From Marie Martin to her parents
(Marie was then a half-boarder at Providence d'Alençon, as well as Pauline)
my good parents
How happy your little girl is to be able, at the beginning of this new year, to express to you all the gratitude for the innumerable benefits which you never cease to surround my childhood. Oh oun(yes) dear Father and Beloved Mother, your child deeply feels all that she owes you, also how much she thanks you for it and with what fervor she prays to God to leave you for a long time yet to her [1 v°] filial love
Your loving little girl
Mary martin
The 1er January 1868
