In any case it may aptly conclude this chapter.
"I had been anxiously expecting letter-carriers day after day, when at last they arrived forty-six days after they left you.

Their arrival was most welcome to me.

I took the greatest possible pleasure in the letter of the kindest and best beloved of fathers, but your own delightful letter put the finishing touch to my joy.

So I no longer repent of dropping letter-writing for a time, but am rather glad I did so, for my silence has brought me a great reward in your kindness.

I am very glad indeed that you accepted my excuse without hesitation.
"I am sure, my dearest Tiro, that the reports about me which reach you answer your best wishes and hopes.