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And how often, when meditating on this, does he enter your chamber while you are asleep, and stand there, lamp in hand, gazing at you; and then he makes an effort, and weary and sad as he is, he returns to his labor; and neither do you know that he often seeks you and remains with you because he has a bitterness in his heart, sorrows which attack all men in the world, and he seeks you as a friend, to obtain consolation himself and forgetfulness, and he feels the need of taking refuge in your affection, to recover his serenity and his courage: think, then, what must be his sorrow, when instead of finding in you affection, he finds coldness and disrespect!
在這種時候，他帶排了燈走進你的寢室，偷看你的題態，回來再努力地繼續工作。世界憂患盡多，父親見你在側也就把憂患忘了。這就是想在你的愛情中，求得安慰，恢復元氣。所以，如果你待父親冷淡，父親失去了你的愛慕將怎樣悲哀啊。
Never again stain yourself with this horrible ingratitude! Reflect, that were you as good as a saint, you could never repay him sufficiently for what he has done and for what he is constantly doing for you. And reflect, also, we cannot count on life; a misfortune might remove your father while you are still a boy, in two years, in three months, tomorrow. Ah, my poor Enrico, when you see all about you changing, how empty, how desolate the house will appear, with your poor mother clothed in black! Go, my son, go to your father; he is in his room at work; go on tiptoe, so that he may not hear you enter; go and lay your forehead on his knees, and beseech him to pardon and to bless you.
切不可再以忘恩之罪把自己玷污了啊！你就算是個圣者樣的人，也不足報答父親的辛苦，并且，人生很不可靠，在什么時候發生什么事情，是料不到的。父親或許在你還幼小的時候就不幸死了——在三年以后，二年以前或許就在明天，都說不定。啊！安利柯！如果父親死了，母親著了喪服了，家中將非常寂寞，空虛得如空屋一樣吧！快！到父于那里去！父親在房間里工作著呢。靜靜地進去，把頭俯在父親膝上，求父親饒恕你，祝福你。
THY MOTHER.
母親
