I did believe that, having received this letter, he would immediately give it to his son to read, I having understood his eyes being so dim, that he could not see to read it; but it fell out better than so, for as his sight was dim, so he had allowed his son to open all letters that came to his hand for him, and the old gentleman being from home, or out of the way when my messenger came, my letter came directly to my son's hand, and he opened and read it.
Je pensais bien qu'en recevant cette lettre, il la donnerait immédiatement à lire à son fils, ses yeux étant, ainsi que je savais, si faibles qu'il ne pouvait point voir pour la lire: mais tout alla mieux encore, car il avait permis à son fils, à cause que sa vue était faible, d'ouvrir toutes les lettres qui lui viendraient en main à son nom, et le vieux monsieur étant absent ou hors de la maison quand mon messager arriva, ma lettre vint tout droit dans les mains de mon fils, et il l'ouvrit et la lut.