The writer spoke of acute bodily illness—of a mental disorder which oppressed him—and of an earnest desire to see me, as his best and indeed his only personal friend, with a view of attempting, by the cheerfulness of my society, some alleviation of his malady.
El autor de la carta me hablaba de una dolencia física aguda -de un trastorno mental que le oprimía- y de un ardiente deseo de verme, como a su mejor y en realidad su único amigo, pensando hallar en el gozo de mi compañía algún alivio a su mal.