I accepted it, for, coming from your father, it could not be exactly taking alms. If I am dead when you come back, show your father what I have written for him, and tell him that in writing these lines the poor woman to whom he was kind enough to write so consoling a letter wept tears of gratitude and prayed God for him.
J'ai accepté ce service qui, de la part de votre père ce que je viens d'écrire pour lui, et dites-lui qu'en traçant ces lignes, la pauvre fille à laquelle il a daigné écrire cette lettre consolante versait des larmes de reconnaissance, et priait Dieu pour lui."