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 DCXLVI (A XII, 9)

TO ATTICUS (AT ROME)



Yes indeed, I should have been very comfortable here, and more so every day, had it not been for the reason which I mentioned to you in my previous letter. Nothing could be pleasanter than the solitude of this place, except for the occasional inroads of the "son of Amyntas." What a bore he is with his endless babble! In other respects don't imagine that anything could be more delightful than this villa. But all this doesn't deserve a longer letter, and I have nothing else to say and am very sleepy.

DCXLVII (F XI, 22)

TO TIRO (AT ROME)



I hope from your letter that you are better, at any rate I desire it. Devote your whole energies to that, and don't have any uneasy feeling that you are acting against my wishes in staying away. You are with me if you are taking care of yourself. Therefore I would rather you were doing duty to your health than to my eyes and ears. For though it gives me pleasure both to hear and see you, it will give me much more pleasure if you are well. I am being idle here, because I don't write without an amanuensis; but I find extreme pleasure in reading. As you are on the spot,