Gustave FLAUBERT. L.A.S., [Croisset] Wednesday [9 August 1876], to his friend Edmond LAPORTE 1 page in-8 (stamp E.L). On the completion of Un cœur simple. "Here are your two books, my dear friend. I think they will be enough for me. If I were not waiting for a visit from Frédéric Baudry, who wrote me this morning that he would be coming to Croisset for two or three days at the end of this week or the beginning of the next, I would give you an appointment very soon. I will write to you in five or six days. I am making progress - & I would be surprised if by the end of next week I had not finished, unless F. Baudry disturbs me [...] It is time I finished, as Monsieur is beginning to feel exhausted. The headache never leaves me, due to lack of sleep. My last night lasted 4 hours"... Correspondance (Pléiade), t. V, p. 96.