B., Mary, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 August 25

Since she has had the time to reflect she is convinced that Blanc is right. Blanc told her that it is too late to begin now after so long neglecting her duties. It shows that she is a doomed wretch. She does not think she has the courage to ask anything from a Protestant. Last Saturday Blanc told her that she depended too much on human aid and not enough on God. She has prayed for two years that God would open the way for her to make amends for the past. She has hoped something would remove the restrictions under which she has lived for 18 years. She has had no friend but Blanc and he is too poor. She will never feel the same toward her husband for this weakness and pretended delicacy in this matter. Blanc thinks when men are polite and affable they can be managed. It is not always the case and even Blanc can be mistaken in persons. She is still under the influence of hope in Christ which has brought her and her child through so many years of privation. This far her child is safe but Mary is lost. She remains grateful till death. :: VI-1-i A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.