Missam ad amicum pro consolatione epistolam, dilectissime, vestram ad me forte quidam nuper attulit. Quam ex ipsa statim tituli fronte vestram esse considerans, tanto ardentius eam coepi legere, quanto scriptorem ipsum charius amplector, ut cuius rem perdidi, verbis saltem tanquam eius quadam imagine recreer. 
 

Dearest, a letter you sent to a friend pouring out your feelings happened recently to fall into my hands. I knew it was yours the moment I saw your writing on the envelope, and a desire to read it seized me, much as I desire to have its author in my arms. I may not have him in person, but at least his words give some sort of picture to refresh me.