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.
La leterinto priparolis seriozegan korpan malsanon—mensan malsanon kiu lin premas—kaj pri sincera deziro vidi min, kiel lian plej bonan, kaj efektive solan amikon, kun la celo, pere de la plezuro de mia kompanio, iom malpligrandigi lian malsanon.