Voltaire writes to his ‘divins anges’ in order to present them with his Mémoire à tous les anges. He notes that their committee is as good as the committee of the intended recipient because it is made up of people from the gambling den and very good actors, and that they must inform the recipient that they cannon share his opinion on most of his objections. The committee, he writes, shudder with indignation when it is suggested that they put their play on ice and that though the recipient quotes Zaire at them, they miss out the vital context of love. The committe believes that the recipient is mistaken in thinking that Olympe is the leading role as he only assumes this position when Statira is dead. Voltaire concludes by discussing Olympe’s willingness to throw herself into the stake for love, writing ‘if you don’t find that honestly beautiful, in my faith you are difficult.’