New boots are also necessary,
Likewise my night-gown is ragged, very;
My hat and pantaloons, too, alas!
And the rest of my clothes are going to grass.
Now, as all these things are needed greatly,
Please enclose me four Louis d’ors separately,
Which, joined to the rest, perhaps will be
Enough for the present emergency.
My recent sickness you may not have heard of;
In fact, for some time, my life was despaired of,