in Alcofribas, l as in Laroche Jacquelin, d as in demon, and o as in Horace, she does not understand!
” A companion and then a faithful friend of Marcel Proust, Reynaldo Hahn was highly appreciated for his elegance and culture. Autographed card signed, 103 x 147, postmarked April 6, 19.. Very brief card in which he inquires about the arrival of a telegram. Autographed postcard signed, 105 x 150, postmarked July 9, 1931. He gives news of himself to his friend: “Thank you very sincerely for your kind thought.
I am on the road back, limping along, and I think that in a few weeks, I will be able to walk more or less like everyone else. I am very touched by your letter.