Marcus Aurelius · Haines, volume II (1920)
Letter De Fer. Als. 1
To my master.
In what holiday wise we have kept our holiday at Alsium1 I will not put on paper, that you may not be yourself troubled and scold me, my master. On my return to Lorium2 I found my little lady3 slightly feverish. The doctor says, if we soon . . . . . . . . . . . .4 If you were well, I should be happier. For I hope to see you soon enjoying the use of sound eyes . . . . Farewell, my master.
Marcus Aurelius, Letters to Fronto, Letter De Fer. Als. 1, translated by C. R. Haines (1919–1920). The Stoic Library.