I would have answered your letter sooner, my dear child, if the fatigue of my last had not brought on a return of my disorder, which has deprived me ever since of the use of my arm.
Lehenago erantzunen nizukeen, haur maitagarria, baldin neure azken gutunaren nekeak ez balizkit oinazeak bihurtu, beraz egun horietan guztietan besoa baliatu ezinik egon naiz.