Nello stesso mese il sullodato Segretario richiamò su quell'articolo l'attenzione del Consiglio e ne scrisse anche all'infermo assistente ecclesiastico padre Lord Douglas Hope, il quale gli rispose dicendosi contentissimo, se Don Bosco fosse andato a Londra.

 Naturally enough they desire to have him continually amongst them, not only to direct, instruct and console them through life, but also and more especially to be by him assisted in sickness, and comforted by his hope-ispiring presence on the eve of entering the uncertain passage which leads to eternity..

 Confiding in the prompt assistance and generous supplies of our Benefactors, we hope to be able to furnish at least some forty or fifty young messengers of peace and of the kingdom of heaven.

 Hence my only, my every hope after God Almighty, must be centred, dearly beloved.

 I have taken the liberty of transmitting Yout Grace's letter to my Vicar-General, Don Rua, who I hope may be able to find a good zealous priest willing to take charge of our Compatriots in Glasgow..