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Previously, the opportunity to constantly write to your love served me as a considerable consolation in this terrible desert; but this pleasure has now been taken away from us by the Isaurians. With the onset of spring, the horrors of their invasion blossomed. They spread throughout the country and made all major roads completely impassable. Several noble women have already been captured by them; several famous people are killed. Assiduously, therefore, please forgive us if we have not been writing consistently lately. In full confidence that it is very desirable for you to know about the state of our health, we inform you that, having suffered heavily throughout the past winter, we have now recovered somewhat, and although due to the inconstancy of the weather we were upset again (we still have a severe winter here), we hope to finally recover as soon as the real summer comes. Nothing is more harmful to our health than cold, and nothing helps us more than summer and a pleasant opportunity to warm up. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: