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Letter 25

TO MARIANNA VERTOVA
She has not been keeping so well.

HAIL TO JESUS AND MARY

My dear Sister,
Lovere, 13 February 1826.

You have guessed: I was sick, and I am still out of sorts
though I have been up and doing for several days now. All this
time, you were always in my thoughts and three or four times
in the night I even dreamt about you. I was very sorry I could

not write to you, as there are many things I am anxious to tell
you, but my natural laziness and listlessness prevented me
from doing so. I shall write to you at greater length on
Saturday, and I will explain what I had promised you, provided
I am given permission to sleep less than I am told to at the
moment, because at present I have no time left free.
May God grant you abundant graces in this Season of
Lent, and for you, also of Spiritual Exercises. This is my
heartfelt wish for you. Please pray the Lord for me, too, so that
during this time, in which He is granting me some little cross, I
may not abandon Him because of it.

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