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644Letter Nr. 160[To V. Wielogłowski]Paris, November 9, 1838Dearest Valerian!Woe! Woe! Mrs. Mickiewicz keeps getting worse! What a misfortune! Iam praying. Let us all pray to God for mercy and comfort.Thanks to your intervention, Wlodimir 868 is agreable to everything. Heapproaches the discussion of business with complete readiness, eagerness andconfidence. But, to complete the agreement, we both positively need your goodjudgment as a mediator. Therefore, I am asking you to overcome all momentarydifficulties, and to come to us tomorrow or the day after, Saturday or Sunday. Ifyou come tomorrow, Saturday, come for dinner, spend the evening and the nightwith us, and then we can go to Mass together. If you come on Sunday, come toour house between 2 and 3, Boulevard Mont Parnasse 25.May the grace of God be with you always, throughout sternity.Bogdan JańskiFriday, November 9, 1838I 869 am also asking you to come; for, since you know my financial statusand my habits, you will be able to bring the matter to a most successfulconclusion, though I do not think there will be much trouble.Your brother, Wlodimir.Addressee: Monsieur Velere WielogłowskiAvenue de Saint Cloud 43,a Versailles.868 Wlodimir Chwalibóg, influenced by Wielogłowski, had decided to help B. Jański buy thePolish Printery and Bookstore in Paris by means of a sizeable loan without interest.869 A postscript added by Wlodimir Chwalibóg.