Will you ever doubt me again?
What can I tell you about his illness which I have not told you already?
He was troubled with fever for about two weeks.

One day the physician would pronounce it typhoid, and the next he would say it was not.

At last the fever left him, but his strength has not returned completely; he is very thin; he seems to have some persistent, internal ailment; the doctor is very particular about the quality of his food; he has changed his way of living, eats meat and drinks a little wine.

Yesterday a friend of Giovanni's came from Rome to see him; the famous Professor Mayda, Giovanni begged him to examine Maironi, and to advise him.

He recommended some waters, which Maironi will certainly not take.