Letter 33: Chrysostom worries over Adolia's illness and asks for quick news of improvement.

In this too you have shown your genuine and warm love: even while sick, you write to us so constantly. But we want you both to be freed from illness and, when possible, to come here. You know this yourself, my most modest and devout lady. As I wrote before, we are now in greater anxiety, because from your letter we have guessed how severe your sickness is. For this reason, as soon as your body improves, please tell us quickly, so that you may relieve us of a very heavy anxiety. You know that even now we are deeply distressed because of your illness. Knowing the anxiety in which we stand, be eager to do what we have asked. In truth you need no exhortation for this; I know well that whenever you meet letter-carriers, you will not stop writing to us by each one.

ΛΓʹ. Ἀδολίᾳ. Καὶ ταύτῃ σου τὴν ἀγάπην ἔδειξας, τὴν γνησίαν καὶ θερμὴν, ὅτι καὶ ἐν ἀῤῥωστίᾳ οὖσα, οὕτω συνεχῶς ἡμῖν ἐπιστέλλεις. Ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐπιθυμοῦμεν τῆς τε ἀῤῥωστίας σε ἀπαλλαγῆναι, καὶ ἐνταῦθα παραγενομένην, ὅταν ἐξῇ, θεάσασθαι. Καὶ τοῦτο οἶσθα καὶ αὐτὴ, κυρία μου κοσμιωτάτη καὶ εὐλαβεστάτη. Ἐπεὶ οὖν, ὅπερ καὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπέσταλκα, νῦν ἐν φροντίδι μείζονι καθεστήκαμεν καὶ γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν γραμμάτων ἐστοχασάμεθά σου τῆς ἀῤῥωστίας τὴν ὑπερβολὴν, διά τοι τοῦτο, ἡνίκα ἂν πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον ἐπιδῷ σοι τὸ σῶμα, διὰ τάχους ὡς βούλει δηλῶσαι ἡμῖν παρακλήθητι τοῦτο αὐτὸ, ἵνα βαρυτάτης ἡμᾶς ἀνεθῆναι ποιήσῃς φροντίδος. Ὅτι γὰρ καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐν μικρᾷ καθεστήκαμεν ἀθυμίᾳ τῆς ἀῤῥωστίας ἕνεκεν τῆς σῆς, οὐδὲ αὐτὴ ἀγνοεῖς. Εἰδυῖα τοίνυν τὴν φροντίδα ἐν ᾗ νῦν ἐσμεν, ὅπερ παρεκαλέσαμεν, ποιῆσαι σπούδασον. Εἰ καὶ τὰ μάλιστα οὐδέν σοι εἰς τοῦτο δεῖ παρακλήσεως· ἀλλ' εὖ οἶδ' ὅτι ὅσων ἂν ἐπιτύχῃς γραμματηφόρων, οὐ παύσῃ δι' ἑκάστου ἡμῖν ἐπιστέλλουσα.