– Rimbaud’s last known letter, dictated to his sister on November 9, 1891, the day b

– Rimbaud’s last known letter, dictated to his sister on November 9, 1891, the day before he died, in: “I promise to be good”, translated from the French by Wyatt Mason

Monsieur le Directeur, I would ask you if I have anything left on your account. I would like to transfer off of this service, the name of which I don’t even know, but in any case will call the Aphinar service. There are all sorts of services here, and I, unhappy and infirm, can’t find a single one, the first dog in the street will tell you as much. So send me the price for service from Aphinar to Suez. I am completely paralyzed: so I would like to leave plenty of time to board. Tell me what time I should be carried on board …