When I discovered it, my first impulse was to fly to you.
But a strange illness came over me, and I was oblivious of everything for four months.

My good Tulee and a black woman named Chloe brought me back to life by their patient nursing.

I suppose it was wrong, but when I remembered who and what I was, I felt sorry they didn't let me go.

I was again seized with a longing to fly to you, who were as father and mother to me and my darling little sister in the days of our first misfortune.

But I was too weak to move, and I am still far from being able to bear the fatigue of such a journey.