Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1861

pg 448       to hasten the other payments.  It was his intention to settle the 
             whole account this year, in order to help the Congregation, whose 
             existence was threatened.  Here F. Sorin thought he had some claim 
             to be believed on his word, after having paid out 30,000fr. in 
             1855 to save the Congregation.
                  He would have been only too happy to prove anew, in a similar 
             manner, his personal affection for the Very Reverend Father 
             General, whose critical position he understood; and even if 
             prudence had condemned him, filial love would have prevailed and 
             Ste. Croix would have received even more than it advanced.  
             Unfortunately the two incidents just spoken of caused bitterness 
             of heart, and when the heart was embittered, it was all the worse 
             for Ste. Croix.
                  Besides, the condition of the two houses was more precarious 
             than could have been anticipated before this matter of the 
             15,000fr. came up.  Ste. Croix was far more embarrassed than could