Alexis, D.C., Sister Mary, Marksville, Louisiana, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1882 December 9

Nothing surprised Sister so much as when Father Olivier Bré burst into reproaches, all of which proved his avarice. Bré said that Sister does not pay him for Masses. Bré says that he is not their pastor nor their almoner but the pastor of Marksville. It is as well to be without a priest, as to have one such as Bré. It is in Leray's power to take Bré away. Bré refused to hear Sister's confession this evening. Bré does not count the 4½ months of board, washing, ironing and mending his clothes which they still continue. One Sister takes constant care of the vestry. They give him pasture ground for all his animals. Sister hopes Leray will restore peace. :: VI-3-d A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.