"I am forced to return to Meuse where I am still called by the unfortunate stricken populations." He will return to celebrate All Saints' Day and the Day of the Dead with his sister-in-law and at his brother's grave.
"So here I am once again unable to attend the Goncourt lunch." Raymond Poincaré was the lawyer for the newly formed Literary Society established in accordance with the wishes of Edmond de Goncourt. He adds in a postscript: "Your letter of the 22nd was only delivered to me this morning, Monday: the beauty of postal miracles!