I walk much on the banks of the Sorgue, where I meet no one to distract me.

I recall the past.

I deliberate on the future; and, in this contemplation, I find a resource against my solitude." In the same letter he avows that he could accustom himself to any habitation in the world, except Avignon.

At this time he was meditating to recross the Alps.
Early in September, 1352, the Cardinal of Boulogne departed for Paris, in order to negotiate a peace between the Kings of France and England.
Petrarch went to take his leave of him, and asked if he had any orders for Italy, for which he expected soon to set out.

The Cardinal told him that he should be only a month upon his journey, and that he hoped to see him at Avignon on his return.