SAINT-EXUPÉRY Antoine de (1900-1944). 2 L.A.S. "Ant" and "Antoine", [1927?-1928], to Miss Lucie-Marie DECOUR; 2 pages in-8 (ink a little pale), and 2 pages in-4 on Latécoère Airlines letterhead, envelopes. Paris [April 5, 1927 ?]. He apologizes to her for not coming to dinner with his friend and not being able to telephone to let her know. He is in a sullen mood: "When I came back to Paris, the spring weather made me feel unbearably blue. I thought I would be a silent companion and I didn't dare come. But if I had known that we were to dine near the Seine... I had my soul all prepared for the guinguettes, the moonlight in the water and the uncomplicated romances. [...] I am sometimes an idiot. [He thanks her for her recordings: "You are definitely an angel. He thanked her for her recordings: "You are definitely an angel [...] and in my monotonous desert I deceive my heart with artificial melancholy. Music allows me to do so and the sunsets"... He was in Casablanca when Major Paris went to Juby: "He took my replacement for me. It is unpleasant for me [...] I am a little tired of this life far from everything and I would like to return to Paris; however, it would be ridiculous to leave the line to start again at the Farman lines or others"...