It is already since a long time that our correspondence has been interrupted, I don’t know for what reason, but the arrival in the Seminary[2] of my most careful friend the valiant John, excited again the remembrance of my obligations to my old friend Guidon and revived my sleeping affections, giving to them a higher design and a nobler motive[3] The good John made then that our hearts meet themselves again together in the blessed heart of Jesus: Would to God that so a strong band those forever intimately: should join! Would to God that our relation increase more and more my love (so imperfect, alas!) towards our good Jesus reposing in the holy sakrament! Therefore I received with the greatest happiness the offer to be member of your little society[4] I desire very much to become one of yours, and however I am now yet far from that, I dare hope that with my good will, with the grace of God and the help of your fervent prayers I will be next a worthy one of yours.
I made use[5] so well as I could of the idiom of your society and I think you will forgive me easily the faults I have committed in that p2language, because I am therein not enough exercitated. If I had more time to dispense, I should make more progress in English, but there are so great many occupations in the seminary that we do n’t
know very often where is situated our head.
But there is some thing
that I have ever forgotten to ask you when I was with thee: Did ye never receive an answer for or about me to the letter we have sent some day together during my philosophy to Mr Crawley our very old and true friend. I never nothing received.