Avunculus Meus - Section 2

1 haec 2 inter 3 medios 4 labores 7 5 urbisque 6 fremitum . 1 in 2 secessu 3 solum 4 balinei 5 tempus 7 studiis 6 eximebatur ( 8 cum 9 dico ' 10 balinei ', 12 de 13 interioribus 11 loquor ; 1 nam 2 dum 3 destringitur 5 4 tergiturque , 6 audiebat 7 aliquid 8 aut 9 dictabat ). 1 in 2 itinere 3 quasi 4 solutus 5 ceteris 6 curis , 8 huic 9 uni 7 vacabat : 1 ad 2 latus 3 notarius 4 cum 5 libro 6 et 7 pugillaribus , 8 cuius 9 manus 12 hieme 11 manicis 10 muniebantur , 13 ut 14 ne 16 caeli 14 quidem 15 asperitas 18 ullum 19 studii 20 tempus 17 eriperet ; 2 qua 1 ex 3 causa 6 Romae 7 quoque 5 sella 4 vehebatur . 1 repeto 2 me 3 correptum 4 ab 5 eo , 6 quod 7 ambularem : ' 2 poteras ' 1 inquit ' 5 has 6 horas 3 non 4 perdere '; 1 nam 5 perire 3 omne 4 tempus 2 arbitrabatur , 6 quod 9 studiis 7 non 8 impenderetur . 1 vale .

Section 2 Translation: These things took place during the middle of the toils and the noise of the city. In his country retreat, only bath time was taken away from studies (when I say 'bath', I am talking about the inner rooms; for while he was being scraped and wiped down, he would listen to something or dictate). On a journey, as if released from all other anxieties, he had time for this alone. At his side there would be a secretary with a book and a writing tablet whose hands were protected with mittens in winter, so that not even the harshness of the weather might take away any study time; for this reason, he rode in a sedan chair in Rome also. I recall that I was rebuked by him because I walked: he said 'You could have not wasted these hours'; for he thought that all time which was not spent on studies was wasted. Farewell.