CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).

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CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).
From one castle to another. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT. 7 pages in-4, folioed 318 to 322. Scratchings, corrections, exclamation marks and suspension points. Beautiful autograph fragment of an early version of D'un château l'autre. This fragment corresponds, with numerous variants, to pages 71-73 of the novel in the Pléiade edition (Romans II, edition of Henri Godard, 1974). Not far from his house in Haut-Meudon, Céline, accompanied by his wolf-dog Agar, walks along the banks of the Seine in front of the Île Seguin, which he frequented as a child, and comes across "La Vigue", his friend, the actor Robert Le Vigan, who has been out of touch for a long time... ...I found myself brushed by [these] kinds of mysteries and remained a horror to me!... I am the positivist in person!... the fact is a fact!... my five senses! that's all!... This boat-fly, mysteries ?... I would give a damn! and all these people ghosts or not!... and the island in front!... and the bank the other side of the river, the Héraclite in front, the other bank and also the place with the small trees, Billancourt... (...) [Her dog refuses to bark] I'll howl to Lili myself since that's what it is!... "Oh hey Lili!..." I have the right voice as muscular!... The voice of squadron!... The voice of the 12th Cuirassier!... All I have left! "Ahoy Lili!..." I listen to myself! My own voice!... "Ohé Lili!..." I carry at least until the Pont d'Auteuil... At this moment only one touches me... I say: one touches me!... a hand touches me... and Agar who is there very close to me says nothing! nothing! he sniffs! ah! I could count on Agar!... I turn around to look at who it is? I see a kind of masquerade... kind of Lustucru carnival!... gaucho boy-scout with enormous spurs... and sombrero like in the movies... a disguised what!... pants with bangs, sombrero with bangs and all the colors!... yellow red blue pink... his hat so broad all pushed up to the beard... yes!... a broad white curled beard... a Santa Claus beard!... his face was not to be seen... he also hid the face!... Damn! - "Who are you?" I ask him... Oh but that's it! I am there !... I kiss her! We kiss!... "Oh it's you!... It's you!..." We kiss!... I'm so happy!... but it's La Vigue! La Vigue!... I'm so happy!... "It's you! It's you!" Word! It's him!... for a surprise!... him there in the doghouse!... Le Vigan!... - "What are you doing here?" - "And you?" Of course, it's been a long time since we've seen each other... Since Siegmaringen!... a lot has happened!...
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