To Philagrius. (359/60)
Seeing Dositheus after a long while and looking pale, I asked whether it was illness that had made him so. Then I heard that it was not illness, but the unremitting demand of work: for he said that he writes, having shut himself away. And so I praised the young man and rejoiced together with you, that not even your servant is idle. Inquire, then, also about the sons, and he will tell no lie.
**To Philagrius** (359/60)
When I saw Dositheus after a long absence, looking pale, I asked whether illness had made him so. Then I heard that it was not illness, but the close confinement of his work — for he said he had shut himself up to write. I praised him for it and congratulated you that not even your household servant is idle. Ask him, too, about your sons — he will not tell you a lie.
Seeing Dositheus after a long while and looking pale, I asked whether it was illness that had made him so. Then I heard that it was not illness, but the unremitting demand of work: for he said that he writes, having shut himself away. And so I praised the young man and rejoiced together with you, that not even your servant is idle. Inquire, then, also about the sons, and he will tell no lie.
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