Letters to Atticus Passage 1

crebras exspectationes nobis tui commoves. nuper quidem cum iam te adventare arbitraremur, repente abs te in mensem Quintilem reiecti sumus. nunc vero sentio, quod commodo tuo facere poteris, venias ad id tempus quod scribis; obieris Quinti fratris comitia, nos longo intervallo viseris, Acutilianam controversiam transegeris. hoc me etiam Peducaeus ut ad te scriberem admonuit. putamus enim utile esse te aliquando iam rem transigere.

You repeatedly raise expectations that you are coming. Recently, when we already thought you were approaching, we were suddenly put off by you until July. Now, however, I think that, if you can do so conveniently, you should come at the time you mention. You will have attended my brother Quintus's election, visited me after a long interval, and settled the dispute with Acutilius. Peducaeus also urged me to write this to you. We think it useful for you finally to settle the matter sometime.

Tu ne cesses de faire renaître notre attente. Tout récemment, alors que nous pensions déjà ton arrivée prochaine, tu nous as soudain renvoyés au mois de juillet. Je comprends maintenant que, si tes affaires te le permettent, tu viendras à la date que tu indiques: tu assisteras aux comices de mon frère Quintus, tu nous reverras après une longue séparation et tu régleras le différend avec Acutilius. Peducaeus m’a lui aussi engagé à t’écrire à ce sujet. Nous pensons en effet qu’il est utile que tu finisses enfin par régler cette affaire.