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504Another thing about which I must forewarn him is that, following hisarrival, he may not be living with us, but only near us. Therefore, when he appliesfor permission to take up residence, they should not know in the Bureau ofRefugees that he plans to live with us. The reason for this is that I am presentlytrying to obtain a similar permission for two people: Marszewski (from Bayeux),and Kranas, solely on the basis of the fact that they will enter our community.And I fear that I might receive the reply: But there are already so many of you.In any case, let him come to us, and we will make arrangements forlodgings as well as we can. I think that we can obtain permission for permanentresidence for him.Now, as for you, my dearest Charles: I agree to your plans. However, itseems to me that the sooner you leave 576 , the more depots you visit, the better.Agreed, because, first of all, your health demands it; agreed, because, with God,there is hope that some spiritual benefits will result from this. Before yourdeparture, I will try to supply you with a few books that will prove useful toyourself and to others.As for your plan that I should visit these depots, I would like to do this, butI cannot even think about it now. In the opinion of Kranas and Koźmian 577 , weshould choose Toulouse and Montpellier as centers for a union of our compatriotsin the provinces. What do you think about that?My dearest friend, I thank you wholeheartedly for your recent and clearerthan ever expression of your complete desire for union with us 578 . I ask Godincessantly, and with all my soul, to bless the union of all of our efforts, and tobless you in everything. And you, my friend, also pray for all of us, and for God’sgrace in all of our intentions and decisions. Pray unceasingly; pray in the spiritconstantly.The more you conquer spiritual inertia, together with the frailty andimpetuosity of the flesh... the more often, constantly and intently you turn your576 C. Królikowski planned a pilgrimage on foot to the House of the new community in Paris, inorder that, along the way, he could preach religious truth to his fellow refugees.577 John Koźmian was then studying Law in Toulouse.578 That is, of living at the House in Paris.