Rilke, Rainer Maria.

thanking her for her letter and expressing how she has subtly exerted an undefinable impression on him ever since their walk together in Schönbrunn, attending the actor Jacob Texière's reading there, asking why she was afraid to call on him afterwards, and whether she would not have done but for Herr Skala's message; Rilke urges her to visit him soon and suggests she telephones to fix a convenient time ("...Ihr Brief hat mir nur bestätigt, dass schon vor ihm Ihre Nähe leise auf mich gewirkt hat: ich habe manchmal an Sie gedacht, und ich erinnere mich eines Tages, da unser Weg in Schönbrunn und unser Rückweg aus der Vorlesung Jabob Texière's in meinem Bewusstsein ganz erneut und aufgelebt war...")



3 pages, 8vo (c.17.5 x 13.5cms), autograph envelope, blue-green seal, stamped & franked Munich, 27 December 1918

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