L E T T E R S

571Letter Nr. 140[To A. Czartoryski]Nevers, February 10, 1838Once again I offer my humblest apologies to the Honorable Prince, for,due to accidental circumstances and difficulties, I did not pay a personal visit tothe Honorable Prince after my first return from out of town, and before mypresent departure; even when, as Count Zaoyski informs me, the Prince was kindenough to remember the favors he had promised me for our friends outside Parisand that he was awaiting my appearance. With utter confidence in the HonorablePrince’s gracious protection, I come to him with the request to present theenclosed petition to the Honorable Minister of Internal Affairs.This refers to a recommendation to be sent to Paris allowing one of thepetitioners, for whom the Honorable Prince promised to intercede, to reside withus. He is Francis Mikulski, a young man we know who now is only 22 years old.I, and especially one of my companions 696 , have known him practically from thecradle; therefore, we are completely sure of him.There are no charges pending against him from his past life as an emigrant,except that a few years ago, when political prisoners were being led throughNevers, the child cried out: ―Vive la Republique!‖ For this he was sentenced toexile from the departmental seat to a small town where, without any possibility ofgaining profitable employment, he has lived in poverty these last years,continuing in vain to send petitions to the government so that he might come tolive with us in Paris.Messrs. Charles Montalembert and Caesar Plater have interceded for himin this matter. They had already received favorable promises, and nobody knowswhy nothing has yet been accomplished.Apparently, the problem was the debts this young man, counting onassistance he was to receive from his father in Poland, had previously contracted696 Edward Duński.