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at present, his indignation I believe is so great against her, for being
an Nun, he offers her two thousand pd if she will marry, her
inclination, I find was to go to the same convent, where she was
broath up in, he wou’d not consent to it, as he says there is
a probability in france they may Demolish all they monasteries. He consented
she shou’d go to Flanders and Liege was the place he chose for
her I suppose being under an ecclisiastec prince, he thought it
wou’d long’r subsist, all these objections mead her determine, I beleave,
on taking on here, and says she is greatly plais’d to amonge
them that has been educat’d in france, when he gave her leave
to come here, he desir’d she shou’d leave Dublin, in July and goe
to a convent in gallway, to remain till things are fixt here, I have
beg she shou’d come here, and stay with me in first plase she cou’d
be of great servise, and it wou’d be a great comford to me to have
her, and its thought more advisable for many reasons, by his
odd manner of acting in her regard, at least I imagine he dose not see
her, so as the footing I request is put on being less expense for her
going to gallway than coming from thence wou’d cost him more,
if he thought it wou’d be agreeable to her, I dare say he wou’d
let her come, I fancy youlle admire to hear she is his only child
and I believe the same we mention’d to you about too years agoe, as
every thing corroborates with what I hard then, only her being so very
young as they told me she, was, if its the same the father is a very
relegeous man, and has mead a very good fortune, and retir’d
from business lives in the country, there is a great apperence beside
her wealth she will be of vast servise to the house, her name
I dont now, she has had a mind to be an nun, since a child
is mighty devout nobody can write better than she dose, or better
orthography this what Mr Austen mentions of her, in his last letter when
he first speak, of her he said she had great talants, providence has order’d
every thing for the best, in her regard to keep her for this place, me mortified

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it mortified me that she did not join you, and had she I am sure she wou’d
have met with the same feat that others did: Even Mr Austen heard so much to the
prejudice of this foundation, that I believe he did not indever as much to prevail
on her as he wou’d had he known how matters were, ever since Mr
halloran has being here who was inform’d of the truth of every thing, nobody
can interest him self more than he dose for its success; we must think
the almighty permits every thing for the best, youlle see with his
assistance every thing promises well and his divine hand will
uphold us in getting your former mistress the house she is [in]
in my opinion bring a judgment on them if they hinder her,
from being the mains of saving so many souls, Mr Moylan desir’d
me to assure you of his most affectionate compliment he is so hurri’d that
he has hardly time to eat his meals, since the jubilee he attempted
several times to try to get and hour to sit down to write to you it
was in vain it mortifies him he cant, as I dont know any body
he has a higher esteem for: his health is so much impair’d since
this great fatigue that he told me him self yesterday as he cou’d [?]
to [?] any ease here to relieve on your account his friend with [?]
[?] afread it wou’d have now weight with him self [?]
if it was not in regard of this foundation, he thinks you wou’d
chuse to finish your noviceship there and as soon as leave is got for that
other lady to come away immediately [?]
[?], he expects his sister every moment and will have time
to write to you and to the superior at the same time as the jubilee will
be soon over, I was surpriz’d when he ask’d me if I wrote to the Mistress
of novices I never did I know I ought have done it and to [?] not [?]
writing the French prevent’d me, as I am very unfond of being trouble-
some to persons that have not time to spare, and I could not entrust any body
else, I hope your fortitude will bring you true all crosses and put a happy
conclusion to this foundation and never be discourag’d from, chusing
any young lady you think proper, I have often being asham’d for fear
you would have thought I was any way flattering you with the
success of it I met so many disappointments and that very young lady I now
mention, I was sorry that we ever spoke of her to you, tho we were sure of
her when we did, and afterwards she was resolv’d to goe to france you see