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538Letter Nr. 131[To W. Zamoyski]Paris, September 9, 1837After receiving the funds 628 bestowed on us by Your Honor, our youngpriests set out immediately on Wednesday morning 629 , leaving me with theresponsibility of communicating to our most generous Prince and to Your Honor,the Count, their most solemn and sincere thanks for such generous and helpfulassistance 630 . I will satisfy their wishes in person, immediately after my returnfrom Amiens 631 , where I am going tomorrow, and where I will stay for a fewdays. Besides offering thanks, I personally feel an urgent need and obligation toask pardon and to make a solemn apology for slight misunderstandings, as well asfor troubling Your Honor and the Prince himself with money matters. Anymisunderstanding in this matter is my fault.First: M. Plater had left the promised sum of money for me before my lasttrip; but, due to inadequate instructions of which I had the duty to seekclarification and specification, the one to whom he left the money said nothing tome about it and I did not know that it was left in his care.Second: As to the amount of money presented by myself and Mickiewicz,we both forgot to explain this by providing the real reason, worked out with M.Plater, for raising the sum beyond the bare cost of the journey, that is, the need topay some of the more pressing dobts which they were leaving behind previousyears. As a result, it was natural for Your Honor, the Count, to consider that thesum had been exaggerated by reason of a too friendly attitude on our part.Third: As soon as M. Plater returned, he gave me, and urged me to deliver,the 300 francs which had been advanced by Your Honor. Hindered by variousoccupations, I was unable to do this until today. But, since I did not find Your628 Ladislaus Zamoyski had loaned 600 francs for the trip of the two clerics to Rome.629 P. Semenenko and J. Kajsiewicz left Paris on September 6, 1837.630 Help in obtaining passports and visas, and the loan.631 B. Jański and A. Mickiewicz were soon to make a pilgrimage to Saint-Acheul, near Amiens.