Letter 8014: I wish I could report that my son's illness has passed.
I wish I could report that my son's illness has passed. But there's no point in making up stories for worried hearts. I do dare hope for better. The fevers have begun, with God's help, to diminish, and the prospect of recovery is starting to take shape.
I'm grateful for your concern on our behalf, and I pray to the heavenly powers that your caring heart may be repaid with every kind of good fortune. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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