Letter 6049: You sent me no letter with your servant, it's true.
You sent me no letter with your servant, it's true. But I couldn't bring myself to match your silence -- partly because the concern you rightly feel for me demanded it, and partly because genuine love compels me to keep writing. A reply in kind will prove that my gesture was welcome.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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