Letter from Mrs. Martin CF 114
To his brother Isidore Guérin and his sister-in-law
11 January 1874.
. . . Last Monday, I drove the children back to the Visitation, Léonie was delighted to leave; if she likes it there, and if we can train her, I will leave her for many years at boarding school.
Rumor has it in Alencon that serious events are to happen next month; I don't believe in any of these threats. I get letters from all over, the big merchants in Paris beg me to do Point d'Alençon, I've never seen anything like it! We don't even worry about the job being done well, it's incredible.
Yesterday I saw one of the strongest merchants in the capital; my husband asked her if it was the foreigner who made the luxury business run like this; he replied that it was France alone and that, since the war, luxury had become greater than ever!
But how can I insist on running a Factory like this, when I have to drag the work by the hair with the workers, and have the care of my children? It's too much, I want with all my heart that this changes and very quickly. I prefer to be less rich and have a little rest.
My little Thérèse has been walking alone since Thursday; she is sweet and cute like a little angel. She has a charming character, you can already see that; she has such a sweet smile. I miss having it at home.
I received a letter from cousin Alphonsine (Mlle Alphonsine Macé, first cousin of Mrs. Martin and Mr. Guérin. Her sister Constance, a nun, born June 1846, 8, had just died on September 1873, 4, near Paris She had another sister, the Rev. Mother Marguerite, who was Superior General of the Auxiliary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, and died in Paris, January 1927, XNUMX), who begs me to send you this mortuary image. I believe I told you that his sister was dead and had extraordinary honors at her burial. The Mayor had three thousand francs voted to erect a monument to him; it seems that she was very venerated and that she did a lot of good. She taught little children and cared for the sick, with remarkable devotion.
