Now I am going to open my heart to you.

I should reproach myself if I did not do so, dear friend, reproach myself on your account, on his, and on my own.

As to him, he is kind and gentle to all with whom he comes in contact, especially to the humble, and you might even be jealous of the old woman who comes from Subiaco to do the rough work in the house.

With Maria and myself he shows his kindness and gentleness silently rather than in words.

With us he is quiet, simple, and affable; he does not appear to wish to avoid us, but it has never happened that he has remained alone with either of us.