This letter, no. 52, p. 53, was prepared for a literary collection of their letters. It is signed with the pseudonym initial "L".

A carbon is also extant, document .052399, record 99865. This version has corrections in Colette's hand; a sentence struck out here is retained in the carbon. This version contains fragments of the last part of the original letter, with some reworking of the text. The original letter is document .200339, record 19350.

There are also transcriptions:

Document .052437, record 99910;
Document .201138, record 116281.

These transcriptions are different typings, although they contain approximately the same text. They are not accurate transcriptions, however. Some sentences have been deleted and new ones added.