Letter 90: The man who brought me your second letter took off for Phoenicia.
**To Leontius** (359)
This fellow, after giving me your second letter, went off to Phoenicia. I learned this only now, upon his return; at the time, I was puzzled why he never came to see me. When he asked for a letter to carry back, I told him I had written one long ago, but that I would not give it to him — for it was punishment enough that he had enjoyed his trip to Phoenicia.
But when he persisted and begged me not to impose so harsh a penalty, I gave him the letter, judging it best to spare him the grief of going away empty-handed.
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